The Android Circuit: Third Stop, Tottenham Court Road
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The Android Circuit event series for London's Android developers! Building on the Android Workshop Wednesdays, 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 Tottenham Court Road! Mark your calendars for our third meetup on January 14th, starting at 17:30, which will be hosted at our community partner, Skyscanner.
Agenda
5:30 PM: Registration and arrival, networking
6:30 PM: Welcome remarks
6:45 PM: Goodbye AndroidView wrappers: Modernizing Media UIs by Julia Bibik
Ever wondered how your video playback works in so many apps? For years, PlayerView has been the reliable workhorse that carried a lot of use cases, from short-form videos to movies and ads. But as apps move toward a fully declarative future, wrapping legacy Views in an AndroidView can feel like a compromise. In this session, we will peek under the hood of the new AndroidX Media3 Compose libraries. You will walk away with a bunch of out-of-the box media-related composables and inspiration for your own Views-to-Compose migration journeys.
7:30 PM: Welcome to the Accessibility Jungle by Tati Riabova
Mobile Apps Accessibility has always seemed to follow easy and straightforward rules which made working with it similar to ticking boxes off a checklist: add contentDescription, don't forget to update stateDescription etc. That is until you have to deal with a bug that ignores all the rules.
Together, we will do a deep dive into how Accessibility Services, like TalkBack, actually work and how composables can suddenly disappear in the Accessibility Jungle.
8:15 PM: Networking
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Speakers
Julia Bibik - Google (Media and Compose Developer)
Julia is an Android Engineer at Google on the AndroidX team, where she specializes in building Jetpack Compose solutions for the Camera and Media libraries. She is deeply invested in the developer experience and loves hearing "from-the-trenches" stories about migrating Views or shipping new Compose features in production. When she isn’t wrangling internal Google tools or debugging lifecycles, …
Tati Riabova - Skyscanner (Android Engineer)
Tati is an Android Engineer at Skyscanner. Most of the time you can find her working on new features for Drops, however, making the app accessible for everyone holds a special place in her heart.
Hosts
Goran Minov - Okta Inc. (Regional Technical Strategist)
I am a Cyber Security Architect specialising in Identity & Access Management (IAM). My passion lies in architecting secure Google Cloud solutions and building tamper-proof Android applications.
I currently serve as a Senior Technical Account Manager at Okta. As a key member of the customer success team, I'm dedicated to ensuring customers fully maximise the value of …
Tom Colvin - Apptaura (Google Developer Expert • Chief Technology Officer)
Tom Colvin is CTO of Apptaura, the app development specialists; and founder of Conseal Security, the mobile app security experts. He has been a developer for over 20 years and worked with Android since Cupcake. He is a Google Developer Expert in Android.
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Partner
Skyscanner (https://www.skyscanner.net/)
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