Typically, when players want to play Minecraft on their mobile devices, they have to do so through a version of the game that runs on the Bedrock Edition codebase.

Minecraft Java Edition is a free trial game. The Minecraft: Java Edition free trial is available on Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Windows 10 and Vita. The length of the trial depends on ...

Minecraft is available for download on the Google Play Store for Android devices. Downloading the game through third-party websites is both risky and amounts to piracy.

"Minecraft" offers cross-platform play for both versions of the game — Bedrock and Java — but you can only play with users who own the same version.