I want to create a private Minecraft: Bedrock Edition server specifically so my kids can play Minecraft: Bedrock with their cousins who don't have Xbox Live accounts. Unfortunately, I am unable to join without Xbox live despite online-mode=false in the server.properties file due to the account login screen. Because online play is essential to the Minecraft experience, and this setting was likely added specifically to prevent this situation, I assume this is a bug.

Thank you all so much for making such a wonderful game!

Edit: I read the comments surrounding the online-mode=false setting in the server.properties file and found this:

online-mode=false
# If true then all connected players must be authenticated to Xbox Live.
# Clients connecting to remote (non-LAN) servers will always require Xbox Live authentication regardless of this setting.
# If the server accepts connections from the Internet, then it's highly recommended to enable online-mode.
# Allowed values: "true" or "false"

If that is true, why does this setting even exist? The server isn't visible to LAN, so it seems to be a moot point. My bug report still stands. Thank you for your great work.