Youtube Api android autostart

Question

I use Youtube Api in my app, but my problem is it's not auto play, must press play button.

My code is:

setContentView(R.layout.playerview_demo);
((YouTubePlayerView)findViewById(R.id.youtube_view)).initialize(DEV_KEY, this);

youtube_view layout:

<com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView 
    android:id="@id/youtube_view" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Answer 1

Using loadVideo function.

public abstract void loadVideo (String videoId, int timeMillis)

Loads and plays the specified video. Playback will start at the specified time in the video.

videoId - The ID of the video to be played timeMillis - The time in milliseconds

FYR: https://developers.google.com/youtube/android/player/reference/com/google/android/youtube/player/YouTubePlayer#loadVideo(java.lang.String)reader

Answer 2

Check that autoplay feature is set to 1. Player will load initial video in autoplay by default.

Please refer Youtube Autoplay parameters for more.

Answer 3

The documentation clearly states...

Note: YouTube only counts playbacks that are initiated through the native play button.

but u could simply call youtubeplayer.loadVideo(VIDEO_ID,0) // 0 millis, start right away

Otherwise you could use CHROMELESS controls and add custom controls to it. Then it may work. All the best..

Answer 4

I have solve this myself, then i post here:

 public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider paramProvider, YouTubePlayer  paramYouTubePlayer, boolean paramBoolean)
 {if (!paramBoolean)paramYouTubePlayer.loadVideo(CLIP_LINK);}

Answer 5

You need to use player.cueVideo("video_id");

This will load the video, but it will not start auto playing. The video is auto playing because you're using player.loadVideo("video_id");.

Hope it helps.

Answer 6

What you are looking for is the Youtube API's loadVideo method. From the docs:

public abstract void loadVideo (String videoId)

Loads and plays the specified video.

You can use it like this:

@Override
 public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer player,
    boolean wasRestored) {
  this.player = player;
  player.loadVideo(video.id); // where video.id is a String of a Youtube video ID
}

In a similar vein, there is also the cueVideo method, which adds the video to the playlist, but does not automatically start playing the video.