Ahmed El-Helw
@ahmedre.bsky.social
Android Lead at HudHud Maps
Google Developer Expert for Android
Formerly Android at Careem, Faceboook, Twitter, and Evernote
Google Developer Expert for Android
Formerly Android at Careem, Faceboook, Twitter, and Evernote
I wrote a blog post about 3 different ways to get a MapLibre map rendering on Android Auto - helw.net/2025/11/16/m... #androiddev
Maplibre on Android Auto
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helw.net
November 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I wrote a blog post about 3 different ways to get a MapLibre map rendering on Android Auto - helw.net/2025/11/16/m... #androiddev
Reposted by Ahmed El-Helw
The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says.
There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says
Israel has strongly denied that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide and says they are justified as self defense. It is fighting a case at the International Court of Justice.
nbcnews.to
September 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says.
There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
wrote a short post about how to use `ComposeView` when you don’t have an `Activity` context - helw.net/2025/08/31/c... #androiddev
Compose UI without an Activity
blog of ahmed el-helw
helw.net
August 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
wrote a short post about how to use `ComposeView` when you don’t have an `Activity` context - helw.net/2025/08/31/c... #androiddev
Reposted by Ahmed El-Helw
Seven common tropes used to deny Gaza’s famine, debunked by an expert www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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August 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Seven common tropes used to deny Gaza’s famine, debunked by an expert www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
I spent some time understanding why Android 16 causes numbers in Arabic apps to go from Arabic-Hindi (١،٢،٣) 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
Arabic Numbers and Regions
blog of ahmed el-helw
helw.net
June 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I spent some time understanding why Android 16 causes numbers in Arabic apps to go from Arabic-Hindi (١،٢،٣) 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
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
Quick Notes about Edge to Edge
blog of ahmed el-helw
helw.net
April 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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
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
Pitfalls when working with KMP Strings
blog of ahmed el-helw
helw.net
January 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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