how to open youtube app from android application

Question

i have youtube button which will open a particular *channel* for that i want it to open in youtube *application* in order to access a channel from my application.

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW , Uri.parse("https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRmoG8dTnv0B7y9uoocikLw"));
context.startActivity(intent);

But it is opening in browser.

try this startActivity(new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW", Uri.parse("url"))); — Rohit, Oct 01 '13 at 12:53

RvdK · Answer 1 · 2013-10-03T08:44:10.990

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You should explicitly send it to youtube. You can do this by specifing the package:

intent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.google.android.youtube","com.google.android.youtube.PlayerActivity"));

Also note that you should also check if youtube is installed!

Intent intent = new Intent(
    Intent.ACTION_VIEW , 
    Uri.parse("https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRmoG8dTnv0B7y9uoocikLw"));
intent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.google.android.youtube","com.google.android.youtube.PlayerActivity"));

PackageManager manager = context.getPackageManager();
List<ResolveInfo> infos = manager.queryIntentActivities(intent, 0);
if (infos.size() > 0) {
     context.startActivity(intent);
}else{
     //No Application can handle your intent
}

edited Oct 03 '13 at 08:44

answered Oct 01 '13 at 12:53

RvdK

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Note also, you will probably want to catch an ActivityNotFoundException around your startActivity call to fall back to the browser youtube player. – elimirks Oct 01 '13 at 12:55
Correct @elimirks, I've added it to my answer. – RvdK Oct 01 '13 at 12:59
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I dont think this is the correct approach, Majorly because the packaname/activity names can be updated/changed by the application provider. All application should be started by correct intent-actions. Though, this might not cause any immediate problem, but can break easily. (Depends on Google...) – Gaurav Arora Oct 01 '13 at 13:14
True, but the other solution would be to set Youtube as the main handler of such URLs. – RvdK Oct 01 '13 at 14:32

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '16 at 18:32

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I found this to be a simple way to do this (assumes you already checked that YouTube is installed):

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("https://www.youtube.com/**YOURCHANNEL**"));
intent.setPackage("com.google.android.youtube");
startActivity(intent);

answered Mar 10 '16 at 18:32

Brian Crider

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Thanks for the package name of `YouTube` – RoCkDevstack Apr 13 '17 at 13:58

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 23 '15 at 05:59

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Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse(urlStr));
startActivity(intent);

urlStr is the url of your desired channel

answered Dec 23 '15 at 05:59

johnrao07

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 29 '20 at 18:54

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
            intent.setData(Uri.parse("https://www.youtube.com/"));
            intent.setPackage("com.google.android.youtube");
            PackageManager manager = getPackageManager();
            List<ResolveInfo> info = manager.queryIntentActivities(intent, 0);
            if (info.size() > 0) {
                startActivity(intent);
            } else {
                //No Application can handle your intent
            }

This is how u can achieve.. providing only "https://www.youtube.com/" will directly land you into home feed. While one can definitely customize url to redirect to particular channel or video.

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