intent to youtube app profile/channel

Question

I am able to intent to the youtube app to view a video easily enough, but how about getting to a profile / channel?

    public void YouTube(String id) {
        // Play Youtube Video
        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("vnd.youtube:"+id));
        mContext.startActivity(i);
    }

I.. just don't know where to really begin here? Is there a specific Uri to parse? I've tried scouring the internet of course and I'm coming up dry for answers. Is it even possible in the first place?

Thanks guys!

Answer 1

By doing the following ,one can launch Youtube App to display channel directly

Intent intent=null;     
try {
        intent =new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        intent.setPackage("com.google.android.youtube");
        intent.setData(Uri.parse(url));
        startActivity(intent);
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
        intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        intent.setData(Uri.parse(url));
        startActivity(intent);
    }

And in order to display channel,keep in mind to give url in format http://www.youtube.com/user/channelName

Answer 2

As of now, there is no specific URI scheme for channels that would trigger the YouTube application directly. The vnd.youtube scheme is defined only for the activity that plays a single video. So, you have to specify the canonical YouTube URL for the channel page, and typically let the user pass through the application chooser dialog - assuming that the device has the YouTube application installed, the dialog would display at least two entries, the second being for the browser.