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https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/PojavLauncher

A Minecraft: Java Edition Launcher for Android and iOS based on Boardwalk. This repository contains source code for Android platform.
https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/PojavLauncher

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A Minecraft: Java Edition Launcher for Android and iOS based on Boardwalk. This repository contains source code for Android platform.

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* From [Boardwalk](https://github.com/zhuowei/Boardwalk)'s ashes here comes PojavLauncher!



* PojavLauncher is a launcher that allows you to play Minecraft: Java Edition on your Android device!



* It can run almost every version of Minecraft, allowing you to use .jar only installers to install modloaders such as [Forge](https://files.minecraftforge.net/) and [Fabric](http://fabricmc.net/), mods like [OptiFine](https://optifine.net) and [LabyMod](https://www.labymod.net/en), as well as hack clients like [Wurst](https://www.wurstclient.net/), and much more!



* For more details [check out our wiki](https://pojavlauncherteam.github.io/)

## Some notes to start with

- We do not have an official TikTok account. No one from the dev team makes TikTok videos. 

- The official Twitter for PojavLauncher is [@PLaunchTeam](https://twitter.com/PLaunchTeam). Any others (most notably @PojavLauncher) are fake.



## Navigation

- [Introduction](#introduction)  

- [Getting PojavLauncher](#getting-pojavlauncher)

- [Building](#building) 

- [Current status](#current-status) 

- [License](#license) 

- [Contributing](#contributing) 

- [Credits & Third party components and their licenses](#credits--third-party-components-and-their-licenses-if-available)



## Introduction 

* PojavLauncher is a Minecraft: Java Edition launcher for Android and iOS based on [Boardwalk](https://github.com/zhuowei/Boardwalk). 

* This launcher can launch almost all available Minecraft versions ranging from rd-132211 to 1.21 snapshots (including Combat Test versions). 

* Modding via Forge and Fabric are also supported. 

* This repository contains source code for Android. 

* For iOS/iPadOS, check out [PojavLauncher_iOS](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/PojavLauncher_iOS).



## Getting PojavLauncher



You can get PojavLauncher via three methods:



1. You can get the prebuilt app from [stable releases](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/PojavLauncher/releases) or [automatic builds](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/PojavLauncher/actions).



2. You can get it from Google Play by clicking on this badge:

[![Google Play](https://play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/static/images/badges/en_badge_web_generic.png)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kdt.pojavlaunch)



3. You can [build](#building) from source.

## Building

If you want to build from source code, follow the steps below.

### Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

- JRE for Android is [here](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/openjdk-multiarch-jdk8u), and the build script is [here](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/android-openjdk-build-multiarch).

- Follow build instruction on build script [README.md](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/android-openjdk-build-multiarch/blob/buildjre8/README.md).

- You can also get [CI auto builds](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/android-openjdk-build-multiarch/actions) if you are lazy or are failing to build it for some reason.

* Either get the `jre8-pojav` artifact from auto builds, or split all artifacts by yourself:

   - Get JREs for all of 4 supported architectures (arm, arm64, x86, x86_64)  

      - Split JRE into parts:

                Platform-independent: .jar files, libraries, configs, etc...

                Platform-dependent: .so files, etc...

        - Create:

                A file named `universal.tar.xz` with all platform-independent files

                4 files named `bin-.tar.xz` with all platform-dependent files per-architecture

        - Put these in the `assets/components/jre/` folder

        - (If needed) update the Version file with the current date



### LWJGL

The build instructions for the custom LWJGL are available over the [LWJGL repository](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/lwjgl3)



### The Launcher

- Because languages are auto-added by Crowdin, you need to run the language list generator before building. In the project directory, run:



* On Linux, Mac OS:

```

chmod +x scripts/languagelist_updater.sh

bash scripts/languagelist_updater.sh

```

* On Windows:

```

scripts\languagelist_updater.bat

```

Then, run these commands ~~or build using Android Studio~~.



* Build GLFW stub:

```

./gradlew :jre_lwjgl3glfw:build

```       

* Build the launcher

```

./gradlew :app_pojavlauncher:assembleDebug

```

(Replace `gradlew` with `gradlew.bat` if you are building on Windows).



## Current status

- [x] ~~OpenJDK 9 Mobile port: ARM32, ARM64, x86, x86_64.~~ Replaced by JRE8.

- [x] OpenJDK 8 Mobile port: ARM32, ARM64, x86, x86_64

- [x] OpenJDK 17 Mobile port: ARM32, ARM64, x86, x86_64

- [x] Headless mod installer

- [x] Mod installer with GUI. Used `Caciocavallo` project for AWT without X11.

- [x] OpenGL in OpenJDK environment

- [x] OpenAL (works on most devices)

- [x] Support for Minecraft 1.12.2 and below. Used [lwjglx](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/lwjglx), a LWJGL2 compatibility layer for LWJGL3.

- [x] Support for Minecraft 1.13 and above. Used [GLFW stub](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/lwjgl3-glfw-java).

- [x] Support for Minecraft 1.17 (22w13a to be exact) and above. Used [Holy GL4ES](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/gl4es-114-extra)

- [x] Game surface zooming.

- [x] New input pipe rewritten to native code to boost performance.

- [x] Rewritten entire controls system (thanks to @Mathias-Boulay)

- [ ] More to come!



## Known Issues

- Controller mods aren't working.

- Random crashes could happen very often on Android 5.x when loading the game or joining a world.

- With big modpacks textures could be messed up

- Probably more, that's why we have a bug tracker ;) 



## License

- PojavLauncher is licensed under [GNU GPLv3](https://github.com/khanhduytran0/PojavLauncher/blob/master/LICENSE).



## Contributing

Contributions are welcome! We welcome any type of contribution, not only code. For example, you can help the wiki shape up. You can help the [translation](https://crowdin.com/project/pojavlauncher) too!



Any code change to this repository (or iOS) should be submitted as a pull request. The description should explain what the code does and give steps to execute it.



## Credits & Third party components and their licenses (if available)

- [Boardwalk](https://github.com/zhuowei/Boardwalk) (JVM Launcher): Unknown License/[Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/zhuowei/Boardwalk/blob/master/LICENSE) or GNU GPLv2.

- Android Support Libraries: [Apache License 2.0](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/prebuilts/maven_repo/android/+/master/NOTICE.txt).

- [GL4ES](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/gl4es): [MIT License](https://github.com/ptitSeb/gl4es/blob/master/LICENSE).


- [OpenJDK](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/openjdk-multiarch-jdk8u): [GNU GPLv2 License](https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html).


- [LWJGL3](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/lwjgl3): [BSD-3 License](https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl3/blob/master/LICENSE.md).

- [LWJGLX](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/lwjglx) (LWJGL2 API compatibility layer for LWJGL3): unknown license.


- [Mesa 3D Graphics Library](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa): [MIT License](https://docs.mesa3d.org/license.html).

- [pro-grade](https://github.com/pro-grade/pro-grade) (Java sandboxing security manager): [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/pro-grade/pro-grade/blob/master/LICENSE.txt).

- [bhook](https://github.com/bytedance/bhook) (Used for exit code trapping): [MIT license](https://github.com/bytedance/bhook/blob/main/LICENSE).

- [libepoxy](https://github.com/anholt/libepoxy): [MIT License](https://github.com/anholt/libepoxy/blob/master/COPYING).

- [virglrenderer](https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/virglrenderer): [MIT License](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer/-/blob/master/COPYING).

- Thanks to [MCHeads](https://mc-heads.net) for providing Minecraft avatars.