My kids love playing Minecraft PE on my Android tablets and my wife's iPad. I bought an Android stick to plug into a 32" tv. It comes with Jelly Bean OS and will give full Andoid on tv including Google Play and internet access.
How can my kids play Minecraft on this? Not a touch screen. Will it work with keyboard and mouse? If not, is there a browser based version that would? I will have a wireless keyboard and mouse for them to use.
Forgive my ignorance, since I don't actually play the game myself. And thanks in advance for the help.
Although Minecraft Pocket Edition will not work without a touch screen, there is a "browser based version" called Minecraft (without the pocket edition) that you can buy currently for USD $26.95.
I had a nexus 7 tablet, and managed to use a wireless PS3 controller to control, Minecraft PE. Not sure about the TV though, because I've never tried it.
Well, Now that I have received my Android Stick device (Sainsmart ss808) and plugged it into my tv, my son is playing Minecraft PE using just a wireless mouse. So you CAN play PE for Android (downloaded from Google Play store ) using a mouse. That being said, only 1 of 3 wireless mice work with device. My Logitech mouse that has the micro dongle works just fine. The other 2 with the full size dongle ( 1 microsoft, 1 Logitech) would not work with device at all. Not just Minecraft, only 1 worked at all. This has been a learning experience. I would rather have my kids using a device connected to tv than using my $500 Asus or $500 Samsung tablet (especially my son who is like Calvin without Hobbes). I paid less for the tv and wii and android stick combined than 1 tablet.
How can my kids play Minecraft on this? Not a touch screen. Will it work with keyboard and mouse? If not, is there a browser based version that would? I will have a wireless keyboard and mouse for them to use.
Forgive my ignorance, since I don't actually play the game myself. And thanks in advance for the help.
The browser based one, which will cost additional money, cannot be played from an Android device.
Minecraft (PC)
Minecraft - Pocket Edition (Apple and Android)
Minecraft XBox 360 Edition (XBox 360)
You cannot currently play Minecraft PE on either the Android or Apple without a touch screen on the television
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