The Android Circuit: First Stop, Old Street

Name: The Android Circuit: First Stop, Old Street
Start: 2025-09-17T17:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-17T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Marshmallow

Marshmallow, The Featherstone Building EC1, 66 City Rd, London, EC1Y 2AL

GDG London

All aboard! Announcing 'The Android Circuit,' the new Android series from GDG London & Tom Colvin. Our first stop: Old Street! Join us on September 17th at 6 PM at Marshmallow to kick off the journey.

Sep 17, 4:30 – 8:00 PM (UTC)

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Announcing The Android Circuit, a brand new event series for London's Android developers! Building on the Android Workshop Wednesdays series, GDG London and Tom Colvin are launching the next chapter of community-driven events.
The Android Circuit will journey through London, with each "stop" hosted in the heart of the city's vibrant tech ecosystem. Our mission remains the same: to connect Android developers of all levels.
Our journey begins at a station synonymous with UK tech innovation: Old Street. We're thrilled to pull into the platform on Wednesday, September 17th, starting at 5:30 PM, hosted by the brilliant team at Marshmallow, right in the heart of the tech hub. As a nod to our roots, we're kicking things off on a Wednesday, but future events will travel around the calendar, just as the circuit travels around the city.

When

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM (UTC)

Where

Marshmallow
The Featherstone Building EC1, 66 City Rd
London, EC1Y 2AL

Agenda

4:30 PM	Registration and arrival
5:00 PM	Welcome remarks
5:15 PM	Beyond Basics: Fluid Image Transitions & Gesture Sync in Compose by Piotr Prus	Learn how to elevate your Jetpack Compose animations by building a smooth, gesture-driven transition from a card to a full-screen modal. In this talk, we’ll explore advanced techniques for creating seamless screen transitions, focusing on how to move an image from a compact card layout to a fully expanded modal while maintaining a fluid and responsive user experience. We’ll dive into the intricacies of layering views in Compose, ensuring the image and other UI elements transition smoothly between screens. You’ll see how to synchronize animations with user gestures, such as dragging the modal down to dismiss it, and how to handle edge cases for a natural feel. This example goes beyond the basics, showcasing how to combine Compose’s animation API, Modifier.graphicsLayer, and pointer input. By the end of this session, you’ll have a deep understanding of how to create advanced, gesture-aware animations in Jetpack Compose, along with practical code examples you can apply to your own projects. Perfect for developers looking to push the boundaries of Compose animations and deliver standout user experiences.
6:00 PM	What I Learned from Publishing Libraries to Maven Central for 10 Years by Nicola Corti	Publishing to Maven Central sounds simple… until it isn’t. In this talk, I’ll share a decade’s worth of lessons learned from publishing open source libraries to Maven Central and other repositories. From GPG key nightmares and Gradle plugin magic to simplify your publishing workflow: those are the tips wish you knew earlier. If you’ve ever fought with .pom files, staging repositories, or just want to understand how to go from a gradlew publish to GitHub download badge, this talk is for you. Expect incident stories, practical tips, and a series of do’s and don’ts to don’t be miserable when publishing to Central and making your next release smooth and drama-free!
6:45 PM	Networking

Speakers

Piotr Prus

Tilt

Android Developer

Nicola Corti

Hosts

Tom Colvin

Apptaura

Google Developer Expert • Chief Technology Officer

Goran Minov

Okta Inc.

Regional Technical Strategist

Organizers

Renuka Kelkar

techpowergirls

GDG Organizer

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Sumith Damodaran

sitecore

PM / GDG Organizer

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Chris Bouloumpasis

GDG Organizer

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Goran Minov

Okta

Regional Technical Strategist | GDG Organizer

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Inès Rigaud

GDG Organizer

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Mihaela Peneva

GDG Organizer

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Stefan Cornea

01founders

GDG Organizer

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Hello GDG London

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The Android Circuit: First Stop, Old Street

Sep 17, 4:30 – 8:00 PM (UTC)

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About this event

When

Where

Agenda

Speakers

Piotr Prus

Nicola Corti

Hosts

Tom Colvin

Goran Minov

Partner

Marshmallow

Organizers

Renuka Kelkar

Sumith Damodaran

Chris Bouloumpasis

Goran Minov

Inès Rigaud

Mihaela Peneva

Stefan Cornea

Hello GDG London

Sep 17, 4:30 – 8:00 PM (UTC)