YouTube API Android auto start

Question

I use YouTube API in my app. My problem is, the video does not auto play, and the user has to press the play button to start playing.

My code:

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" />

How do I make the video start automatically?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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 3

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.