Virtually the same as Muhanned a few versions up. Bought kid a new phone to improve minecraft experience. It is Samsung Galaxy J3 Orbit, running Android 8.0. It appears to be an Android 8.0-specific issue, but later android versions aren't available for most phones. Also appears to be specific new installations of Minecraft, vs. upgrades: Can still log in with the old phone, but the screen was going and it didn't support all features – thus the reason for a new device.
Single-player/non-login works fine, just can't login to realms to join servers or friends.
Note: on a Samsung Galaxy J3 Luna Pro, running Android 6.0.1, it does work, supporting the theory this is an Android 8.0 issue. We grabbed an old phone to try.
Tyrie Strong
Virtually the same as Muhanned a few versions up. Bought kid a new phone to improve minecraft experience. It is Samsung Galaxy J3 Orbit, running Android 8.0. It appears to be an Android 8.0-specific issue, but later android versions aren't available for most phones. Also appears to be specific new installations of Minecraft, vs. upgrades: Can still log in with the old phone, but the screen was going and it didn't support all features – thus the reason for a new device.
Single-player/non-login works fine, just can't login to realms to join servers or friends.
Note: on a Samsung Galaxy J3 Luna Pro, running Android 6.0.1, it does work, supporting the theory this is an Android 8.0 issue. We grabbed an old phone to try.