Youtube Video in Android Application - Example


Nowadays most of the android devices ship with a youtube player in it. In this post we will see how to play a youtube video in android, provided the youtube player application is already installed in your mobile.It is done by creating an ACTION_VIEW Intent and starting the activity.This example uses a standard youtube URL

So lets Start:

1.Create an android application project with any projectname , an activity named MainActivity and a layout file named activity_main

2.Now design the UI activity_main.xml for the MainActivity.java with a button to initiate the youtube video

activity_main.xml

 
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="105dp"
        android:text="Play Youtube Video" />

</RelativeLayout>

3.Now create the MainActivity with ACTION_VIEW intent to start the youtube video on clicking the button

MainActivity.java:

 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

 Button b;

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  b = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
  b.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
   @Override
   public void onClick(View v) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    String video_path = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpQtlAW3mag";
    Uri uri = Uri.parse(video_path);
    uri = Uri.parse("vnd.youtube:" + uri.getQueryParameter("v"));
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
    startActivity(intent);
   }
  });
 }

}
4.Include internet permission <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/> in your manifest file

5.Run the application in a youtube installed android device the output should be similar the the one as follows

Output:
 


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