"Unable to connect to world" in Minecraft PE v1.16.201 on Ipad using Microsoft Account

Solution found for my case...link below recommended checking the iOS privacy settings. This was my problem. In the Settings app, click Privacy, Local Network, "Minecraft" app selector on.

Not sure how, but one of my kid's iPads had this turned off. Seems unlikely this occurred after logging the kids into xbox accounts in the minecraft app, but have no other explanation.

https://educommunity.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/360072415391--unable-to-connect-to-world-

In this case, please try to uninstall Minecraft PE from your iPad.

Restart your iPad and install Minecraft PE again.

Try to play it and please let me know how it goes.

Hi,

thank you for your advice. We have just found out that we had not logged into our microsoft account on the ipad minecraft 😞

so we have now started fresh with a new world in minecraft on the ipad. However, i still cannot access this new world on the nintendo switch minecraft

Hi there,

I don't know if it matters, but just to be sure, is the same Microsoft Account (Xbox Live Account) used to sign into Minecraft?

You might also want to check the posts here in regards to Minecraft worlds and iOs etc:

https://www.minecraftforum.net/foru...ou-uninstall-and-reinstall-pe-are-your-worlds

...we have now started fresh with a new world in minecraft on the ipad. However, i still cannot access this new world on the nintendo switch minecraft

Minecraft doesn't store the worlds "in the cloud" so that multiple devices can access one world.

If you have a world stored on your iPad, the Switch will NOT automatically have the world, even if you use the same Microsoft Account.

Your son can either "visit" the world on the iPad with the Switch, while the iPad is running Minecraft at that time through Multiplayer.

If you really want to have the world shared across both devices, your only option is to "rent" a realm that you have to pay for in monthly subscription fees.

Or if your son is okay with transferring the world from one device (e.g. iPad to the Switch and only play on the Switch from then on), you could use a free trial for Realms to transfer the world over.

To do that, your son activates a Realm subscription with a free trial on iOS, and uploads the desired world to the Realm service.

Then he connects the Switch to the same Realm, and downloads the world to his Switch.

Then you cancel the Realm subscription via
https://my.minecraft.net/profile/realms