B4A Library YouTube library

The YouTube library allows you to play YouTube videos inside your application.

It is based on a new service provided by Google. Note that this service is considered experimental.

This library is supported by Android 2.2+. It requires YouTube app v4.2.16 which is currently the latest version. You can update YouTube from Google Play.

Setup instructions
1. Download the native library: https://developers.google.com/youtube/android/player/downloads/
2. Copy libs\YouTubeAndroidPlayerApi.Jar from the zip file to Basic4android libraries folder.
3. Download the attached library, unzip it and copy the files to the libraries folder.
4. Get a developer key. Follow these instructions: https://developers.google.com/youtube/android/player/register
Note that you can leave the SHA1 field empty.

Example code:

Sub Process_Globals

End Sub

Sub Globals
   Dim YouTube As YouTubeStandalonePlayer
End Sub

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
   YouTube.Initialize("YouTube")
   If YouTube.CheckPlayerSupported <> "SUCCESS" Then
      Msgbox("YouTube service not available: " & CRLF & YouTube.CheckPlayerSupported, "")
   Else
      Activity.AddMenuItem3("Play Video", "PlayVideo", Null, True)
   End If
End Sub
Sub PlayVideo_Click
   YouTube.StartVideo("AIzaSyxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", _
      "0xdZXOM_Otc", 0, False, True)
End Sub

Sub YouTube_Result (Message As String)
   Log("Result = " & Message)
End Sub

Important, YouTube service will not work if the Version Name field is empty.

The player can play in full screen or in lightbox mode. The above screenshot is for lightbox mode.

 

[Theera]

Hi Erel,
I tried follow as your guide,but I have some error as belows. Please help me corrected

Best Regards
Theera

 

[NJDude]

You cannot run that sample on the emulator, the emulator doesn't have the YouTube app installed.

 

[Inman]

Thanks Erel. That was fast! Tested on my Asus Transformer tablet running Android 4.0 and it works great.

One issue I noticed is an error at the time of compilation saying there is a duplicate refresh.png entry. I have a refresh.png file already in my app. Do you have a same name file in the YouTube library as well?

 

[Erel]

Maybe there is such a resource file in the native library. You can open it with a zip program and check.

 

[hasanaydin52]

Hello Erel,

I get an error as above.

** Activity (main) Pause, UserClosed = false **
sending message to waiting queue (OnActivityResult)
running waiting messages (1)
Result = INTERNAL_ERROR
** Activity (main) Resume **

 

[Erel]

Try the attached program. Does it work?

 

[hasanaydin52]

Unfortunately does not response.

Log messages: 10...9...8..7.... .. ....0

My phone is Galaxy S2. Android version is 4.1.2 .

 

[Inman]

Hello Erel,

I get an error as above.

** Activity (main) Pause, UserClosed = false **
sending message to waiting queue (OnActivityResult)
running waiting messages (1)
Result = INTERNAL_ERROR
** Activity (main) Resume **

I got this error when I didn't set the Version Name and Version Code of the app. Once I did that, it worked flawlessly.

 

[hasanaydin52]

Hello Erel,

Inman is right. It is worked when define the VersionName.

I did not know how important this is.

Thanks for library.

 

[hasanaydin52]

Hello Erel,

StartVideo function running good but i can't run StartPlaylist.

YouTube.StartPlaylist("AIza....","ballislife",0,1000,True,True)

Result 404 Network Error....

 

[Erel]

Did my example (APK file) work or not?

Make sure that you are using the correct ID.

 

[hasanaydin52]

Your 1.apk does not run too.

My Startvideo example worked fine with same ID.

 

[Erel]

You need a PlayList id not a video id.

 

[hasanaydin52]

Sorry I understand as Developer Key ID.

I used ID as "ballislife" in function but does not run.
I dont know is "ballislife" true ID.

Can you send me another sample ID?

YouTube.StartPlaylist("AIza...","ballislife",0,0,False,False)

 

[Erel]

As written in the documentation you should look for the id after the list parameter.
Here is one: PL85F43D1287E29191

 

[hasanaydin52]

Hello Erel,

I mixed ChannelID and PlaylistID.

it's OK.

Thank you very much.

 

[AndroIwe]

Thank you for this example.

I want to load the video on a specific position and tried it with "Activity.AddView":

Sub Globals
    Dim YouTube As YouTubeStandalonePlayer
End Sub

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
    Activity.LoadLayout("YouTubeTest1")
   YouTube.Initialize("YouTube")
    Activity.AddView(YouTube, 10dip, 10dip, 250dip, 400dip)   
   If YouTube.CheckPlayerSupported <> "SUCCESS" Then
        Msgbox("YouTube service not available: " & CRLF & YouTube.CheckPlayerSupported, "")
    Else
        Activity.AddMenuItem3("Play Video", "PlayVideo", Null, True)
    End If
End Sub
Sub PlayVideo_Click
    YouTube.StartVideo("AIzaSyDhjNZFx50axXbAxxxxx", _
        "kHuSNntPdA8", 0, True, True)
End Sub

But I got an error:

Activity.AddView(YouTube, 10dip, 10dip, 250dip, 400dip)
javac 1.7.0_07
src\Iwe\YouTube\Test\main.java:238: error: inconvertible types
mostCurrent._activity.AddView((android.view.View)(mostCurrent._v5),anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common.DipToCurrent((int)(10)),anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common.DipToCurrent((int)(10)),anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common.DipToCurrent((int)(250)),anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common.DipToCurrent((int)(400)));
^
required: View
found: YouTubeStandalonePlayerWrapper

Is there any way to place the video on a specific position?

 

[Erel]

No. The player starts in its own transparent activity.

 

[AndroIwe]

Thank you Erel,

i feared that ...