I’m working on an Android application and need to figure out how to submit form data directly to Google Forms from my app. I want users to fill out a form within my Android app, and when they submit it, the data should automatically go to a Google Form that I’ve created.
I’ve been searching for tutorials or documentation on this topic but haven’t found clear instructions yet. I know there are some libraries out there that can handle this kind of functionality, but I’m not sure which ones are reliable or how to implement them properly.
Has anyone successfully integrated Google Forms submission into their Android app? What approach did you use and are there any specific libraries or APIs that make this process easier?
Try Google Apps Script as middleware - I did this about six months ago and it worked great. Create a simple Apps Script web app that takes JSON from your Android app and fills out the Google Form automatically. You skip parsing HTML forms and don’t need the full Sheets API setup. Your Android app sends clean JSON to the script, and the script submits the form behind the scenes. Performance was solid for moderate traffic, though you’ll hit quotas if you’re doing heavy volume. Best part is form changes won’t break your app since the script handles all the mapping.
I did this in my app last year using direct HTTP POST. You inspect the Google Form’s HTML source to grab the form action URL and input field names, then build POST requests from your Android app with OkHttp or whatever networking library you prefer. The tricky bit is mapping the field IDs correctly - you’ll find these in the page source as entries like ‘entry.123456789’. I liked this approach better than third-party libraries since you control the whole submission process. Just remember if you change the Google Form structure later, you’ll need to update your field mappings.
Honestly, skip the forms and go straight to Google Sheets API. Way easier. Just create a sheet, enable the API, and push your data with Retrofit or Volley. I’ve done this - it’s straightforward and you don’t have to deal with form field IDs or worry about Google breaking things when they update their form structure.