PojavLauncher FAQs

Pojavlauncher is one of the many and probably the best existing Minecraft custom launchers for smartphones that allows anyone to play the Java edition of the Minecraft game on their mobile phones. The PC version of Minecraft support excisting modpacks with both online and offline modes. If you just get to know about PojavLauncher and have any doubts to clear, then this page is where we have solved all your common and technical queries in detail.

The modus operandi of Android and Windows are completely different from each other, but what PojavLauncher does is that it runs the original Minecraft Java Edition on an Android phone by setting up its own Java Runtime Environment on your phone. It downloads the official game file from Mojang’s server and launches the game with the standard JVM arguments, runs the game as it is originally, without modifying any game’s core file.

Unlike the Minecraft Java on PC that uses desktop OpenGL, Android relies on OpenGL ES. PojavLauncher bypasses this mismatch with the help of graphics translation layers such as GL4ES, ANGLE, or VirGL that seamlessly convert all the desktop OpenGL calls in a form mobile GPU and process easily.

  1. Log in to the GitHub page and search for the ‘android-openjdk-build-multiarch’, to download the build you choose.
  2. Select the Pojav version of the runtime and avoid downloading jdk file directly to keep the launcher from crashing.
  3. From there, extract the files from the Zip file in your file manager.
  4. Then, go to your PojavLauncher and open its settings.
  5. Go to the ‘Java Tweak’ and then ‘Runtime Manager’ and select ‘Add new’.
  6. Select the .tar.xz file from the extracted Zip files.

The PojavLauncher is an cutsom launcher for Minecraft Java. It is sophisticated in many ways, but if one can get the taste of its usage, it becomes easy to use and navigate. In order to install MOD packages:-

  1. Open an account on the Forged or Fabric file or any MOD file. 
  2. Quickly launch the Game with the Forged or Fabric account and close it immediately.
  3. After that, open the Game Directory and locate the MOD files in your file storage, and copy them.
  4. Visit the Minecraft game files and paste the ‘.jar’ MOD files right there.

For the Resource files, the same procedure needs to be followed. 

  1. Open the Game Directory on PojavLauncher, from where you will be redirected to your File Storage.
  2. Navigate through the Minecraft folders until you spot the Resource file folder.
  3. Copy the files and paste them into the Game files to install the resources in the launcher.

Yes, you can play the PC version of the Minecraft game on PojavLauncher without a desktop or laptop, as it is a custom launcher-enabled game designed to make the Java Edition accessible on smartphones.

Minecraft runs on OpenGL, and on smartphones, it uses the renderers to support the graphics. If the user wants to boost FPS in the game, then he needs to lower the resolution scaling, disable the VSync, adjust RAM allocation, avoid using fancy animation and graphics, and turn off Biome blend.

Different game versions require different Java runtimes. While the Minecraft version 1.17 requires the latest Java version 21, the 1.16.5 version runs on Java 8.

It certainly depends on the game versions loaded on PojavLauncher. Apart from that, some versions might not open due to older Java versions.

Yes, one can join multiplayer servers on PojavLauncher, given that they are connected to a strong internet connection and are using a stable game version on the launcher.

It is difficult to guarantee that, since PojavLauncher is not launched or backed up by the official game studios, which are Microsoft and Mojang, making the device’s security vulnerable to potential breaches.

If one faces such an issue, then it might be because of an incorrect downloading path or pasting format, or missing resources that are required to support the MOD file in the game. 

PojavLauncher supports other controllers and gamepads, but with some limitations, which do not align with its system and framework.