Minecraft Beta - 1.12.0.9 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)

Published: June 3, 2019 - View official source

PLEASE READ before participating in the Minecraft Beta:

Joining the beta will replace your game with a work in progress version of Minecraft
You will not have access to Realms and will not be able to join non-beta players while you're previewing the beta
Any worlds played while in the beta cannot be opened in previous versions of the game so please make copies of worlds to prevent losing them
Beta builds can be unstable and are not representative of final version quality
The beta is available only on Xbox One, Windows 10, and Android (Google Play). To join or leave the beta, see aka.ms/JoinMCBeta for detailed instructions

For Map Makers and Add-On Creators:

Removed the byte order mark at the beginning of function files if it exists
Updated ScriptHotbarContainerComponent's generateDocumentation function to say it checks the player's first hotbar item slot, not their third
Removing a timer component and adding a new one should no longer have the new timer inherit the old timer's time value
Included a fix to allow for json content that refers to blocks with 'tile.' at the front of it to be looked up successfully

Crashes/Performance
- Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
- Fixed a crash that could occur on Nintendo Switch when the game was saving or loading (MCPE-45862)
- Fixed a marketplace issue that could result in the game getting stuck or crashing when loading in content
- Made further performance improvements when opening inventory screens (MCPE-27167)
- Fixed a crash that could occur when signing in to Xbox Live
- Fixed a crash that could occur when breaking a bell (MCPE-46636)
- Fixed an issue that could cause the game to freeze or stop responding (MCPE-46654)
- Made some further performance improvements around Villages and job sites
- Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when changing skinsFixed a crash that could occur when loading in a roaming skin
- Fixed a crash that could occur on SwitchSeveral other performance improvements, included some related to mob AI pathfinding

General
- The marketplace search screen now displays the proper pack icons
- Fixed Marketplace sale items not showing the discount percentage
- Marketplace sale items not longer change size when hovered over
- The 'New' tag will be properly removed from a Marketplace collection once it has been viewed
- Replaced some missing Marketplace screenshots
- Made improvements to the patch notes to make sure the correct ones show up after an update
- Fixed an issue with skins not loading in correctly after restarting the game
- Several fixes and improvements related to game invites:
  - Fixed a bug that would prevent a player from creating or loading a world, or cause a crash, after attempting and failing to join another world via an invite
  - Fixed an issue that prevented the player from joining a world or server after receiving an invite
  - Players should no longer see the "Unable to connect to World" message when trying to enter own Realm or any area from Friends tab after failed attempt to join a game
- Fixed a loading screen issue that could prevent split screen players on console from joining the world correctly

Gameplay
- Fixed an issue that was preventing players from feeding hay bales to animals in order to breed them
- Players now respawn at the correct spawn point when they die
- Players can now respawn successfully without having to exit and re-join the world first

Graphical
- Fixed the sitting model for cats that were previously tamed ocelots (MCPE-41929)
- Enchanted armor and bows now show their shimmering effect again (MCPE-45750)

User Interface
- Fixed a controller bug when navigating through the Marketplace
- The crafting grid no longer clears when the gamepad cursor moves to any non-recipe book slot

Add-Ons and Script Engine
- Fixed an issue that was preventing custom blocks from registering successfully
- Fixed an issue with custom items and blocks not requiring the namespace for slash commands