Minecraft alpha 0.17.0.1 [Release]

The alpha 0.17.0.1 update for Minecraft brings the End dimension, new mobs like the Ender Dragon and Shulkers, a variety of fresh blocks and items, and a host of improvements and bug corrections.

Additions

• General
  • A library for world seeds is now available.
  • Support for world templates has been added.
• Mobs
  • Ender dragon
  • Shulker
  • Polar bear
  • Endermite
  • NPC (only accessible in Education Edition, not in regular gameplay, but present in the game files)
  • Agent (also Education Edition exclusive, not spawnable normally, but included in the APK)
• Generated structures
  • The End dimension
  • End cities (banners not included as they are unimplemented)
  • Chorus plants
  • Igloos
  • End gateway portals
  • End portal frames
  • Exit portals
• Items
  • Dragon's breath
  • Elytra (referred to as "Elytra Wings")
  • Ender crystal
  • Chorus fruit
  • Ender pearl
  • Eye of ender
  • Lingering potions
  • Popped Chorus Fruit
  • Spawn eggs for Shulkers, Endermites, and Polar Bears
• Blocks
  • Chorus flower
  • Chorus plant
  • Ender chest
  • End gateway
  • End portal
  • End stone brick
  • End rod
  • Dragon egg
  • Dragon head
  • Purpur block, pillar, slab, and stairs
  • Stained Glass and Stained Glass Panes (they use the regular glass texture due to rendering issues; not craftable in Survival nor available in the Creative inventory)
  • Structure block (only obtainable via mods, cannot be obtained with /give or inventory editing)
  • Structure void (also only with mods)
• Commands
  • /locate
  • /connect
  • /fly
• Gameplay
  • Levitation effect

Changes

• Chat messages can now be read aloud via the Text To Speech option in Music Settings.
• Added an interface profile setting in Advanced Video Settings, allowing "Pocket" and "Classic" (like Windows 10) styles.
• Various tweaks to Add-Ons, including improved loading.
• Stronger validation of Add-On manifests.
• Pop-up windows are slightly more transparent for better readability.
• The search tab in the Creative inventory automatically selects the search box when switching tabs or typing any character, even if the box wasn't focused.
• Players now see the "Your home bed was missing or obstructed" message upon dying after their bed was destroyed.
• A method to obtain tipped arrows similarly to Java Edition 1.9 has been added, while cauldron functionality remains.
• Enchanted golden apples now grant the correct amount of absorption health.
• Item transfer between containers is now faster.
• A throwing animation has been implemented for items.
• Wearing a pumpkin on the head prevents Endermen from becoming hostile.
• Huge mushrooms can now be grown from regular mushrooms.
• Milk can be consumed in Creative mode.
• Beetroots and beetroot stew appear in the Creative inventory.
• The building height limit has been raised from 128 to 256 blocks.
• Strongholds now generate randomly in newly generated chunks.
• Baby zombies drop loot upon death.
• Snow golems now attack silverfish.
• Villagers now turn into zombie villagers when killed by a husk.
• Only adult cows can be milked now.
• Potatoes and beetroot can once again be used to feed and breed pigs.
• Mobs killed by tamed mobs now drop experience.
• The Wither is no longer hostile toward wither skeletons and strays.
• Magma cubes no longer take damage from water.
• Negative effects from splash potions no longer affect endermen, as they teleport away quickly.
• Lured mobs no longer push the player around while riding a pig, horse, mule, or donkey.
• A "Dye" button appears when attempting to dye a sheep.
• Untamed horses, mules, and donkeys no longer follow a player holding food.

Fixed Bugs

• Issues with sound and music volume levels have been fixed.
• Text no longer lags when updating, and scroll bar visibility updates correctly.
• Various text sizing and spacing problems have been resolved.
• Placing lava and water now works accurately where the player aims.
• Worlds with UTF-8 characters in their names now appear properly in the Play tab for Windows 10 players.
• Fixed a crash when a Windows 10 player with UTF-8 symbols in their name tried to delete a world.
• The field of view slider now displays the correct value.
• Stone blocks now show up in all recipes when using the MCPE crafting screen.
• Fixed a startup crash on Windows 10 when two monitors with different DPIs were connected.
• On Android, the keyboard no longer switches to the numeric keypad when locking and unlocking the screen.
• Eating mushroom stew no longer causes a crash.
• Realm names no longer overlap the number of active players in the realm.
• Fixed a crash when the internet connection was lost during a Replace World operation on Realms.
• Guardians, wither skeletons, and blazes now respawn naturally when switching from peaceful to easy/normal/hard, but only in newly generated structures, not previously discovered ones.
• The Store no longer gets stuck on the "Getting products…" screen.
• Fall momentum is now preserved even when closing and reopening a world.
• Skeleton horse traps now function correctly (multiple bug fixes related to them).
• The "Local Brewery" achievement now properly requires actually brewing a potion.
• The "Monster Hunter" and "Archer" achievements have been fixed.
• Cycling through command values to reach the @ character now correctly shows all available options.
• Minecarts with chests, hoppers, or TNT no longer get stuck halfway into a block upon collision.
• Mobs can drown again.
• Fixed a crash on mobile devices when the game was launched without Wi-Fi enabled (MCPE only).
• The arrow hit sound effect has been corrected.
• Text-to-speech narrated messages are no longer interrupted by sending a new message.
• Sprinting now stops only when hunger is low, not otherwise.
• Fixed a crash with the /drop command.
• Paintings can no longer intersect each other at right angles.
• Fixed a crash on iOS when selecting a world for Replace World on Realms.
• Mining speed no longer slows down after a player reconnects to a multiplayer game while riding a horse.
• Commands can no longer be exploited to place other blocks using buckets.
• Cats no longer revert to ocelot textures when loading worlds created before version 0.16.
• Villager breeding rate is no longer incorrectly capped by factors other than door count.
• Fixed a bug on Fire TV where the game would hang on a black screen during launch.
• Endermen no longer become aggressive if the player only looks at their torso.