# Newsletter - April 2020
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| |---| | |---| | |---| | | | Insert hidden preheader text here | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | [](https://developers.google.com/) | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | | | | April, 2020 | |---|---|---| | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---|---|---| | ||| | | |---| | | | Visit [web.dev/covid19](https://web.dev/covid19?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=hero) for guidance and fundamentals on performance, SEO, network resilience, and accessibility so your site is available and usable for everyone during COVID-19. This page will be updated frequently. Share your feedback [here](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/web.dev/blob/master/src/site/content/en/blog/covid19/index.md?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=hero) . | | | | | [](https://web.dev/covid19?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=hero) | |:---|---|---| | | ||| | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | | |---| | [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3rX7Sd1Gis&list=PLOU2XLYxmsII8REpkzsy1bJHj6G1WEVA1&index=2&t=1s&utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=video1) | | |---| | | | Tune into *TL;DR: Google Developer News*
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[Read more](https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/04/google-play-updates-and-information.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article1) on best practices and how to maintain business continuity in this changing landscape. - [Register](https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/health-datasets?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article2) for the *Data science for public health:* *Working with public COVID-19 data sets* webinar on May 5th. Develop new skills to draw insights and visualize select public health data sets that were released by Google in April to support COVID-19 research. - If you're building or maintaining a health organization website that qualifies as a national health ministry or US state-level agency, you can request to join the COVID-19 Google Search technical support group. Read the [blog post](https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2020/03/health-organizations-covid19.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article3) to learn more. | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | Android / Google Play - [Start developing](https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/androids-camerax-jetpack-library-is-now-in-beta-bf4cf0cc3ea6?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article4) with the CameraX beta. Access the Jetpack support library to integrate camera features in your app with Preview, ImageAnalysis, and ImageCapture. [Review documentation here](https://developer.android.com/training/camerax?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article5) and [join the online community for support](https://groups.google.com/a/android.com/forum/#!forum/camerax-developers) . - [Learn how](https://medium.com/googleplaydev/protect-your-game-and-players-on-google-play-c3fa376fb375) to protect your game, business, and users on Google Play. This guide shows you how to increase security, develop an anti-abuse strategy, and reduce risks. - Get featured. Share your #IMakeApps story or [self-nominate](https://events.withgoogle.com/imakeapps/registrations/new/?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article7) for a chance to be featured in [the campaign](https://g.co/play/imakeapps?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article8) . | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | Firebase / Google Cloud - [Learn how](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2020/03/firebase-google-game-developer-event.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article9) Firebase can help with backend services Cloud Firestore, Cloud Storage, and Firebase Authentication. - [Tune into](https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/cloud-study-jam?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article10) *Cloud Study Jam* through Qwiklabs at no charge. Googlers will provide hands-on labs and answer questions about security, managing GCP costs, and more. Find your timezone and [register online](https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/cloud-study-jam?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article11) . - [Watch](https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/test-driven-infrastructure?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article12) the *Test-driven infrastructure* : *Configuration as code on Google Cloud* webinar. Learn how to leverage InSpec to test your GCP environment. InSpec is an open-source infrastructure testing language (policy as code), and an execution engine that is used to audit remote systems and APIs. - [Check out](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/use-grpc-with-kotlin?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article13) the newly open-sourced gRPC Kotlin for the JVM. It supports using gRPC with your Kotlin projects, from mobile apps to cloud microservices. [Learn more](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/use-grpc-with-kotlin?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article14) . - [Two new Qwiklabs](https://google.qwiklabs.com/catalog_lab/2560?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article15) have just been added to help build Go Apps on the Google Cloud Platform; free to use for a limited time. [Jump in now](https://google.qwiklabs.com/users/sign_up?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article16) . - [Tune in](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrb7xkod6mE&list=PLIivdWyY5sqIxUCyOq0-FPNn5GZ2-XR45&index=1&utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article17) for weekly updates from *[This Week in Cloud](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrb7xkod6mE&list=PLIivdWyY5sqIxUCyOq0-FPNn5GZ2-XR45&index=1&utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article18)* for the latest Google Cloud news. - [Test your skills](https://goo.gle/bqchallenge?