Empty Friends list after I went to another app and then back to Minecraft
Steps to reproduce
- Open a world on a PC
- On the same network, open Minecraft on iOS.
- On the iOS device, navigate to the Friends tab. You should see the PC user/world listed there.
- On the iOS device, switch from Minecraft to another app, or just press the home button. Then switch back to Minecraft.
- Repeat these steps with the devices swapped, i.e. with the iOS device hosting the world and the PC switching to another app and back (PC must be in fullscreen mode).
Expected result
The PC user/world shows on the Friends list in step 4, or vice versa for step 5.
Actual result
The Friends list is empty.
LAN game seems not work for me. My friend and me are at the same WiFi. He hosted a multiplayer game and I can not see any worlds showing in my friend list after I went to another app in between and then back to Minecraft. 
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MCPE-19393Clients disconnect when window focus changes on remote host/server (Windows 10)ConfirmedMCPE-109879Getting disconnected from server when minimizing game or switching focus to another appConfirmedMCPE-36190Multiplayer Connection Issues and WorkaroundsCommunity ConsensusMCPE-94489Xbox One - cannot find realms after suspending systemConfirmedMCPE-58759I cannot receive invitationsFixedMCPE-133776Realms list and Marketplace fail to load after timing outFixedAttachments1
Created Issue:
Show empty friend list after I went to another app in between and then back to Minecraft
LAN game seems not work for me. My friend and me are at the same WiFi. He hosted a multiplayer game and I can not see any worlds showing in my friend list after I went to another app in between and then back to Minecraft.
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Steps to reproduce
- Open a world on a PC
- On the same network, open Minecraft on iOS.
- On the iOS device, navigate to the Friends tab. You should see the PC user/world listed there.
- On the iOS device, switch from Minecraft to another app, or just press the home button. Then switch back to Minecraft.
Expected result
The PC user/world shows on the Friends list.
Actual result
The Friends list is empty.
LAN game seems not work for me. My friend and me are at the same WiFi. He hosted a multiplayer game and I can not see any worlds showing in my friend list after I went to another app in between and then back to Minecraft.
Show emptyfriend list after I went to another appin betweenand then back to MinecraftEmpty Friends list after I went to another app and then back to Minecraft
Steps to reproduce
- Open a world on a PC
- On the same network, open Minecraft on iOS.
- On the iOS device, navigate to the Friends tab. You should see the PC user/world listed there.
- On the iOS device, switch from Minecraft to another app, or just press the home button. Then switch back to Minecraft.
- Repeat these steps with the devices swapped, i.e. with the iOS device hosting the world and the PC switching to another app and back (PC must be in fullscreen mode).
Expected result
The PC user/world shows on the Friends list (or vice version for step 5).
Actual result
The Friends list is empty.
LAN game seems not work for me. My friend and me are at the same WiFi. He hosted a multiplayer game and I can not see any worlds showing in my friend list after I went to another app in between and then back to Minecraft.
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![[Mod] Umija5895M](../../../data/avatars/users/10122.svg){kind=small}
Steps to reproduce
- Open a world on a PC
- On the same network, open Minecraft on iOS.
- On the iOS device, navigate to the Friends tab. You should see the PC user/world listed there.
- On the iOS device, switch from Minecraft to another app, or just press the home button. Then switch back to Minecraft.
- Repeat these steps with the devices swapped, i.e. with the iOS device hosting the world and the PC switching to another app and back (PC must be in fullscreen mode).
Expected result
The PC user/world shows on the Friends list
(or vice versionfor step 5).Actual result
The Friends list is empty.
LAN game seems not work for me. My friend and me are at the same WiFi. He hosted a multiplayer game and I can not see any worlds showing in my friend list after I went to another app in between and then back to Minecraft.
Steps to reproduce
- Open a world on a PC
- On the same network, open Minecraft on iOS.
- On the iOS device, navigate to the Friends tab. You should see the PC user/world listed there.
- On the iOS device, switch from Minecraft to another app, or just press the home button. Then switch back to Minecraft.
- Repeat these steps with the devices swapped, i.e. with the iOS device hosting the world and the PC switching to another app and back (PC must be in fullscreen mode).
Expected result
The PC user/world shows on the Friends list in step 4, or vice versa for step 5.
Actual result
The Friends list is empty.
LAN game seems not work for me. My friend and me are at the same WiFi. He hosted a multiplayer game and I can not see any worlds showing in my friend list after I went to another app in between and then back to Minecraft.
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I have this problem sometimes between my PC and Switch. I can almost always resolve it by fully closing Minecraft, verifying each device is connected to the internet, and reopening Minecraft. In general, Minecraft always loses login/connection when switching apps or going to home screen (unless you have it in windowed mode on PC) and the only way to reconnect is to fully restart the app. (See MCPE-110396 and MCPE-19393.)
If you have this issue you should also check your Microsoft/XBoxLive account settings related to notifications and invites.
This has the same root cause as MCPE-110396, MCPE-109879, MCPE-103893, and MCPE-19393: if you switch from Minecraft to another app and back, then everything that depends on network connectivity breaks. The only way to restore any connection-dependent functionality is to fully close and reopen the software.
No other software I know has this limitation. For example, if I switch out of the the gmail app on my phone to use messages or discord, or if I switch out of a browser window with my e-mail loaded on my computer, or if I go from the Nintendo Switch Online app to the home screen on my Switch, and then go back into any of those apps/windows, they work fine! I am able to reconnect to whatever internet-dependent task I was doing. Only Minecraft requires you to completely close the app and go through the sometimes excessively long startup process in order to regain access to online content or multiplayer games.
Also, does MCPE-110396 describe your issue? Switching from Minecraft to any other app, including device settings, would disconnect Minecraft from any online or network functionality.
As of 1.17.11 Hotfix, I cannot reproduce this on Windows 10, but I can reproduce on iOS and Nintendo Switch. Strangely, after switching to the home screen and back, the Friends and Servers lists load (MCPE-110396 is fixed), but Realms and the Marketplace do not.
After the fix to MCPE-110396, Minecraft now refreshes the Friends list and Servers list after visiting the Switch home screen, without requiring a full restart of the app. This also works when you resume the device from sleep mode with Minecraft loaded, but in that case it requires you to press the sign-in button.
Steps to reproduce
- Load Minecraft and be signed in with a Microsoft account
- Have a friend load Minecraft and be signed in with a Microsoft account on another device.
- View the Friends list and Servers list to verify that they have loaded.
- Put the Switch to sleep.
- Wake the Switch and resume Minecraft, and wait a few seconds for things to load.
- View the Friends list and Servers list.
- On the main menu, press the sign-in button and follow the prompts.
- View the Friends list and Servers list.
Expected result
In step 6, the Friends list and Servers list load.
Actual result
The Friends list and Servers list do not load until step 8.
Note
Fortunately, pressing the sign-in button in step 7 does not require a new login through aka.ms/remoteconnect. It seems that the app just needs a trigger to get it to try to sign in again. I think the problem is that Minecraft initially tries to sign as soon as it resumes, and that does not allow time for the Switch to resume its internet connection. When you first resume into Minecraft from sleep mode, the Switch shows a connection error. After a few seconds, however, the menu gets back to normal, except that you have to manually press the sign-in button to tell Minecraft to try to sign in again.
This is fixed as of 1.17.11 Hotfix. It was probably fixed in 1.17.0.
On Nintendo Switch it is necessary to tap the "sign in" button after resuming the console from sleep mode while Minecraft is loaded (
MCPE-139092).