Programmatically access file sharing link - Google Drive, Android

Question

My application uploads a file into the user's Google Drive (App is authorized with the broadest "Drive" scope). Now I need to obtain a link to the file I just uploaded.

I'm using Java APIs on Android for uploading the file. Couldn't find anything in the API reference relating to links.

P.S. Generation of publicly sharable links are preferred.

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the Google Drive Android API does not support sharing (at least as of now). It's a known limitation.

You can use the REST API instead, (e.g. by doing a POST to https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/{fileId}/permissions to insert). See permissions in the API reference.

The fileId value can be obtained by calling getResourceId().