Minecraft for the Android and iOS Will see Significant Updates

Mojang has confirmed that the mobile version of Minecraft will eventually allow gamers to craft, pick up items, and encounter enemies and animals.

Revealed in a developer post, Mojang's Daniel Kaplan indicated that the studio had spent much of its time lately working on the Android and iOS versions.

"The plan now is to start digging into making Minecraft – Pocket Edition with Survival features!!" Kaplan continued. "Please note that we will NOT replicate Minecraft and try to bring all the features that are already out. This is not possible and does not match the touch platform. I’m trying to be as detailed as possible to show you why some stuff may take some time."

Here are some of the things you can expect to be added to the Pocket Edition:

• A new file system – to make sure we can support items and mobs in the world
• Item system – to be able to pick up items
• Crafting – we know you want this 🙂 This will probably need some iterations since the interface will be customized for the touch devices
• Inventory system
• Mobs – animals and enemies!
• Optimizing rendering code – we are experimenting with caves but need to make it work better before we are able to release it
• Clean up of code and overall optimization