How to add data to json tags MCPE

Question

I want to /give a iron shovel that can break coarse dirt for my map. I tried the following command:
/give @a iron_shovel 1 0 {"can_destroy":{"blocks":["coarse_dirt"]}}

But it turns out coarse dirt is just dirt with data 1. How can I do this?

Penguin · Accepted Answer

Data? No.
The issue is coarse_dirt is not a block. Coarse dirt has the ID dirt and is of data 1. There is no way to put data in can destroy/place ons so use the command:
/give @a iron_shovel 1 0 {"can_destroy":{"blocks":["dirt"]}}

Unfortunately this will allow the shovel to break regular dirt and coarse dirt.

Possible Workaround
If you are just making this for yourself and/or friends or plan on distributing a world download, you can use either of the following:
Resource Packs
Change a rarely used block/a block that you are not using and instead of its default texture assign it to the coarse dirt's texture (don't just copy-paste the PNG file, modify the blocks.json so if someone has a texture pack it will look normal).
Behaviour Packs + Resource Packs
Add an entirely new block to the game and assign the coarse dirt texture to it (don't just copy-paste the PNG file, modify the blocks.json so if someone has a texture pack it will look normal).

I won't explain how to create a resource/behaviour pack in this answer because that veers off-course from the question.

How to add data to json tags MCPE

One Answer

Data? No.

Possible Workaround

Resource Packs

Behaviour Packs + Resource Packs

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