Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha

v0.5.0 alpha was a major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released to Google Play and the App Store on November 15, 2012 and on an unknown date to the Amazon Appstore. It added notable features, such as melons, paintings, glowstone, the Nether reactor as well as other changes and fixes.

Blocks and items

 * Melons
 * Melon Seeds
 * Paintings
 * Glowstone
 * Cobwebs (cannot be obtained legitimately)
 * Signs (cannot be obtained legitimately, also the player cannot write on them)
 * : Nether Reactor
 * Glowing Obsidian
 * Nether Reactor Core

Mobs

 * Zombie Pigmen

Gameplay

 * : Sleeping now restores health
 * : Health bar is now displayed at the top-left of the screen and not above the hotbar anymore
 * The game is less foggy
 * The name of a selected item or block is displayed over the hotbar.

Blocks and items

 * Food heals more health
 * Easier to get out of bed
 * When jumped on, crops turn back to dirt.
 * Sugar Cane can now be grown on sand.
 * Mushrooms can now be farmed.

Mobs

 * : New animations for zombies, skeletons and zombie pigmen

J-version
v0.5.0j alpha was released on an unknown release date. This was the last J-version of Pocket Edition.