Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 1.20.30.22

Beta 1.20.30.22 (Android) or Preview 1.20.30.22 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the seventh beta/Preview version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.20.30, released on August 17, 2023<ref>Template:Cite</ref>, which brings more parity from Template:JE, and fixes bugs.

Additions

Technical

Minecraft:JSON

• Released the minecraft:food item component out of experimental in JSON formats 1.20.30 and higher.
• Added minecraft:interact_button item component to enable and set text on the interact button in JSON formats 1.20.30 and above.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Stained Terracotta

• The IDs of stained_hardened_clay have now been split up into their own IDs.

Old ID	New ID
Template:BlockSprite stained_hardened_clay	Template:BlockSprite white_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite orange_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite magenta_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite light_blue_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite yellow_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite lime_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite pink_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite gray_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite light_gray_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite cyan_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite purple_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite blue_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite brown_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite green_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite red_terracotta
	Template:BlockSprite black_terracotta

Gameplay

Minecraft:Game rules

• The recipesUnlock game rule is now set to true by default.

General

Minecraft:Settings

• "Text to Speech" narrator will now read out the instruction text as well as the confirm button in the "Safe Area" menu.

Minecraft:Pause menu

• The "Pause menu" has been renamed to "Game menu".

Minecraft:Play screen

• Updated the "Play screen".
  • The "Friends" tab and "Minecraft:Realms" tab are now separated, for clearer feature separation.
  • The "Minecraft:Create New World" flow and "Create From Template" flow are now separated for a clearer path into the game.

File:New UI - Play Screen Menu "Worlds" Tab (Bedrock Preview 1.20.30.22).png

New Play Screen "World" Tab.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs" experimental toggle.

Changes

Technical

Minecraft:API

• ItemStack
  • Added getCanPlaceOn() and getCanDestroy().
  • Added upper maximum limit of 255 to amount property - will throw if exceeds.
• Entity
  • Added function getProperty(identifier: string): boolean | number | string | undefined - Gets an entity property.
  • Added function setProperty(identifier: string, value: boolean | number | string): void - Sets an entity property during the next tick.
  • Added function resetProperty(identifier: string): boolean | number | string; - Resets an entity property to its default value during the next tick and returns the default value.
• beforeEvents
  • Added event/property removeEvent.
• afterEvents
  • Renamed event/property removedEvent to removeEvent.
• Class EntityRemovedAfterEvent
  • Renamed field removedEntity to removedEntityId: removedEntityId: string.
  • Added field typeId: string.
• Added class EntityRemovedBeforeEvent.
  • Added field removedEntity: Entity.
• Moved EquipmentSlot to 5.0 and changed enum values to uppercase.
• Moved EntityEquippableComponent to 5.0.
• Scoreboard
  • setObjectiveAtDisplaySlot return type now correctly set to ScoreboardObjective or undefined.
• ScoreboardIdentity
  • getEntity return type now correctly set to Entity or undefined.
• setWeather API can now take an optional duration parameter to set the weather duration.
• Added read-only property heightRange: NumberRange - Gets min/max dimension height limits.
• Adding Player.isSleeping and Player.isEmoting.

Fixes

Template:Fixes Other

• Fixed ZL/ZR icons for Joy-Con and Switch Pro controller on Android.
• Fixed lighting of items in hand in the "Deferred Technical Preview".
• Optimization and fixes for point light contributions.