How do I insert a tab character in a Google Docs document on iOS?

I'm trying to insert a tab character in a Google "doc", from Google Drive on my iPhone.

I have a list

1. Item
2. Thing

and I need to insert an a. between 1 and 2 - usually accomplished by pressing the Tab, which is not present on the onscreen keyboard.

How do I accomplish this task (on iOS)?

Solution 1:

In the Google Drive app, within a Google document, there are two indentation keys in the top status bar. You'll need to scroll right to get to them. The right one works just like Tab, and the other is for Shift+Tab.

Solution 2:

I almost threw my phone out the window / abandoned the Docs ecosystem - thinking that you couldn't do this…

After some searching, and poking around a little bit to no avail, voila!

We're gonna "use Siri", here... so enable dictation, in iOS settings, if not already "ON".

Hit the mic, and say...

Tab Key

Drop the mic.

Hard tabs, all day long. Thank God!