Pocket Edition v0.12.1 alpha

Alpha 0.12.1 is an upcoming update to Minecraft Pocket Edition with a possible release date in August 2015. The release was initially intended to coincide with the release of the Windows 10 version on July 29, 2015 but encountered obstacles in its development, forcing it to be delayed.

The Windows 10 Edition was released early as 0.12.0. It included some Windows 10 exclusive features such as a new title screen, but did not include enchanting or the other features added and fixed in the development builds.

Gameplay

 * Controller support
 * Hunger
 * Experience
 * Weather
 * Rain
 * Snowfall
 * Thunderstorm
 * Sprinting and sneaking
 * Option to reverse the location of the Sneak and Jump button
 * The jump button has been moved to the right side of the screen.
 * Added a sneaking button in place of where the current jump button is.
 * These are the new default controls.
 * Options
 * Option to disable the auto-jump feature
 * Added camera mode slider on options (First-person, Third-person, Front third-person)
 * FOV option slider
 * More difficulty modes
 * Peaceful
 * Easy
 * Normal
 * Hard
 * Mobs deal more damage and zombies/skeletons have a increased chance of wearing, picking up, or spawning with better armor or tools.
 * Animation for switching items.
 * Critical hits
 * Enchanting
 * Brewing
 * Brewing

Blocks

 * Enchantment table
 * Version exclusive : Book on table glows
 * Anvils
 * All 3 damage types
 * Brewing stand
 * Mob head
 * Inventory icons are not 3-D
 * Flower pot
 * Soul sand
 * Nether brick fence
 * Nether quartz ore

Items

 * Potion
 * Splash potion
 * Gold nugget
 * Golden carrot
 * Nether wart
 * Glistering melon
 * Golden apple
 * Enchanted golden apple
 * Rabbit's foot (creative only as rabbits have not been added yet)
 * Blaze rod
 * Blaze powder
 * Ghast tear
 * Spider eye
 * Fermented spider eye
 * Bottle o' enchanting (creative only as villager trading has not been added yet)
 * Poisonous potato
 * Enchanted books

Creative inventory additions

 * Spawn eggs:
 * Ghast
 * Blaze
 * Ocelot
 * Glowstone dust
 * Gunpowder
 * Redstone dust (brewing only)
 * Slimeball
 * Sugar
 * Magma cream
 * Apple
 * Coal
 * Charcoal
 * Iron ingot
 * Gold ingot
 * Emerald
 * Diamond
 * Raw porkchop
 * Cooked porkchop
 * Steak
 * Raw chicken
 * Cooked chicken
 * Baked potato
 * Bread
 * String
 * Stick
 * Beetroot
 * Beetroot soup
 * Mushroom soup
 * Packed ice
 * Boats:
 * Spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak variants
 * Leather armor
 * Chain armor
 * Iron armor
 * Gold armor
 * Diamond armor

World generation

 * The Nether
 * Nether portals can also be up to 23x23 in size
 * All items previously obtained through the Nether reactor are now available through their normal means.
 * Nether fortresses

Mobs

 * Iron golems
 * Snow golems
 * Version exclusive : Shows jack o' lantern as the head if used for building, in place of the pumpkin
 * Version exclusive : The pumpkin can be removed using shears, revealing the "derp" face of the snow golem
 * Ocelots
 * Zombie villagers
 * Version exclusive : Villagers retain their profession and clothes, which appear tattered, and have green wart on their noses
 * Baby zombie villagers
 * Blazes
 * Wither skeletons
 * Charged creepers
 * Spawned when a lightning bolt strikes a creeper during a thunderstorm.

General

 * Graphics
 * Tinted water - gradient from aqua to dark blue when viewed from a distance
 * New explosion particles
 * Relocated pause and chat button (survival only)
 * Version exclusive : Leaves in snowy taigas now appear frost-covered
 * Scrollbar
 * Always visible
 * New texture
 * The player can now swim in lava
 * Updated sounds
 * Options
 * Third person view is no longer a toggle switch
 * It is now a slider bar, with 3 options:
 * Option 1 - first person view
 * Option 2 - third person view
 * Option 3 - frontal face view

Gameplay

 * Controls
 * Made the flight controls a little bit smaller
 * Chat
 * The player can now use the chat while in a bed.

Mobs

 * Burning mobs have a sizzling particle effect once extinguished
 * Mobs will now drop experience when killed
 * Zombie
 * Zombies now wear different armor and can hold items
 * Zombies now drop weapons and armor rarely
 * Zombies can now break down doors
 * If killed by a charged creeper, it will drop its head.
 * Skeleton
 * Skeletons now wear different armor and can hold items
 * Improved accuracy
 * Skeletons now drop weapons and armor rarely
 * Spawning a Skeleton in the nether can turn into a wither skeleton
 * If killed by a charged creeper, it will drop its head.
 * Creeper
 * Creepers struck by lightning now turn into Charged creepers
 * Run away from Ocelots (Wild and Tamed variants)
 * Slime
 * Slimes now have particles when jumping
 * Magma cube
 * Now spawn in the Nether
 * Magma cubes now split when killed
 * Zombie pigman
 * Zombie pigmen are now neutral
 * Now spawn in the Nether
 * Zombie Pigmen now wear armor and can hold items
 * Zombie Pigmen now drops swords and armor rarely
 * Now drop gold nuggets
 * Villager
 * Villagers can now open and close doors
 * Villagers can now harvest crops
 * Villagers can now breed
 * Villagers now have angry particles if attacked by the player
 * Spider
 * Spiders now have a walking sound
 * Now drop spider eyes
 * Cave Spider
 * Cave Spiders now have a walking sound
 * Now drop spider eyes
 * Ghast
 * Now spawn in the Nether
 * Now drop ghast tears
 * Now makes sounds and noises

