You’re building a Google Drive app, and now you want to implement a file picker. You can either build your own or use an existing service. Google argues against the former in its latest Google Drive SDK hangout:

Writing your own file picker with the Drive API is easy, right? Not so fast! Watch to find out about the hidden complexity that can turn an otherwise easy task into a pain for users. We’ll show you ways to do it right when you have no choice as well as some alternative approaches that are quick and easy to implement.

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