Adding images from Google Photo or Drive

I'm trying to add images from Google Photos, of the same account where Appsheet is created, to the following table:

appsheet images.jpg

I found the following article that indicates I have to place the photos in the same folder as the AppSheet:

Google Drive: Viewing an image on Google Drive shows your image on a web page that hosts an image, but the URL of the web page will not work as a link to your image. We recommend using the solution described in xxxxxxxx

I did this for the first entry in the above sheet.  However, it only works if I'm viewing AppSheet from the same account.  The users, who have different gmail accounts, can't see the image.

So, I changed the Column Type from image to URL, and that works....partially.  I get the following link to open the URL if I do a search of the persons name, and scroll over to the link:

Appsheet Usuario Search.jpg

But if I open the User screen (select the user), it only give the URL, and no link to open the photo...as seen below:

Appsheet Usuario 1.jpg

I would like for the image to be shown automatically when selecting the individual record.  Is it possible to do from Google Photos?

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  1. You can store both URLs and relative paths in an Image type column and it will work well.
  2. It's odd for you to say that different users access the same images and some don't. They should be the same. I'm wondering if you're using the "as user" instead of "as app owner" access mode on the table? That's the only thing I can think of right now for that.
  3. You can't display any actions in Form views.
  4. AFAIK, there's no inbuilt way to access google photos from appsheet.

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  1. You can store both URLs and relative paths in an Image type column and it will work well.
  2. It's odd for you to say that different users access the same images and some don't. They should be the same. I'm wondering if you're using the "as user" instead of "as app owner" access mode on the table? That's the only thing I can think of right now for that.
  3. You can't display any actions in Form views.
  4. AFAIK, there's no inbuilt way to access google photos from appsheet.