Youtube Movie in WebView

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Inman

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• Jul 12, 2011

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You can use the Youtube app to play the video, instead of Webview. That also won't open in full screen by default but at least the user knows all he needs to do is tilt the phone to landscape mode to get full screen.

You can open a video in the Youtube app using Intents

A Programmer's Ride: Android YouTube Intent

The code above is in Java. You just need to make suitable changes to make it work in B4A. Check the B4A Intents documentation and may be some other threads on Intents here.

 

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margret

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Youtube Videos in WebView

Inman said:

You can use the Youtube app to play the video, instead of Webview. That also won't open in full screen by default but at least the user knows all he needs to do is tilt the phone to landscape mode to get full screen.

You can open a video in the Youtube app using Intents

A Programmer's Ride: Android YouTube Intent

The code above is in Java. You just need to make suitable changes to make it work in B4A. Check the B4A Intents documentation and may be some other threads on Intents here.

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I am working on a NookColor and it does not have YouTube App or any way to get it. I have to find a way to do it with b4a and webview.

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Margret

 

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Erel

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Can you post the link you are using the play the video?

 

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margret

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Youtube Video Link

Erel said:

Can you post the link you are using the play the video?

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Here is one of the links I am trying to use. When I posted it, it changed to something else so I am putting it also as code:

B4X:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO2vfYNaIbk

YouTube - ‪Universe‬‏

Thanks,

Margret

 

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Erel

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• Jul 13, 2011

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You can try embedding the movie in a custom page that you build on the fly. It will allow you to set the width and height:

B4X:

<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zO2vfYNaIbk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

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NJDude

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• Jul 13, 2011

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But I don't think that works (at least on my phone), I see the picture but the WebView can't play the video, is that related to the "plugins" issue?

You can add:

B4X:

...src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zO2vfYNaIbk[b]?autoplay=1[/b]"...

and still Flash doesn't work.

 

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Erel

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Flush is not enabled by default due to a bug when you add the WebView with the designer. This is fixed for v1.6. You can either add it programmatically or use Reflector to enable it.

 

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Widget

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Erel said:

Flush is not enabled by default due to a bug when you add the WebView with the designer. This is fixed for v1.6. You can either add it programmatically or use Reflector to enable it.

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How is Flash enabled programmatically in v1.50?
Also can a YouTube video play in the Android Emulator using WebView in 1.5 or 1.6?

TIA
Widget

 

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Erel

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• Jul 19, 2011

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Flash can be enabled with the help of the reflector library. However it requires the full version.

WebView cannot play YouTube videos.

 

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Rusty

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• Dec 21, 2011

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Erel,
Has there been any resolution to being able to stream YouTube videos in a WebView or in any other view?
When I load a Webview, the YouTube site comes up, I can see the video, but when I click Play, nothing happens.
The solution does not have to be a WebView.
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Rusty

 

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Erel

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• Dec 22, 2011

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Flash is now enabled by default. I think that it should support youtube videos.

 

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Rusty

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• Dec 22, 2011

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I have tried the example and no luck.
I have used the following code and I get an image of the YouTube video, but it will not play.

B4X:

Dim WebView1 As WebView
webview1.Initialize("")
webview1.loadurl("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxa0UV1lPTY") 
activity.AddView(webview1,0,0,100%x, 100%y)

any ideas?
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Erel

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• Dec 23, 2011

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Seems like there is an issue with the native WebView. On some devices it works and on others it doesn't work.

From reading various posts about it, the recommended solution is to send an intent that will start the YouTube app.

 

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vb1992

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• Dec 23, 2011

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B4X:

Dim Intent1 As Intent
    Intent1.Initialize(Intent1.ACTION_VIEW, "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zLDIcIrZO8Y")
    Intent1.SetComponent("com.google.android.youtube/.WatchActivity")
 
    intent1.PutExtra("","http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zLDIcIrZO8Y")
    StartActivity(Intent1)

 

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vb1992

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• Dec 23, 2011

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Have you tried passing an Embedded Youtube into webview.loadhtml
not sure if it works, but it might

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4wh0IksOfg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

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netkomm

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Erel, it seems that your code is no longer working with the new version of Youtube.

Since there are still plenty of devices that cannot use the Youtube API... any idea of any possible fallback to show them the video?

 

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netkomm

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• Jan 10, 2014

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found the solution:

B4X:

Dim Intent1 As Intent
Intent1.Initialize(Intent1.ACTION_VIEW, "vnd.youtube:"&videoid)
Intent1.PutExtra("VIDEO_ID",videoid)
StartActivity(Intent1)

now... is there a way to force the orientation of an intent? (eg: landscape)?

 

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