how to make CircularFloatingActionMenu like android in c# WPF? - c#

i use materialDesign Mahapps at c# wpf.
and i want make some floating button that open and spread other button when i click it.
i saw CircularFloatingActionMenu animation in android.
i already saw it
https://github.com/MaterialDesignInXAML
but i couldn't get something.
please see this(CircularFloatingActionMenu animation) and this(https://github.com/wasabeef/awesome-android-ui/blob/master/art/CircularFloatingActionMenu.gif) and know me how do i make it...

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