VideoView can't play video error

Question

I'm trying to play youtube video from URL in my VideoView, but i'm getting "Can't play video error", bellow is my code, what i'm doing wrong?

public class YoutubeVideoPopUpActivity extends Activity {

    private String url;

    private VideoView videoView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_youtube_video);

        final Intent intent = getIntent();
        //url = intent.getStringExtra("Url");
        url = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INu_z8Zn2R8";
        setUpVideo();
    }

    private void setUpVideo() {
        videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);
        videoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
        videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(url));
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        videoView.start();
    }
}

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '13 at 21:30

the url you are trying to use is just a normal html - page (youtube) not the actual video. this way it can't work. have a look at the official youtube api: https://developers.google.com/youtube/android/player/

or try to open the url with a new intent:

startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxy8BZGQ5Jo")));

this should open the video in a webview or the installed youtube app....

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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As mentioned here this could be due to:

Unsupported file format
Unsupported codecs
Erroneous content

and it is unlikely it is a problem with your application.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Aug 19 '13 at 21:28

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