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article19) on the BigQuery Weekly Data Challenge. Every week, Felipe Hoffa issues a new data challenge. Solve the puzzle for a chance to win $500 in Cloud credits. - [Explore](https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/why-certify-google-cloud) Google Cloud's latest and upcoming Certifications, including which learning paths are most helpful and some discounts on relevant training in this on-demand [webinar](https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/why-certify-google-cloud) . | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | Web - Support for JSON-RPC and global HTTP batch endpoints is being deprecated. Support has been extended until Aug 12, 2020. [Read more](https://developers.googleblog.com/2018/03/discontinuing-support-for-json-rpc-and.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article21) . - [Announcing](https://medium.com/@zoeyfan_43394/bb346406fe50) support for Flutter on CodePen, a social development environment for front-end developers and designers. [Learn](https://codepen.io/flutter) new techniques, share design explorations, and showcase your creativity. | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | Developer Community - With support from Google.org, [watch how](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xewxLp3KeGE&feature=youtu.be&utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article23) the [Google AI Impact Challenge](https://ai.google/social-good/impact-challenge?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article24) Accelerator, Hadi, and the team at The American University of Beirut applied machine learning to preserve crops calculating weather, groundwater resources, and remotely-sensed agricultural data. - [Join and tune into](https://events.withgoogle.com/menadd?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article26) Google Developer Ecosystem MENA's new online initiative. For 16 weeks, learn different technologies for free from talks, workshops, and panel discussions in Arabic, English, and French. Join the [weekly challenge](https://events.withgoogle.com/menadd/challenge/#content?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article27) and [subscribe and watch](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Yf0L-AWUIMnf1Kp3TqwSw) past recordings. - [See why](https://medium.com/google-developer-experts/go-with-the-kotlin-flow-7067564665a3?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article29) Google Developer Expert Akshay Chordiya uses Kotlin Flow, an implementation of Reactive Stream specification made on top of coroutines and channels for Kotlin. - Launchpad Istanbul's 2017 cohort startup TeamSQL (now [DataRow](https://www.datarow.com/) ) has been acquired by AWS, Amazon's first acquisition in Turkey. This is the second global exit news from the same cohort: Around the same time in 2018, Local Guddy was acquired by Triple. [Read more](https://awsinsider.net/articles/2020/02/21/aws-acquires-datarow.aspx) . | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | Misc - Integrate your apps and websites with the new [Business Console for Google Pay](https://developers.googleblog.com/2020/04/introducing-google-pays-new-business-console.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article31) . Manage new and existing integrations, see how they perform over time, and more. [Get started here](https://pay.google.com/business/console/?utm_source=google_dev_blog&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=business_console_launch?utm_medium%3Demail-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article32) . - [Review](https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/policies?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article33) policies and guidance for use of OAuth 2.0 with Google APIs, which are now consolidated into a single page to make it easier for you to build apps that meet minimum security and privacy requirements. - [See updates](https://developers.googleblog.com/2020/04/local-home-sdk-ready-for-actions.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=article34) and improvements to Local Home SDK, a suite of local technologies to enhance smart home integration with Google Assistant by adding local fulfillment. | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | | |---| | **Latest from Codelabs** - [Google Cloud](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cloud-bigquery-python/index.html?index=../..index#0) - [Google Assistant](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/smarthome-traits/index.html?index=../..index#0) - [Android](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/android-adv-workmanager/index.html?index=../..index#0) - [Web](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cloud-vision-app-engine/index.html?index=../..index#0) | | | | | | | |---| | **Past events** - [Google for Games Dev Summit](https://events.withgoogle.com/gdc2020/?utm_medium=email-&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=date5) - [TensorFlow Dev Summit](https://www.tensorflow.org/dev-summit?utm_medium=email-&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=date6) - [Architecting Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure with Anthos](https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/architecting-multi-cloud?utm_medium=email-&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=date7) - [Flutter Interact](https://events.google.com/flutter-interact?utm_medium=email-&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=date8) - [Android Dev Summit](https://developer.android.com/dev-summit?utm_medium=email-&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=date9) | | | | [Find more developer events](https://developers.google.com/events/?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=datemore) | | |---|---|---| | ||| | ||| | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---|---|---|---|---| | [](https://developers.googleblog.com/?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=blogger) | [](https://www.youtube.com/googledevelopers?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=youtube) | [](https://twitter.com/googledevs?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=twitter "Twitter") | [](https://www.facebook.com/Google-Developers-967415219957038/?fref=ts&utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=facebook "Facebook") | [](https://medium.com/google-developers?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2020-04-eng&utm_content=medium "Medium") |
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