edit: these issues can be considered resolved. im not sure why the villagers were not breeding in new games.... they are now. and the golem issue.... after lots of study and hours of testing... the new golem gossip system actualy works. just barely...

issue one: villagers don't breed in new games created after the 1.11 release.

they pick up food, they pass it and even charge at each other but hearts never appear, so the willing state seems to be bugged. on a side note, they seem to "hiccup"; they raise their head briefly as if considering trying to jump over a wall.

issue two: villagers do breed and villages function normally in games created prior to the 1.11 release except iron golems do not appear to spawn.

in my test village; the village works, its population is 10+, it was bred up from 2, the meeting place has been set and observed to work as placing the bell teleported a near by travelling trader to the newly set meeting place. this village was observed for about 2 hours and no iron golem spawned. see picture.

note: i know alot has changed concerning bedrock villages. it took me some time to figure out beds. so i would not be surprised if, concerning the iron golem generation, theres something im doing wrong.