Play YouTube videos in iPhone app without using UIWebView?
I want to play YouTube videos from my iPhone app. I have to tried play YouTube videos in my iPhone app with the following codes,
[self playVideo:@"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL2l_Q1AR_Q" frame:CGRectMake(20, 70, 280, 250)];
- (void)playVideo:(NSString *)urlString frame:(CGRect)frame
{
NSString *embedHTML = @"\
<html><head>\
<style type=\"text/css\">\
body {\
background-color: transparent;\
color: white;\
}\
</style>\
</head><body style=\"margin:0\">\
<embed id=\"yt\" src=\"%@\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" \
width=\"%0.0f\" height=\"%0.0f\"></embed>\
</body></html>";
NSString *html = [NSString stringWithFormat:embedHTML, urlString, frame.size.width, frame.size.height];
UIWebView *videoView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
[videoView loadHTMLString:html baseURL:nil];
[self.view addSubview:videoView];
[videoView release];
NSLog(@"%@",html);
}
But, this code is not working for me. And also i have tried with MPMoviePlayerController the code is,
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL2l_Q1AR_Q"];
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:fileURL];
[moviePlayerController.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 70, 320, 270)];
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
moviePlayerController.fullscreen = YES;
[moviePlayerController play];
This is also not working for me. Can anyone please tell me where i did wrong and suggest me any ideas? I want to play the YouTube videos in MPMoviewPlayerController rather than using UIWebView. Thanks in advance.
Answer
Just use XCDYouTubeVideoPlayerViewController. It seamlessly adds youtube video to your app without the need of UIWebView.
It uses progressive download + MoviePlayer and AVFoundation frameworks. Just supply it with a youtube video ID and you are good to go.
It supports both full-screen & non full-screen and WORKS ON iOS SIMULATOR!!!
Example:
XCDYouTubeVideoPlayerViewController *videoPlayerViewController = [[XCDYouTubeVideoPlayerViewController alloc] initWithVideoIdentifier:@"9bZkp7q19f0"];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:videoPlayerViewController];