The Android Circuit: Second Stop, King's Cross (Google London)

Name: The Android Circuit: Second Stop, King's Cross (Google London)
Start: 2025-11-18T17:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-18T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Google London - Pancras Square

Google London - Pancras Square, 6 Pancras Square, Greater London, N1C 4AG

GDG London

All aboard! Announcing 'The Android Circuit,' the new Android series from GDG London. Our second stop: King’s Cross! Join us on November 18th at 6 PM at Google.

Nov 18, 5:30 – 9:00 PM (UTC)

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The Android Circuit, a brand new event series for London's Android developers! Building on the Android Workshop Wednesdays series by Tom Colvin, GDG London have launched the next chapter of community-driven events. 
The Android Circuit journeys 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. 
We're delighted to announce that the next station on The Android Circuit will be King's Cross! Mark your calendars for our second meetup on November 18th, starting at 6:00 PM, which will be hosted at the Google UK office. 

When

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM (UTC)

Where

Google London - Pancras Square
6 Pancras Square
Greater London, N1C 4AG

Agenda

Registration and arrival
Welcome remarks
Make your composition pause by Jossi Wolf	Composing content for the first time has always been a synchronous, uninterruptible process. The performance of this model is not ideal for computationally expensive compositions, affecting lazy layouts and heavy screen transitions the most. In the next release of Compose runtime we are introducing pausable composition that addresses this problem. It enables finer control over initial composition, allowing for much more efficient scheduling. This talk provides a deep technical overview of the feature, discussing implementation details and capabilities it unlocks. You will learn why pausable composition is the hottest new feature in Jetpack Compose and how your apps can benefit from it.
How we boosted ExoPlayer performance by 30% by Alexey Bykov	Video has become an integral part of our lives, and we are witnessing a significant rise in the integration of video content within Android apps. Reddit is not an exception: we have more than 20 video surfaces in our app. In this talk, I'll share our journey of improving video rendering by 30% and approaches that go beyond what is documented. We'll discuss: - Video metrics and what's important there - Lifecycle and challenges - Single instance of player vs PlayerPool - SurfaceView vs TextureView performance - ViewPool and AndroidView pitfalls with Jetpack Compose - Potential problems with caching Everything that will be mentioned is validated through real production scenarios and confirmed in efficiency by A/B tests on millions of Daily Active Users in the Reddit app.
Networking

Speakers

Jossi Wolf

Google

Software Engineer, Jetpack Compose

Alexey Bykov

Staff Android Engineer & Android GDE

Hosts

Goran Minov

Okta Inc.

Regional Technical Strategist

Tom Colvin

Apptaura

Google Developer Expert • Chief Technology Officer

Organizers

Goran Minov

Okta

Regional Technical Strategist | GDG Organizer

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Stefan Cornea

01founders

GDG Organizer

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Chris Bouloumpasis

GDG Organizer

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Sara Mita Gabriel

Organiser

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Renuka Kelkar

techpowergirls

GDG Organizer

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Sumith Damodaran

sitecore

PM / GDG Organizer

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Tom Colvin

Apptaura

Organiser

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Mihaela Peneva

GDG Organizer

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The Android Circuit: Second Stop, King's Cross (Google London)

Nov 18, 5:30 – 9:00 PM (UTC)

Key Themes

About this event

When

Where

Agenda

Speakers

Jossi Wolf

Alexey Bykov

Hosts

Goran Minov

Tom Colvin

Organizers

Goran Minov

Stefan Cornea

Chris Bouloumpasis

Sara Mita Gabriel

Renuka Kelkar

Sumith Damodaran

Tom Colvin

Mihaela Peneva

Nov 18, 5:30 – 9:00 PM (UTC)