How to play Youtube videos in Android Video View?

Question

I am developing an android application which requires a youtube video player embedded within it. I successfully got the RTSP video URL from the API, but while trying to load this rtsp url in my android video view, it says "Can't play this video.". Previously I developed a similar application in this method, and it worked fine at that time, but it also failing to load now.

I'm sure about that, I'm getting the correct RTSP url from the API. rtsp://v6.cache6.c.youtube.com/CiULENy73wIaHAlV9VII3c64lRMYESARFEgGUglwbGF5bGlzdHMM/0/0/0/video.3gp

Here is my activity code:

    mVideoURL = getIntent().getStringExtra("EXT_URL");
    Log.i("VIDEO URL", " " + mVideoURL);

    MediaController mc = new MediaController(this);
    mVideoStreamView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.vidPlayer);

    mVideoStreamView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(mVideoURL));
    mVideoStreamView.setMediaController(mc);
    mVideoStreamView.requestFocus();
    mVideoStreamView.start();

EDIT Found some additional information from the logcat:

ARTSPConnection(6607): status: RTSP/1.0 200 OK
ASessionDescription(6607): v=0
ASessionDescription(6607): o=GoogleStreamer 378992432 328144046 IN IP4 74.125.213.182
ASessionDescription(6607): s=Video
ASessionDescription(6607): c=IN IP4 0.0.0.0
ASessionDescription(6607): b=AS:29
ASessionDescription(6607): t=0 0
ASessionDescription(6607): a=control:*
ASessionDescription(6607): a=range:npt=0-1703.000000
ASessionDescription(6607): m=video 0 RTP/AVP 98
ASessionDescription(6607): b=AS:17
ASessionDescription(6607): a=rtpmap:98 H263-2000/90000
ASessionDescription(6607): a=control:trackID=0
ASessionDescription(6607): a=cliprect:0,0,144,176
ASessionDescription(6607): a=framesize:98 176-144
ASessionDescription(6607): a=fmtp:98 profile=0;level=10
ASessionDescription(6607): m=audio 0 RTP/AVP 99
ASessionDescription(6607): b=AS:12
ASessionDescription(6607): a=rtpmap:99 AMR/8000/1
ASessionDescription(6607): a=control:trackID=1
ASessionDescription(6607): a=fmtp:99 octet-align
ARTSPConnection(6607): status: RTSP/1.0 200 OK
ARTSPConnection(6607): status: RTSP/1.0 200 OK
ARTSPConnection(6607): status: RTSP/1.0 200 OK
ARTSPConnection(6607): status: RTSP/1.0 200 OK
ARTSPConnection(6607): status: RTSP/1.0 200 OK
ASessionDescription(6607): v=0
ASessionDescription(6607): o=GoogleStreamer 1299458498 503248054 IN IP4 74.125.213.182
ASessionDescription(6607): s=Video
ASessionDescription(6607): c=IN IP4 0.0.0.0
ASessionDescription(6607): b=AS:29
ASessionDescription(6607): t=0 0
ASessionDescription(6607): a=control:*
ASessionDescription(6607): a=range:npt=0-1703.000000
ASessionDescription(6607): m=video 0 RTP/AVP 98
ASessionDescription(6607): b=AS:17
ASessionDescription(6607): a=rtpmap:98 H263-2000/90000
ASessionDescription(6607): a=control:trackID=0
ASessionDescription(6607): a=cliprect:0,0,144,176
ASessionDescription(6607): a=framesize:98 176-144
ASessionDescription(6607): a=fmtp:98 profile=0;level=10
ASessionDescription(6607): m=audio 0 RTP/AVP 99
ASessionDescription(6607): b=AS:12
ASessionDescription(6607): a=rtpmap:99 AMR/8000/1
ASessionDescription(6607): a=control:trackID=1
ASessionDescription(6607): a=fmtp:99 octet-align
ARTSPConnection(6607): status: RTSP/1.0 461 Unsupported Transport
ARTSPConnection(6607): status: RTSP/1.0 461 Unsupported Transport

Please suggest me a way to load youtube videos in android video view.

Thanks in Advance...

EDIT Just checked in another device, HTC Desire (2.2). The code worked fine. I'm wondering about thinking, What will be the problem with Nexus (4.1)??

Answer 1

It depends on which Video codec format you are recieving your rtsp. There are certain devices which do not support running .mp4 file. Go through Android Media support for more information. Check if you can play any other .3gp files or not.

Answer 2

After a long search, I found this way of implementation.

 public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                         Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.about_fragment, container, false);

    String frameVideo = "<html><body><br><iframe width=\"320\" height=\"200\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/XDYbEuY8nIc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe></body></html>";

    WebView displayYoutubeVideo = (WebView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.videoView);
    displayYoutubeVideo.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
        @Override
        public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
            return false;
        }
    });
    WebSettings webSettings = displayYoutubeVideo.getSettings();
    webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    displayYoutubeVideo.loadData(frameVideo, "text/html", "utf-8");
  return rootView;
    }

inside the layout.xml:

 <WebView android:id="@+id/videoView"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_marginTop="-45dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="-5dp"/>

This will work well.