Blocks and items

 * Boat
 * New inventory icons
 * Now include paddles
 * Different boat types' items now are their respective color
 * Nether Reactor
 * Still usable, but is uncraftable and removed from the crafting menu and the creative inventory. If the player breaks a Nether reactor core, it still drops 3 diamonds and 6 iron ingots.
 * Only obtainable via inventory editing.
 * Food
 * Now restore hunger instead of health
 * Snow layer
 * Version exclusive : Builds up multiple layers naturally through snowfall
 * Version exclusive : Are now affected by gravity
 * Book
 * Now use the updated crafting recipe including leather
 * Crops
 * Breaking crops will now always drop seeds
 * Ladders
 * Now makes sounds when climbing
 * Lava
 * Makes sounds when it's flowing
 * Version exclusive : Now appears brighter
 * Water
 * Makes sounds when it's flowing
 * Now can use to make water bottles
 * Doors
 * Now can be stacked up to 64
 * Crafting a door now produces 3 doors rather than 1.
 * Packed ice
 * New texture: Packed Ice.png
 * Quartz pillars
 * Can now be placed horizontally, like logs.
 * Dead bush
 * Now has a chance to drop sticks when broken

General

 * Title screen
 * Buttons now have a rocky texture
 * Rotating player model with current skin with the player name above is now displayed
 * Options button is now beneath the 'play' button to the left
 * Button now reads 'options' rather than a wrench icon
 * Skin selection tab relocated from options to a button on the title screen to the right of the options button
 * Language button now uses the same icon as Computer Edition
 * Buttons are smaller and make up current size of 'play' button

Gameplay

 * PC survival inventory and crafting UIs
 * Mouse & Keyboard support

Gameplay

 * Possibly in-game music
 * May be downloadable only as a free in-app purchase on Android, IOS, and Windows devices
 * Possibly performance improvements
 * Tommasso stated that he may improve the chunk loading system and mob performance.

Fixes
68 bugs fixed

From released versions before 0.12.1 From the 0.11.0 development versions
 * Touchpad implementation fixed on the Sony Xperia Play
 * – You can't get out of lava
 * - Sounds on Android devices are incorrect
 * - Bug while mining/breaking blocks (Touch and Split Controls)
 * - cant place pillar quartz blocks sideways
 * - Bow don't have particles in full charge.
 * - Automatic Flying Bug
 * - Auto jump not working with carpet
 * - Finger free mining bug.
 * - Wrong Crops Sound
 * - When tapping the leftmost box in hotbar while walking forward, you walk backwards-left a bit.
 * - Baby pigs can pass trough slabs
 * - Hotbar size decreases when on split controls
 * - Cobblestone generators don't work for other players in Local Server Multiplayer
 * - painting  (or Aztec) does not exist in the game
 * - jungle leaves x-ray bug
 * - Putting out fire in creative mode
 * - Inventory Armor Section Bug!
 * - Red Sand Suffocation
 * - Burning fuel icon not decreasing when the world is closed and reopened
 * - Upper slabs cause top leaf texture to disappear
 * - Monster spawners only spawn mobs with data value 0
 * - Mesas generate on top of water bodies in Bryce mesa biomes
 * - Skeletons arrows bounce off
 * - Water and Lava disappear when switching view distances
 * - Redstone Ore doesn't give off particles.
 * - Heavy shading on water blocks at the world border
 * - Mining consecutive redstone ore blocks does not light each block as they are being mined
 * - Lava can tick through walls
 * - Fishing rod and flying glitch
 * - Wrong Magma Cream Name
 * - Magma Cubes Do Not Split
 * - Lighting glitch when standing under a door
 * - Block selection overlay is only visible on one side of a texture
 * - Villager professions not showing correctly on client
 * - Mob pathfinding considers the void to be a solid platform
 * - Dogs (tamed wolves) cannot be healed to full health
 * - Falling beyond bedrock into void
 * - Baby animals can grow up in fences-type blocks and escape their pen
 * - Skeletons Aim is off
 * - Zombies think that slabs are full blocks
 * - Eating raw chicken gives you hunger?
 * - Water can turn lava into obsidian from underneath.
 * - View Bobbing Automatically defaults to on after restarting the app
 * - Egg shows snowball particles when thrown
 * - Fishing bobber (bait or lure) burns forever
 * - LAN Mid-Air glitch
 * - Wrong text when selecting which model to use with your custom skin
 * - Furnaces are facing wrong direction in village blacksmiths
 * - World crashes on load
 * - Mobs get stuck atop the border wall
 * - Baby zombie pigmen
 * - Double-tall flowers do not drop items when mined
 * - Chunks near to and of mushroom island biomes do not generate
 * - Carpet duplication when trying to place it where it cannot be placed
 * - Minecarts Wrong View when riding it down
 * - Baby chickens die in boats
 * - Cobwebs can't be broken by water
 * - After mobs get out of fire, they do not continue to burn
 * - Nether Reactor gives wrong message
 * - Vegetation generates through structures
 * - Unable to scroll a newly selected language off of the language menu screen
 * - Infinite Boat Rowing Bug
 * - Bow glitch
 * - No 32 bit support
 * - Not translate in RU lang for blocks
 * - Custom Skins Crash
 * - Wrong death position-VIDEO