Newsletter - May 2019

Android / Google Play

• Read the wrap-up developer keynotes from Google I/O for Android Q updates including Kotlin-first development for Android, new features in Jetpack like CameraX, and a reactive UI toolkit.
• Discover the latest updates from Google Play to help you develop, release, and grow your business.
• Meet the winners of Flutter Create : an inaugural challenge for developers to build something great using 5KB or less of Dart code.
• Explore a range of popular commands that help build polished Actions on Google Assistant using the Sample Actions page .
• Learn more  about Kotlin and how to use it with Android, GCP, and multiplatform development.
• Host or attend a Kotlin/Everywhere event near you ; a global series of community-led events - supported by Google and JetBrains - where you can learn more about Kotlin. 
  
• Check out four new features added to ML Kit  that will help bring Machine Learning to your apps.
• 2019 Google Play Award Winners have been announced. Developers continue to set the bar for quality apps and games. See who rose to the top in all nine categories. 
• Indie Games Showcase  finalists are announced . Congratulations to the developers who will showcase their games at the final events in London, Seoul, and Tokyo in June.

• Stadia GDC Content is now available; check it out and sign up at Stadia.dev
  
• Take advantage of the GCP 30 days free self paced training labs, ML to G Suite administration, and API solutions.
• New machine learning capabilities Firebase Performance Monitoring for web apps showcased at Google I/O! Take a look at everything else that’s new from Firebase.

Web

• See Dart’s updated website at dart.dev .
  
• ChromeOS developer toolbox has practical tips for developing, such as how to enable Linux dev environment, install Android Studio, and more.
• Learn about new features that make Flutter a great way to build ChromeOS apps and ChromeOS a great developer platform to build Flutter apps.
• Watch the video to learn how AMP can be used as your web main framework.

Misc

• Join a developer community near you for in-person meetups and learning with Google Developer Groups. With over 500 groups in 135 countries, GDGs are led by local developers with various backgrounds around the world.
  
• AMP Conf 2019 in Tokyo brought together 500 web developers in person and 5K+ globally on live stream, to celebrate the open source community and share the latest product announcements.
• University Students - Apply to be a Developer Student Club Lead! Through in-person meetups, university students are empowered to learn together and use technology to solve real life problems with local businesses and start-ups.   Apply by June 15 .