Pocket Edition v0.3.0 alpha

v0.3.0 alpha was a major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on April 24, 2012. It added notable features, such as crafting, new mobs, blocks, items, and tools as well as other changes and fixes.

v0.3.0 alpha was reuploaded on April 24, 2012 to fix a crash upon launch, and reuploaded again later that day to add more inventory space and a smaller GUI. It also fixed an icon bug.

Blocks

 * Crafting table
 * Allows the player to craft a larger variety of blocks and items.
 * Can be crafted with wooden planks.
 * Brick slabs
 * The half-height version of bricks.
 * Has a crafting recipe, but is not yet obtainable in Survival mode due to infinite stacks only counting as one of a material.
 * Brick stairs
 * The brick variant of stairs.
 * Has a crafting recipe, but is not yet obtainable in Survival mode due to infinite stacks only counting as one of a material.

Items

 * Dandelion yellow
 * Used to craft yellow wool.
 * Can be crafted with dandelions.
 * Coal
 * Obtained by mining coal ore with a pickaxe.
 * Can be used to craft torches.
 * Lapis lazuli
 * Obtained by mining lapis lazuli ore with a stone pickaxe.
 * Can be used to craft blue wool.
 * Bone meal
 * Currently has no functionality.
 * Is not yet obtainable.

Mobs

 * Cows
 * A common passive mob.
 * Does not drop anything when it dies.
 * Chickens
 * A common passive mob.
 * Does not drop anything when it dies.

Gameplay

 * New sound effects
 * New inventory
 * Crafting
 * How the player make blocks and items.
 * Crafting menu can be accessed by either tapping the "Craft" button on the upper-left of the inventory, or by tapping on a crafting table.
 * : uses the Minecraft Advanced Touch Technology Interface System (MATTIS) crafting system.
 * Durability
 * Most tools, excluding shears, now have a limited number of uses based on their tier.
 * Wooden tools have 11 uses, and stone tools have 132 uses.
 * For most tools, breaking any block counts as 1 use.
 * For swords, this counts as 2 uses.
 * Hitting a mob currently counts as 0 uses.

Blocks

 * Coal ore
 * Now drops coal when mined with any pickaxe.
 * Iron ore
 * Now drops itself when mined with a stone pickaxe.
 * Lapis lazuli ore
 * Now drops 4–9 lapis lazuli when mined with a stone pickaxe.
 * Snow blocks
 * Can now be crafted with snowballs.
 * Now drop snowballs when broken.
 * Snow layers
 * Now drop snowballs when destroyed with a shovel.
 * Sugar cane
 * Now drops its item form when broken.

Items

 * Books
 * Are now used to craft bookshelves.
 * Can now be crafted with paper.
 * Bowls
 * Can now be crafted with wooden planks.
 * Paper
 * Is now used to craft books.
 * Can now be crafted with sugar cane.
 * Snowballs
 * Can now be used to craft snow blocks.
 * Sticks
 * Are now used to craft wooden and stone tools, ladders, torches, fences, and fence gates.
 * Can now be crafted with wooden planks.
 * Sugar
 * Can now be crafted with sugar cane.
 * Wooden axes, pickaxes, shovels, and swords
 * Can now be crafted with wooden planks and sticks.

Non-mob entities

 * Cameras
 * Are now obtainable via an inventory editor.

Gameplay

 * Survival
 * All items now need to be gathered, except shears, bricks, and glass.
 * The player no longer starts out with the following items in infinite stacks:
 * Stone shovel
 * Stone pickaxe
 * Stone axe
 * Stone sword
 * Ladder
 * Torch
 * Wooden door
 * Fence
 * Fence gate
 * Wooden planks
 * Wooden stairs
 * Cobblestone stairs
 * Stone slab
 * 13 of the 16 colored wool blocks (excluding white, magenta, and orange)
 * Leaves
 * Bookshelves
 * Creative inventory
 * Additions:
 * Brick stairs
 * Wooden slab
 * Brick slab
 * Orange wool
 * Magenta wool
 * Crafting table

Internal Version
The internal version is 0.3.0(3007), and has a size of 6.06 MB.

J-version
v0.3.0j alpha was released on Google Play on an unknown release date. The internal version is 0.3.0(3003), and has a size of 1.84 MB.