Greetings, I have minecraft on my android and also my xbox one and the same problem happens for both of them. I don't have any problem with crafting a boat or picking it up if I drop it from my inventory. I can place the boat down and paddle as far or as close as I want (even just hopping in and immediately back out), and the boat will disappear when I exit the boat. Even after exiting and re logging or walking away a fair distance and returning, the boat is still no where to be seen. When approaching the shore to disembark, I tested exiting at full speed, coasting speed, and stopped in the water with no change between them. This is also true when changing from water to paddling on pure land via runoff and paddling a boat that was placed directly on land. I've been wanting to transport villagers, but I don't to risk having to chase them down or a mob getting to them if I have to stop on the way and my boat de-spawns. Also don't want to have to carry a bunch of wood, filling valuable inventory spots to make how ever many boats I need from A to B. I don't know if it's because I have the Android and xbox one versions on the same account and that's bugging it or not. I'm not sure if others who have reported this issue have 2 versions on 1 account so I thought it might be useful information. I've also had a zombie villager despawn who had been named when I first spotted this boat issue so I'm not sure if those dissapearedances are connected or not, might be a good test though. I'll see if I can get it the zombie villager disappearing replicated when I get in and out of boats, I'll edit this comment if I can replicate it or not.
Also for reference, the worlds I'm in that I've seen these issues have been in private, solo survival mode and have never been switched to creative. I don't think that switching between survival and creative is causing this from that info.
I hope this helps who ever is working on this problem. Thank you for your efforts.
Jarrett Smith
Greetings, I have minecraft on my android and also my xbox one and the same problem happens for both of them. I don't have any problem with crafting a boat or picking it up if I drop it from my inventory. I can place the boat down and paddle as far or as close as I want (even just hopping in and immediately back out), and the boat will disappear when I exit the boat. Even after exiting and re logging or walking away a fair distance and returning, the boat is still no where to be seen. When approaching the shore to disembark, I tested exiting at full speed, coasting speed, and stopped in the water with no change between them. This is also true when changing from water to paddling on pure land via runoff and paddling a boat that was placed directly on land. I've been wanting to transport villagers, but I don't to risk having to chase them down or a mob getting to them if I have to stop on the way and my boat de-spawns. Also don't want to have to carry a bunch of wood, filling valuable inventory spots to make how ever many boats I need from A to B. I don't know if it's because I have the Android and xbox one versions on the same account and that's bugging it or not. I'm not sure if others who have reported this issue have 2 versions on 1 account so I thought it might be useful information. I've also had a zombie villager despawn who had been named when I first spotted this boat issue so I'm not sure if those dissapearedances are connected or not, might be a good test though. I'll see if I can get it the zombie villager disappearing replicated when I get in and out of boats, I'll edit this comment if I can replicate it or not.
Also for reference, the worlds I'm in that I've seen these issues have been in private, solo survival mode and have never been switched to creative. I don't think that switching between survival and creative is causing this from that info.
I hope this helps who ever is working on this problem. Thank you for your efforts.