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Minecraft: Education Edition – How to add a custom skin on android mobile phone
how to add custom minecraft skin on android mobile phone
September 1, 2023
This guide and video will show you how to add a custom skin to Minecraft: Education Edition when on an android mobile phone.

Every gamer wants to have their own player skin – here’s how you can set your custom skins for Minecraft Education Edition on an Android mobile device.

Minecraft Education Edition – set a custom skin on an Android mobile phone

What you will need:

  • Android phone
  • a PNG file of a Minecraft skin (download free from Skindex) for this demo I’m using a skin called Red Hagelskin
  • a free android file management app called – FX File Explorer – without this app the following steps will not work for you)

 

Installing a Custom Skin on android phone – Minecraft: Education Edition

From the Android Play Store install the app FX File Explorer – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx&hl=en_AU&gl=US

custom skin android minecraft education edition (9)

Go to Skindex (minecraftskins.com) and choose a skin to download – save the download to your Android mobile

Skindex Custom skin minecraft education cdsmythe 1
Skindex Custom skin minecraft education cdsmythe 2
Skindex Custom skin minecraft education cdsmythe 3

 

Go to Minecraft MCPACK creator –

https://cdsmythe.com/2020/minecraft-skin-mcpack-creator/

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Complete the Minecraft Education mcpack creator Form on the webpage

– Name for Skin – just what you want to call it eg. Red Hagels
– Template name – just any name for the pack eg. Red Hagels
– Version number – any number eg. 1.0
– Browse to and upload your downloaded Skin png file downloaded from Skindex

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe1
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe2

Click Download Pack and the MCPACK creator form will create the mcpack and offer it to download – save this to your Android mobile phone

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Now to install the new skinpack into Minecraft: Education Edition

 

 

 

Open the FX File Explorer app and browse to where the recent downloaded MCPACK file is saved (probably the Downloads folder)

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

 

“Long press” the downloaded file ending with mcpack.zip, click the More Options (3 vertical dots) and select Rename

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

 

delete the last 4 characters from the name – .ZIP so the file just ends in “.mcpack”

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Tap the mcpack file to open it, choose to open with Minecraft Education Edition

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

The Minecraft Education Edition app will open on your android mobile phone and start importing the custom skin

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Click the coathanger on the front screen of Minecraft: Education Edition to change your skin – scroll to the bottom of the list to see your new custom Minecraft Education skin imported for your android mobile phone

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Remember if you didn’t download the FX File Explorer app and follow the steps above, then this won’t work. The android phone file browser wont do anything with the MCPACK file.