Arabic Numbers and Regions
blog of ahmed el-helw
I spent some time understanding why Android 16 causes numbers in Arabic apps to go from Arabic-Hindi (ูกุูขุูฃ) to Latin (1,2,3). I documented my adventures in this blog post about Arabic numbers and regions - helw.net/2025/05/31/a... #androiddev
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Quick Notes about Edge to Edge
blog of ahmed el-helw
Targeting Android 35 soon? I wrote up some quick notes that may be useful when implementing edge to edge - helw.net/2025/04/06/q... #androiddev
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Pitfalls when working with KMP Strings
blog of ahmed el-helw
I wrote a post about something I just learned - One cannot simply share String indices from #kmp with Swift. helw.net/2025/01/19/p... #kotlin #androiddev
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