Bedrock Edition beta 1.16.230.50

Beta 1.16.230.50 is the first beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.17.0,^[a] released on March 25, 2021,^[2] which adds new glow lichen blocks behind experimental toggle, and fixes bugs.

Glow Lichen

• A dim light source that generates in caves.
• It can be waterlogged.
• Use shears to pick it up.
• Use bonemeal to spread it along block surfaces.
• Glow lichen can be composted.

Hanging Roots

• Can now be composted.

Rooted Dirt

• Can now be turned into grass path using a shovel.

Bees

• Are now attracted to flowering azalea and flowering azalea leaves.

GameTest Framework

• Added Dimension class
• Added World.getDimension
• Updated the GameTest Framework interface:
  • function assertEntityPresentInArea(entityIdentifier : string)
    • Throws an Error if an entity matching the given identifier does not exist in the test region
  • function print(text : string)
    • Prints the given text to the chat
  • function assertEntityInstancePresent(entity : Entity, position : BlockLocation)
    • Throws an Error if the given entity is not present in the given block location
  • Removed function setEntityTamed(entityIdentifier : string, position : BlockLocation)
    • Replaced by component function setTamed(showParticles : bool)
• Entity
  • function getComponents()
    • Returns an array of supported components
  • function getComponent(componentIdentifier : string)
    • Returns the component matching the given identifier
  • function hasComponent(componentIdentifier : string)
    • Returns true if the given component exists on the entity and is supported
  • function getName()
    • Returns the name of the entity (e.g. "Horse")
  • Components for color, health, leashable, and tamemount were added
  • function kill()
    • Kills the entity
• World
  • addEventListener(eventName : string, callback : function(entity : Entity))
    • Registers an event listener for entity events Supported Events:
    • onEntityCreated
      • Fires when an entity is created
    • onEntityDefinitionTriggered
      • Fires when an entity definition event is triggered
• Renamed /gametest runall to /gametest runset
• The default value for the tag parameter is now suite:default.

Android

• Added mouse and keyboard support for Android devices that support it (Oreo and newer)
• Certain Android devices no longer fail to perform multilingual input
• Crosshair placement is no longer offset on certain Android devices
• The game will no longer fail to properly shutdown on certain Android devices
• Fixed resolution issues on certain Android devices
• Fixed networking issues on certain Android devices
• Going underwater on certain Android devices no longer makes the screen go pitch-black

General

• Powder Snow Block no longer drops when destroyed by an explosion (MCPE-118666)
• Fixed issue where smelting behavior for several fuel sources was broken (MCPE-121863)
• First person eating animation is now centered in the frame (MCPE-116678)
• First person main hand blocking animation now plays properly (MCPE-115536)
• First person main hand and off-hand shields are now symmetrical (MCPE-116736)
• Fixed an issue where patterns in the loom with different resolutions than Vanilla assets would not display correctly
• Crafting (Waxed) Weathered Cut Copper Slabs in the Stonecutter now yields two slabs instead of one (MCPE-121695)
• Leads now correctly attach to Goats (MCPE-104161)

Lush Cave Blocks

• Azalea leaves and flowering azalea leaves now correctly dropped when sheared
• Moss blocks can now correctly be fertilized using dispensers
• Hanging roots can now correctly be composted
• Small dripleaf now drops as an item when sheared
• Placing a big dripleaf on another big dripleaf increases its height by one
• Using shovel on rooted dirt creates a grass path block
• Bees consider flowering azalea and flowering azalea leaves as flowers
• Using Pick Block function on Cave Vines or breaking them with Silk Touch-enchanted tool now yields Glow Berries

User Interface

• Fixed an issue where cancelling joining a world while generating it caused the user to get stuck in the progress screen (MCPE-114776).

Technical

• Several enums in ActorDataIDs were added by mistake, and are now being removed.
• Catmull-Rom animations will no longer glitch if the time for a keyframe matches its value.
• All functions run using the /schedule command now run from the origin they are supposed to, instead of from the server.
• Replaced "Whitelist" language use to "AllowList". Dedicated server command "whitelist" changed to "allowlist". Dedicated server "whitelist.json" file changed to "allowlist.json" file. JSON format remains the same.
• Fixed query.is_in_ui so that it is available to use when a data-driven mob is rendering in the UI (query.is_in_ui returns true when the mob is rendering in the UI, such as in the inventory window).