Pocket Edition v0.7.2 alpha

v0.7.2 alpha

Edition	Pocket Edition
Release date	July 4, 2013
Downloads	Original x86
Protocol version	11
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v0.7.2 alpha is a minor update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on July 4, 2013. It adds player lists and player name tags, and fixes some of the bugs and crashes in 0.7.1.

This is the last version to support iOS 4.3.

Additions

Gameplay

• Player name tags for multiplayer
• Player List
• Pressing "Edit" on the world selection screen now shows world seeds.

Changes

Gameplay

• Chat is easier to use (Unicode support)
  • Note: typing an Emoji causes the game to crash (MCPE-4533).
• Slight GUI change
• Added more friction when flying in Creative Mode (Android).
• Added new sound to zombie pigman.
• Added symbols in Minecraft font to use in chat.
• Sleeping now takes a shorter time (equivalent to Java Edition).
• The multiplayer servers now show up at the top of the play menu, rather than the bottom.

Fixes

24 issues fixed

From released versions before 0.7.0

• MCPE-389 – Issue loading a world with a dot after the name
• MCPE-1691 – Dpad is too small to play
• MCPE-1711 – Limited entering of text on signs and weird behavior while typing numbers
• MCPE-1718 – Cannot type a lower-case "i" on a sign
• MCPE-1723 – Cannot type "ñ" and the accents (á,é,í,ó,ú) in signs
• MCPE-1776 – Crash when placing sign on floating sand
• MCPE-4470 – Letters are capitalized after a space or being deleted
• MCPE-4650 – Nicknames in multiplayer games are not displayed

From 0.7.0

• MCPE-2464 – Item names not correct.
• MCPE-2564 – Can't pick up water when using split touch controls
• MCPE-2577 – Left hand mode not working
• MCPE-2588 – On chat screen accents (like "é") appear as strange symbols
• MCPE-2956 – Armor Disappearing
• MCPE-3283 – No empty bucket in creative mode when having milk.
• MCPE-4062 – Keyboard doesn't disappear when receiving a hit while chatting
• MCPE-4283 – 0.6.0-1 has wool names (e.g., "cyan wool") but now only says "wool"

From 0.7.1

• MCPE-4049 – When creating a world it still does not create and goes to world that I already have
• MCPE-4129 – Players stuck in chat
• MCPE-4191 – Typo on Realms screen in 0.7.1
• MCPE-4293 – Bed spawn and Armor don't be conserved when joined player disconnecting
• MCPE-4359 – Major bug: Random crashes
• MCPE-4482 – Armor Disappearing in WIFI Play
• MCPE-4507 – Can't see the message you're typing

Other

• Improperly-formatted level.dat files can no longer cause the game to crash on the Select World menu.