Being able to send and receive emails from Android devices has made the life of busy working guys a lot easier. Why wait until you get to the office to reply to emails?
Unfortunately, smart phones and tablets aren’t quite on par with desktop computers yet. Attaching files to email on Android is a little tedious as I have experienced myself, as most of the time you’re limited to attaching only photos and videos, especially when using the Gmail app for Android.
If you need to reply to a mail via gmail app alongwith a attached document, follow 3 simple steps.
1. Download a file manager app from PlayStore
Go to playstore and search for any file manager app like "DropBox". Install this free app.
2. Configure Dropbox and upload documents
When you open the Dropbox App the first time you’ll be prompted to log into your account, or create an account if your’re a new user.
After you log in you’ll see all of your Dropbox folders and files, if any.
You can upload files to Dropbox directly from your Android phone. Select the Menu button on your phone and choose Upload. You’ll be prompted to select the type of file you want to upload. For our example, we’ll select a video we’ve previously shot and stored on the device.
You can easily view the uploaded documents. Tap to open any folder and open your folders, files, photos, videos, etc.
3. Send a new mail or reply via gmail
Now simply launch Gmail on your Android device. Open the message you want to reply to. Then, to attach a file to the email, tap the Menu key and then select “Attach” or “Attach file”. You’ll see a list of apps, which now includes "DropBox" in addition to Gallery and other file explorer apps you may have installed on your phone. Tap on "DropBox". You’ll be taken to a list of files and folders. Just tap on the file you want to attach. Did you notice that now you can select any file here, not just photos or videos. You can perform the same steps to attach while creating a new message.
Please Note: An important point to note here is inspite of so many offline file managers available in the market, I advised to use DropBox. There is strong reason behind that. Any document uploaded to DropBox can be accessed from anywhere without carrying the actual device which contains the files.
Alternatively, if you do not have any connectivity, then you can downlod and use file manager apps like "ES File Explorer".
