Pocket Edition v0.2.0 alpha

v0.2.0 alpha

Edition	Pocket Edition
Release date	Android – February 10, 2012 iOS – February 17, 2012
Protocol version	Pending
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v0.2.0 alpha was a major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition. It added Survival mode as well as other changes and fixes. This version is the start of the Android and iOS devices having the same features cross-platform.

Additions

Gameplay

Creative

• All worlds created before alpha 0.2.0 will be in Creative.
• Flight
  • Tap the jump button twice to initiate flight. From there, double tap and hold up or down to ascend or descend respectively.

Survival

• Crafting is not yet available, making the following items not obtainable in survival:
  • Stone shovel
  • Stone pickaxe
  • Stone axe
  • Shears
  • Stone sword
  • Ladder
  • Torch
  • Wooden door
  • Fence
  • Fence gate
  • Planks
  • Bricks
  • Stone and wooden stairs
  • Stone slab
  • 13 of the 16 colored wool blocks (excluding light gray, magenta, and orange)
  • Glass
  • Leaves
  • Cactus
• Although it is survival, the user can still see all items in their inventory as though in creative mode, but cannot use them unless having gathered the respective material.
  • This effectively works as the inventory, but lacks to standard 2×2 crafting grid from the original inventory.
• Some materials (tools and anything that cannot be naturally acquired) are in infinite stacks, which is indicated by ∞ (infinity) symbols.
• When an item that has not been gathered is selected, the player's fist is shown.
• Added a hitpoints bar (health will slowly regenerate, similar to peaceful difficulty in the Java Edition).
• Added an oxygen bar when underwater, adding the ability to drown and die.
• Added death with options to respawn or go to main menu.
• When breaking materials, any material can be gathered regardless of what tool is used.
  • For example, stone can be broken without tools and still yield cobblestone, though using a pickaxe is still faster.

Daylight cycle

Mobs

• Sheep
• Pigs
  • Do not spawn naturally.
• Zombies
  • Only spawns at night.

Blocks and items

• Fence
• Fence gate
• Wooden door
• Trees now generate with spruce wood.
  • Because of this, oak wood is unobtainable in survival.
• Wood
  • Birch wood
  • Spruce wood
• Tools
  • Stone shovel
  • Stone pickaxe
  • Stone axe
  • Stone sword
  • Shears
    • Shearing a sheep requires tapping and holding on the sheep, similar to breaking a block. Simply tapping on it hurts the sheep and eventually kills it (8 hits).
• Cactus (in Creative).

Changes

Bricks

• Changed texture from to

Cobblestone

• Changed texture from to .

Oak planks

• Changed texture from to .

Reupload

v0.2.0 was reuploaded on Android later on February 11, 2012, to fix a major bug where some phones crashed while trying to create a new world.

J-version demo

The title screen of Pocket Edition a0.2.0j-demo.

A free J-version demo of Alpha 0.2.0 was released on Google Play on an unknown release date. In mid-2014, it was removed from Google Play. (there's no download link, it can be lost)

Lite version

Title screen of the lite version

A free Lite version was released on between February 17 and 20, 2012. In mid-2014, it was removed from App stores.