Soulfire Jarexi Backblaze ΘΔtrying to change my default PDF viewer from Google Drive to Acrobat on my phone. had to disable Google Drive to change it, but when I went back and reenabled it. It changed itself again back to Google Drive 
or maybe the problem is files by Google. because I was able to change it from Vivaldi
I'd like to use Drive PDF viewing functionality. But it only lets you Markup a document if you save it to Google Drive
I would like to enjoy the Google ecosystem, but it's small little pain points like this that make me regret it.
the UI and stuff is amazing, but they fail so miserably at basic things that even Apple, which is known for its walled garden, manages to allow.
the UI and stuff is amazing, but they fail so miserably at basic things that even Apple, which is known for its walled garden, manages to allow.
I'm considering switching from the stock files by Google app to the material files app. but that would also suck because I really like the stock files recents section
__fin__@soulfire I assume you use android phone and if so, go to "phone settings". Select "apps". Then select the app that's bothering you. There you'll see a list of options. Select "defaults" and remove the default settings of the app that's bothering you.
This is the way you can remove the default settings/behaviors for the app of your choice.
@__fin__ I did do that, but it seems like whenever Google Drive is installed. files by Google is hardcoded to open it in that. So either have to use a different file manager or uninstall Google Drive. I'm starting to think I might just do the former
@soulfire Hm, that's strange. I've never encountered that type of behavior.
What kind of a file manager do you use? Also, I'm not quite sure that makes any difference.
Then, are those files stored on your device or on Google drive? If they're on the drive that might be the source of the problem you're having.
Also, what dou you mean when you say "files by Google". I'm a bit confused by that. Does it mean that file was created by an Google app and stored within the Google ecosystem?
@__fin__ files by Google is the name of the file manager. and the files are being stored locally on my device?
@soulfire Sory about the confusion part. My bad. Ok, you use Google file manager and files are stored locally on your device.
Then yes, if you use that app as your default file manager that's the most probable source of your problem. I assume that app uses Google aps by default and forces that type of behavior.
So yes, using a different file manager should solve the problem.
Also, I don't use files by Google and that's why I've never encountered that type of behavior.