Minecraft o Pocket Edition

On August 16, 2011, Minecraft o Pocket Edition was released for the Xperia PLAY. It was then opened up to the rest of the Android market on October 8, 2011. The current version of the software concentrates on the creative building and the primitive survival aspect of the game. The current release allows for multiplay across a local wireless network.[78][79] An iOS version of Minecraft was released on November 17, 2011.[80]

On his Twitter account, Jens Bergensten noted that the Pocket Edition of Minecraft is written in C++ and not Java, due to iOS not being able to support Java.[citation needed]