While we're in the options, we might as well turn on the third-person camera so we'll get to see our skin properly. Remember that you need to be on version 0.11.0 to see the next option. Load up Minecraft and hit the options button in the bottom right corner. To get it from your computer to your mobile, you could email it to yourself, or use an app like Instashare. Whatever you choose, you just want to get a PNG skin file onto your iOS or Android device. Check out the official Minecraft Skin Studio app for iOS or Android.
You could always make your own, of course. On iOS, you'll need to tap and hold on the image and then hit 'Save Image'. We found this lovely Earthbound skin on Minecraft Skins, for example, and downloaded it right to our Android's gallery and our iPad's camera roll. Luckily, Pocket Edition is compatible with the same files as the PC version so there are already millions to get.
So, how do we go about switching our skin? Follow these steps…įirst things first, we need to get a skin file. You'll see your new design in multiplayer, or when using the third person camera. This means you can be a monkey or Iron Man or a zombie or Mr Blobby or a Lego man, instead of the standard Steve model. Minecraft: Pocket Edition finally lets you change your player skin, in the recently released 0.11.0 edition.
