Android Youtube Player | Your Ultimate Guide to Play Videos in App

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Android Youtube Player :

Android Youtube Player, have you ever tried integrating Youtube Player into your app? yes its possible by integration of play youtube api into your application also make sure that the video you are integrating need to have embed permission.

Optimal implementation guide for Android YouTube Player integration in 2024: Step-by-step tutorial for seamless video playback within Android applications.

Android app has different types of presenting data to end user and video is one of its kind so in this tutorial we can help you out with integrating youtube video into your app.

Before going any further into tutorial lets get a api key from google console api Google Api Key

Android Youtube Player Video :

Explore the following YouTube tutorial for a detailed, step-by-step guide on implementing Android YouTube Player integration.

Create a credential using your SHA1 Algorithm need help in generating SHA1

then

API key is generated if required you can restrict your api key depending upon your usage level. Copy the api key for further usage in integrating youtube videos.

Add youtube library to your android studio projects

Youtube Android Player API — Download

add it to libs folder of your project and integrate to

build.gradle(Module: app)

compile files('libs/YouTubeAndroidPlayerApi.jar')

Let’s start coding

activity_adview.xml

Just add YouTubePlayerView we don’t need any other view.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView
        android:id="@+id/player_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="30dp" />

</RelativeLayout>

Config

Configure youtube player with the api key which is generated in above process and also youtube video which you want to play

https://androidcoding.in/2017/12/17/get-video-code-youtube-link/

public class Config {
    // Google Console APIs API key
    public static final String API_KEY = getApiKey();

    // Replace this with the video code you want to play
    public static final String VIDEO_CODE = "videocode";

    private static String getApiKey() {
        // Load API key from a secure location (e.g., configuration file, environment variable)
        // Alternatively, consider using a secure method to retrieve the key dynamically
        return "Your_API_Key_Here";
    }
}

YoutubeActivity.java

Now initialize Youtube Player, EventListener & StateChangeListener in your activity class

public class YoutubeAdd extends YouTubeBaseActivity implements YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener {

    private static final int RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST = 1;
    private YouTubePlayerView playerView;
    private EventListener eventListener;
    private StateChangeListener stateChangeListener;

then

eventListener = new EventListener();
stateChangeListener = new StateChangeListener();
playerView = findViewById(R.id.player_view);
playerView.initialize(Config.API_KEY, this);

If the initialization encounters an error, then

@Override
public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubeInitializationResult errorResult) {
    if (errorResult.isUserRecoverableError()) {
        errorResult.getErrorDialog(this, RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST).show();
    } else {
        String error = String.format(getString(R.string.error_string), errorResult.toString());
        Toast.makeText(this, error, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

and when succeeded

@Override
public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer player, boolean wasRestored) {
    player.setPlaybackEventListener(eventListener);
    player.setPlayerStateChangeListener(stateChangeListener);

    if (!wasRestored) {
        player.cueVideo(Config.VIDEO_CODE);
        player.setPlayerStyle(PlayerStyle.DEFAULT);
    }
}

Using EventListener we can track video whether video is being played, paused, stopped, buffering and also seek

private final class EventListener implements YouTubePlayer.PlaybackEventListener {

    @Override
    public void onPlaying() {
        Log.e("Status", "Playing");
    }

    @Override
    public void onPaused() {
        Log.e("Status", "Paused");
    }

    @Override
    public void onStopped() {
        Log.e("Status", "Stopped");
    }

    @Override
    public void onBuffering(boolean isBuffering) { }

    @Override
    public void onSeekTo(int positionMillis) { }
}

and using StateChangeListener we can know whether video is loaded, any error occurred or whether the ad started in between the video and most importantly whether the video is ended using which we can do further actions.

private final class StateChangeListener implements YouTubePlayer.PlayerStateChangeListener {

    @Override
    public void onLoading() { }

    @Override
    public void onLoaded(String videoId) { }

    @Override
    public void onAdStarted() { }

    @Override
    public void onVideoStarted() { }

    @Override
    public void onVideoEnded() { }

    @Override
    public void onError(YouTubePlayer.ErrorReason errorReason) { }
}

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubeBaseActivity;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubeInitializationResult;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView;

public class YoutubeAdd extends YouTubeBaseActivity implements YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener {

    private static final int RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST = 1;

    private YouTubePlayerView playerView;
    private EventListener eventListener;
    private StateChangeListener stateChangeListener;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_adview);

        eventListener = new EventListener();
        stateChangeListener = new StateChangeListener();
        playerView = findViewById(R.id.player_view);
        playerView.initialize(Config.API_KEY, this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubeInitializationResult errorResult) {
        if (errorResult.isUserRecoverableError()) {
            errorResult.getErrorDialog(this, RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST).show();
        } else {
            String error = String.format(getString(R.string.error_string), errorResult.toString());
            Toast.makeText(this, error, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer player, boolean wasRestored) {
        player.setPlaybackEventListener(eventListener);
        player.setPlayerStateChangeListener(stateChangeListener);

        if (!wasRestored) {
            player.cueVideo(Config.VIDEO_CODE);
            player.setPlayerStyle(PlayerStyle.DEFAULT);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        if (requestCode == RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST) {
            getYouTubePlayerProvider().initialize(Config.API_KEY, this);
        }
    }

    private YouTubePlayer.Provider getYouTubePlayerProvider() {
        return findViewById(R.id.player_view);
    }

    private final class EventListener implements YouTubePlayer.PlaybackEventListener {
        @Override
        public void onPlaying() {
            Log.e("Status", "Playing");
        }

        @Override
        public void onPaused() {
            Log.e("Status", "Paused");
        }

        @Override
        public void onStopped() {
            Log.e("Status", "Stopped");
        }

        @Override
        public void onBuffering(boolean b) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onSeekTo(int i) {
        }
    }

    private final class StateChangeListener implements YouTubePlayer.PlayerStateChangeListener {
        @Override
        public void onLoading() {
        }

        @Override
        public void onLoaded(String s) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onAdStarted() {
        }

        @Override
        public void onVideoStarted() {
        }

        @Override
        public void onVideoEnded() {
        }

        @Override
        public void onError(YouTubePlayer.ErrorReason errorReason) {
        }
    }
}

AndroidManifest.xml

Add internet permission to manifest file to integrate Youtube Player

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

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