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.

This post explains how to install Java or check which version is running on your machine. Install on any OS, and learn about the JDK.

How to Run APK Files on an Android SDK. An Android APK file contains all the open-source Java files used to set up and run the Google Android app.