{{Infobox version
| title = v0.2.1 alpha
| edition = Pocket Edition
| image = Pocket Edition v0.2.1 alpha in game.png
| image2 = Pocket Edition v0.2.1 alpha.png
<!--| type = Alpha-->
| date = March 14, 2012<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120415015244/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id479516143?mt=8</ref>{{verify|prove this for Android as well}}
| clientdl = '''Google Play:''' [https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.2.1-1.apk Original]<br />
[https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.2.1-demo.apk Original Demo]<br />
[https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.2.1j.apk J-version]<br />
[https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.2.1j-demo.apk J-version Demo]<br />
[https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.2.1-2.apk Reupload]
| prevparent = v0.2.0 alpha
| next = v0.2.1 alpha2
| nextparent = v0.3.0 alpha
}}<onlyinclude>

'''v0.2.1 alpha''' is a minor update to '' [[Pocket Edition|Minecraft: Pocket Edition]]'' released on March 14, 2012, which adds new control options, as well as other changes and fixes.<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.mojang.com/2012/03/minecraft-pocket-edition-update-is-out/|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190903154712/https://www.mojang.com/2012/03/minecraft-pocket-edition-update-is-out/|title=Minecraft - ''Pocket Edition'' Update is out!|date=March 14, 2012}}</ref> This version is the last release of ''Pocket Edition Lite'' on iOS.

== Additions ==

* New [[Controls|controller option]] – Split Touch [[Controls#Tablets|controls]]
** This option may be more suitable for devices with larger screens. The crosshair is in the right half of the screen.
* Added [[bookshelves]] in [[Creative]] mode.
* [[Sugar cane]] is now infinite (unable to collect them).

== Changes ==

* [[Pig|Adult Pig]]s now naturally spawn.
* [[Flying]] is changed – ascend/descend by sliding from the center button to the up/down button.
* Bigger screens have more [[Heads-up display|hotbar icons]].
* Blocks now have 'cracking' animation when destroying them.
* The circle shown when breaking blocks is sharper.
* [[Oak trees]] now generate with spruce wood instead of oak wood.

== Fixes ==
* Leaves placed by players in Creative mode are no longer able to decay.
* Fences are no longer invisible when located within a chunk section with no other blocks.

== Revisions ==
Not including v0.2.1 alpha2, there are two versions of the 0.2.1 alpha.

* Version: 0.2.1(2015), Size: 2.84 MB
* Version: 0.2.1(2017), Size: 2.79 MB

Any other changes between the two versions is unknown.

== J-version ==
'''v0.2.1j alpha''' was released on Google Play on an unknown release date. The internal version is 0.2.1(2011) and has a size of 1.62 MB.

=== J-version Demo ===
A free J-version demo of v0.2.1 alpha was released on Google Play on an unknown release date. The internal version is the same as the j version.

== Lite version ==
[[File:Pocket Edition Lite App Store icon 2.png|96px|thumb|right|''[[Pocket Edition|Minecraft – Pocket Edition]] Lite'' icon]]
A lite version of v0.2.1 alpha was released on the Apple App Store on November 19, 2011.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111123092652/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app//id479651754?mt=8</ref> This is the last ''Lite'' version of the Pocket Edition alpha to be released on the platform and was removed in 2014.

== Gallery ==
=== Development screenshots ===
<gallery>
MC0.2.1AlphaSS2.jpg|Inside a dimly lit house.
IcyLake.jpg|The edge of a winter ocean
Brick.jpg|Building a brick house
WinterIsland.jpg|A snow blanketed island
Luigi.jpg|Block text "Luigi" on the world's edge
Woolhouse.jpg|A red wool house.
MC0.2.1AlphaSS.jpg|A brick building.
</gallery>

=== Menu screenshots ===
<gallery>
Pocket Edition v0.2.1j alpha.png|The title screen of ''Pocket Edition'' a0.2.1j
Pocket Edition v0.2.1j alpha (Demo).png|The title screen of ''Pocket Edition'' a0.2.1j-demo
Pocket Edition v0.2.1 alpha (Lite).png|The title screen of ''Pocket Edition'' a0.2.1 Lite version.

</gallery>

== References ==
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