Pocket Edition v0.16.2 alpha

v0.16.2 was released to fix several bugs and added the Cartoon texture pack.

Additions

 * Cartoon texture pack.
 * A chest generates in big houses of cold taiga and ice plain villages.

Changes

 * Tweaked the Elder Guardian debuff attack visuals.
 * Fixed the black tearing effect along the waterline when a submerged player tilts. (VR only)
 * Various minor fixes to mobs whose attributes weren't consistent with previous versions.
 * Tweaked creeper explosion/detonation, so they no longer blow up 5 or more blocks away from the player & are now consistent with other versions.
 * Various tweaks to skins to prevent them from clipping through armor.

Fixes

 * Other
 * You can again open your inventory while using touch while riding a tamed horse/donkey/mule.
 * You can again open your inventory while riding a pig/minecart/boat.
 * Fixed a crash when a piston moved a cauldron.
 * Fixed import/export for worlds with non-UTF-8 characters in the path.
 * Horses can be dismounted while sneaking again.
 * Clients can now see the camera shake from damage.
 * Guardians again spawn inside Ocean Monuments.
 * Fishing rods no longer only fire in one direction.
 * Add-ons no longer appear twice when editing a world that already has that Add-on applied.
 * Depended upon resource packs are now saved in the world_resource_packs.json file.
 * Fixed a crash that occurred when a player used the /summon command.
 * Minecarts with TNT can be detonated by appropriate detonators other than just flint & steel.
 * Hurt sounds are again played when hurt events occur.
 * Food items used when feeding ocelots for breeding.
 * Clouds no longer flicker when fog updates.
 * Sun, moon & stars draw in front of terrain in immersive VR. (VR only).
 * The behavior of activator rails is no longer reversed.
 * A creeper's fuse time no longer resets every time flint & steel is used on it.
 * Arrows are no longer flipping directions visually when shot from a bow. A similar issue with fishing rods should also be fixed.
 * Fixed a crash when you respawn.
 * Game no longer fails to launch when there is an active global texture pack.
 * Commands beginning with '"w"' now appear in the auto-complete list when you type '"w"'
 * You can now rename a Wither with a nametag (and it no longer crashes your game).
 * The Wither's health bar no longer disappears when your game unloads and then reloads a chunk where a Wither is.
 * Enchanted bows again have their extra bonuses.
 * Fixed a crash on Windows Phone. (Windows Phone only)
 * Hopper minecarts in older saved game files should work again.
 * Fixed a crash with item frames & compasses/clocks.
 * Fixed texture changes on cats, zombie villagers, villagers when loading a world created before 0.16.
 * Fixed a crash from invalid pack_manifest.json files in an Add-on folder.
 * Fixed a crash when players closed settings in a game with resource packs active.
 * Fixed a crash when you attempt to select a custom skin.
 * ""Saddle up"" achievement should work again.
 * Mob spawners should no longer be spawning mobs in properly lit areas.
 * Wolves should again attack rabbits, skeletons & sheep more frequently.
 * You can again open a crafting table multiple times on mobile (MCPE only).
 * Horses no longer lose their equipment when importing a 0.15.9 world.
 * Fixed a crash caused by fire arrows.

Trivia

 * This was the last update in the Alpha stage of Pocket Edition development.
 * This was the last update for Windows Phone 8 devices. Updates for Windows Mobile resumed on February 22, 2017, with the release of 1.0.3 for Windows 10 Mobile.