[MCPE-33658] Hearts don't turn white when they regenerate or player takes damage

In previous versions and other editions, your hearts flash in a white color when they regenerate, yhis isnt the case anymore

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is duplicated by 19

MCPE-190573 Regenerating player hearts don’t animate Resolved

MCPE-191215 Parity issue Resolved

MCPE-189705 When healing, hearts will not highlight the outline of the heart in white, compared to Java Resolved

MCPE-184511 Health Bar No Longer Animates/Flickers When Rejuvenating Health Resolved

MCPE-180293 Hearts flashing incorrectly when taking damage Resolved

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Auldrick 2018-05-23T19:43:40Z

Confirmed in Windows 10, version 1.4.2.0.

migrated 2018-11-24T13:37:16Z

Still affects 1.9.0.0

migrated 2018-11-25T08:53:47Z

Not a big bug. But it happened to me ONCE

migrated 2018-12-25T05:37:55Z

I never thought that was a bug. I just assumed that they never implemented that into the Bedrock version.

Fiti 2019-06-20T20:37:45Z

Still an issue, hearts flash correctly when taking damage but not when regenerating like previous versions and other editions of the game

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migrated 2020-05-11T17:13:02Z

Still affects Beta 1.16.0.60.

kmb600 2020-06-30T21:30:26Z

affects 1.17.10

migrated 2020-08-14T18:47:08Z

Confirm for 1.16.100.51 and 1.16.2.

migrated 2020-11-06T22:36:54Z

Affects 1.16.200.53

migrated 2020-11-07T19:41:44Z

Effecting on current version of minecraft bedrock 1.16 and 1.16.200.53 beta version.

kmb600 2020-11-12T21:03:14Z

affects 1.16.220.51

migrated 2021-07-19T10:27:54Z

I confirmed that the white heart is displayed only for a moment!If the damage flashing is fixed, it will be completely fixed.

(Probably only if the "Cave and Cliffs" toggle is enabled)

migrated 2022-06-03T17:02:45Z

Affects 1.18.32 and 1.19.10.21 preview

Periwinkles 2022-07-12T04:17:58Z

Affects 1.19.20.20 Preview

migrated 2022-07-14T21:55:31Z

Affects 1.19.10 and 1.19.20.22 preview

There is also a hunger counterpart: MCPE-156137

migrated 2022-08-13T01:22:48Z

Looking at the video, it is possible to make a comparison of how the hearts flash (or turn white) in both editions:

	Bedrock	Java
Damage	1 flash	3 flashes
Regenerate	No flashes	2 flashes

Affects 1.19.30.21 preview and 1.19.20

migrated 2023-09-18T22:41:20Z

Still in 1.20.40.21... This has bothered me so much while playing survival and seems like such an easy fix.

migrated 2024-07-26T05:08:40Z

1.21.2 exists, this problem is so serious that I often can't even see those white borders. experience bar texture is also wrong, you can take a look at the Pocket Edition 0.14.3.The current xp bar is suspected to be composed of three pictures. It's weird. Many resource pack developers will change the display code of the xp bar when designing the experience bar material, in order to port the java version of the material or make something more beautiful.
Can someone give a xp bar texture error report ?

migrated 2024-07-26T05:17:35Z

I'm sure it came to the first version of Bedrock Edition

Minecraft386882 2024-11-11T12:29:42Z

Confirmed in 1.21.44

Mega611 2024-12-04T20:51:06Z

Can confirm 1.21.60.23.

legolloyd2009 2024-12-16T00:50:37Z

confirmed in 1.21.51

[Mod] OcelotOnesie 2025-04-11T17:15:44Z

Thank you for your report!
After consideration, the issue is being closed as Won't Fix.

Please note that this is not the same as Working as Intended, as this bug report correctly describes behavior in the game that might not be the intended or desirable behavior, but it will not be fixed right now. Sometimes, this is because the issue reported is minor and/or impossible to change without large architectural changes to the code base.

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Kelsey 2026-03-11T22:07:26Z

I believe the health bar animations did function correctly as of Buzzy Bees, which would make this a parity issue.

JaiCraft 2026-06-22T20:05:04Z

I can still reproduce this issue in version 26.31. This is not a parity suggestion but a game bug, as the health bar used to animate correctly in older versions but started malfunctioning after an update.

Muhammad ihsan 2026-09-19T12:41:36Z

I really wish this heart change would always blink when healing and taking damage. This would make the eyes shift focus to the heart because of the blinking.