On my Android Pixel 3, I was able to save a specific file from Google Sheets to my home screen.
I can then click that bookmark, and it opens the Sheets app directly to that file.
How can I accomplish the same thing on iPhone 6S?
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Related: How can I quickly open a text file from the iPhone's home screen?, Is it possible to create an icon on home screen to a specific note?– RubénApr 12 at 14:32
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What iOS update are you running?– ThinkrApr 12 at 15:30
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If you're running some recent update, you can add widgets from Google Drive showing recently opened files.– ThinkrApr 12 at 15:31
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Use a Shortcut
This can be achieved with a single action Shortcut that is saved to the Home Screen. Following are the very simple steps to create this action.
1. Create a new Shortcut and name it appropriately (i.e. “Open Foo.bar”)
2. From the Documents Category, select the action Open File
3. Add the File and (optional) App selections. Within the Action definition, there will be two fields:
- File. Tap on this to select the file you want to open
- App. This is preset to “Default App”, but you can select the application you want to open the file in.
For this example, I am opening an Excel Spreadsheet (closest to Google Sheets; I don’t use Google products). Here I specify the file “AMEX Pay With Points Analysis.xls” and the app to open it in, Excel (though it would work with the “Default App”).
4. Save this shortcut to the Home Screen.
When you open this from the Home Screen, it will launch Excel with the file loaded.
5. Duplicate this Shortcut for every file you want on your Home Screen.
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1This got me on the right track (I didn't know about the Shortcuts app), so +1. But I needed support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/… and apple.stackexchange.com/a/384348/53510 and apple.stackexchange.com/a/420899/53510 too.– RyanApr 13 at 0:37