I sent my minecraft realms code to my friends but when they try to join it says they need...

So my friends try to friend me and when I accept it says try again. To my friends it says there my friend but it doesn't show up like that for me. I also can't put in minecraft realm sever codes when it says go to friends and enter the code. I play on Nintendo Switch. Can someone please help me none of my friends know how to solve this problem.

Hey,

So Minecraft isn't exactly the game I'm wanting to play on my Xbox but I'll describe it anyway.

if I was to host a normal server then I wouldn't need realms to join for bedrock Minecraft so I don't have a realms.

1. I load up the game

2. I load up the multiplayer server

3. Everything's fine, server details seem fine

4. Send invite to friends or they try to join

5. Friends get the message of "Join failed" when they try to join

6. Check multiplayer settings and it says connection and NAT are both fine and open

Is this going to an issue that will get resolved soon? as I have had this issue for a little over a month now and don't particularly want to keep paying for Xbox game pass when I cant really play any games with friends.

thanks in advance

The cross play of Minecraft works as such,

The PC/MAC is separate from the other versions in terms of cross-play. As in the only way to join a game with console or mobile players (or Windows 10) is to play on a realm.

Console (Xbox and PS), Mobile and Windows 10 will all work without needing realms as long as your friends are online or on the same network as yourself.

It is only the PC/MAC version of the game that will require you to use realms to join each others game.

But his friends are on Xbox One edition and my son has the newest minecraft. Apparently they can't play together because they're on different versions?? That's what I'm trying to determine. They're not trying to join realms.

Seems you have registered a child account (under 18+ of age) and only your parental account can change the privacy settings.

Hello Stiner,

We thank you for bringing this inquiry to our forums community, and understand that this concerns an inability to join within your friends Realm on Minecraft.

Our suggestion here, please attempt to follow our Xbox One online safety and privacy settings
for parents and kids support article. The article provides the different ways that the Privacy and Online Safety settings can be adjusted.

Try this out for us and then let us know if this information helped.

Best wishes!