Platform: iOS 6.1. Xcode 4.6.
I am using YouTube Javascript API and a UIWebView. I am able to manually tap on the video thumbnail to begin playback just fine. But, autoplay is not working. I am setting mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction = NO for the web view as many have suggested. No luck.
Here is the code:
@interface VideoPlayerController : UIViewController <UIWebViewDelegate>
@property(strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIWebView* webView;
@end
- (void) viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.webView.delegate = self;
NSString *template = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:
[[NSBundle mainBundle]
pathForResource:@"YouTubeTemplate" ofType:@"txt"]];
NSString *htmlStr = [NSString stringWithFormat: template,
200, 200,
@"3G4exdlsRkY"];
self.webView.mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction = NO;
[self.webView loadHTMLString:htmlStr baseURL:nil];
}
- (void) webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)wv {
self.webView.mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction = NO;
}
The YouTubeTemplate.txt file is:
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://www.youtube.com/player_api"></script>
<style>
body, div {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="media_area"></div>
</body>
<script>
var ytPlayer = null;
function onYouTubePlayerAPIReady() {
ytPlayer = new YT.Player('media_area', {height: '%d', width: '%d', videoId: '%@',
events: {'onReady': onPlayerReady}
});
}
function onPlayerReady(e) {
e.target.playVideo();
}
</script>
</html>
So, basically, the UIWebView shows the video thumbnail. Then I have to tap on it to begin playback. Autoplay is not working. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?