Highlights: Firebase, App Engine, Mobile Ads, Google Container Engine, Kubernetes, Infinite Scrollers, Billions of users, AdMob Mediation.

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Build a mobile backend service with Firebase and App Engine

Want to know how to build a native chat application with Firebase and App Engine? Here’s a step-by-step guide and sample code for both an Android app and an App Engine-based backend service.

Mobile Ads Garage — AdMob with Firebase

In the latest episode of the Mobile Ads Garage, David East joins host Andrew Brogdon to cover Firebase for AdMob publishers, including how to import both SDKs into a project and how to link an AdMob app to a Firebase project so you can take advantage of Firebase’s free and unlimited analytics.

Google Container Engine

Game developer Rayark just hit 2 million downloads with their game, VOEZ, which is running in production on Google Container Engine. Take a look at the post for the principles to their success.

Kubernetes 1.3 on Google Container Engine

Kubernetes 1.3 is ready to roll out on Google Container Engine and will be available to all customers over the coming week. The latest release addresses many top requests including services that span availability zones, built-in support for stateful applications and doubling the number of nodes in a cluster to 2,000. For more details, including the latest updates to Container Engine, check out the post.

Complexities of an infinite scroller

This is a really cool article over on our web updates page about what to consider when building an infinite scroller. Spoiler alert: Re-use your DOM elements and remove the ones that are far away from the viewport; also, use placeholders to account for delayed data. Here’s the post with details, a demo, and the code!

Building for Billions

To build products that work for billions of users, you need to address key challenges: limited or intermittent connectivity, device compatibility, varying screen sizes, high data costs, and short-lived batteries. Take a look at the post for best practices on both web and Android to help you reach billions by delivering exceptional performance in spite of these issues.

AdMob Mediation

Game developer Balloon Island increased revenue by about 150% with AdMob Mediation. To learn how, check out the case study.

Highlights: Android N APIs, Android Security Rewards, Google Cloud Platform and Location, Google Cloud Platform CLI, Google Sheets API v4, Grow Revenue with AdMob

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Android N APIs are final

The Android N APIs are now final! It’s time to get your apps ready, so if you haven’t already, download the final SDK for Android N through the SDK manager in Android Studio. Also, you can now publish updates compiling with, and optionally targeting, API 24 to Google Play. Which means you can start testing your app on the alpha, beta, or even production channels with the Google Play Developer Console. Hit up the post for all the links.

Android Security Rewards

One year ago, we added Android Security Rewards to the long standing Google Vulnerability Rewards Program. Since then, we’ve paid over half a million dollars to eighty two researchers. And you know what, for reports filed after June 1st, we’re starting to pay more. The post has all the details.

Google Cloud Platform and Location

Have you ever wanted your own scalable location analysis platform? Well, check out the post for a full tutorial and docker images for one built with The Google Cloud Platform and Google Maps APIs.

Google Cloud Platform CLI

The gcloud tool is your gateway to manage and interact with the Google Cloud Platform from the command line. Check out the post for some details including a demonstration of filters, formatting, and projections.

Google Sheets API v4

At Google I/O 2016, we launched a new Google Sheets API. The update includes new features including access to functionality found in the Sheets desktop and mobile user interfaces. Follow the link for an introduction and some code.

Grow revenue with AdMob

Within one month of implementing AdMob native ads, Holaverse saw its total revenue increase by 10%. From just one native ad slot, they earned over four thousand dollars in a single day. To learn more, read the full case study.