Minecraft Bedrock handheld port v2.0.0-rc.5 (withdrawn - use the latest release)

Bedrock on your handheld. No game files are included — you supply your own
Google Play copy, and the Windows helper below is how you get it.

Which download?

You have	Take
Any normal PortMaster handheld	Standard edition
An Anbernic RG DS	RGDS edition (dual-screen, arm64 only)
A Windows PC, and no game files yet	Windows APK helper

Extract the port archive at the root of the storage holding your ROM folders,
refresh the Ports list, and launch Minecraft Bedrock once. Then use the
helper on a PC to download your own copy, put the files in
ports/minecraftbedrock-data/apk/, and choose Install APK.

What changed since rc.4

Nothing that runs on the device. The port binaries, scripts and runtime are
unchanged; only the packaged README differs. If rc.4 works for you, rc.5 behaves
identically.

Everything new is in the Windows helper:

• Setup is one button. It used to mean an administrator PowerShell, a typed
  command, a restart, inventing a Linux username and password, and typing that
  password into a terminal. All gone — it installs what it needs itself and
  shows progress in the window.
• It says it is installing Linux, first. Getting Minecraft out of Google
  Play needs a Linux program, so the helper installs Ubuntu to run it in. It
  now explains that up front — what it installs, how big it is, and how to
  remove it — and asks before doing anything.
• Any version you like. Instead of nine buttons it lists every Minecraft
  version Google Play still offers for your device, scrollable and searchable,
  and marks what each one is: red for the RenderDragon builds that stutter on
  handhelds, Pocket Edition for the touch-only ones below 1.2, ★ for the
  versions people have actually tested. 1.16.221.01 is still the one to pick.
• Signing in is simpler, and no longer asks for your email twice.

The install instructions in the README and
GETTING-BEDROCK-APKS.md
have been rewritten to match, in plainer language.

The helper also has its own home now —
DankMiimer/mcbedrock-get — where
it is released and where its issues live. Its newest build is always there,
while the copy attached here only refreshes when the port does.

Status

Testing channel. Final R36S and revised RGDS physical acceptance checks remain
pending, and nothing here is promoted to stable or newly labelled Validated.

Verify downloads against SHA256SUMS.txt. The Windows helper is unsigned, so
SmartScreen and antivirus heuristics may complain about it.

NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG
OR MICROSOFT.