Is it possible to launch YouTube app on Android with search parameter?

Question

I know that it is possible to launch YouTube app (if it's installed) on Android to watch a specific video. Can we do a similar thing for searching?

I mean I can use YouTube api to make a search but I don't want to do it, I just want to give search parameters to youtube app, so it can make the search for me. (So, instead of opening the web browser to show search results, I want to show the results in youtube app)

Is this possible?

Answer 1

Try something like this:

 Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEARCH);
 intent.setPackage("com.google.android.youtube");
 intent.putExtra("query", "something");
 intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
 startActivity(intent);

The "query", "something" is your search query, for example:

 intent.putExtra("query", "cats");

Answer 2

You can also use a link like this: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=madonna