Youtube api "UNAUTHORIZED_OVERLAY" error

Question

This is my main fragment

public class VirtualClassFragment extends Fragment// implements YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener 
{
     @Override
     public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) 
     {
        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_virtual_class, container, false);
        YouTubePlayerSupportFragment pl = (YouTubePlayerSupportFragment) getChildFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.youTubePlayerFragment);

        pl.initialize("<API_KEY>", new YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener() {
            @Override
            public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer youTubePlayer, boolean b) {
                youTubePlayer.cueVideo("nGyqHoKa7yk");
            }

            @Override
            public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubeInitializationResult youTubeInitializationResult) {

            }
        });
        return v;
     }
 }

and here is my xml file

<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">


<fragment
    android:name="com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerSupportFragment"
    android:id="@+id/youTubePlayerFragment"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

</FrameLayout>

I am getting youtube video, but after playing it for 1 second, it gives me error of "UNAUTHORIZED_OVERLAY".
I have searched a lot and everyone is saying we can not add another view on it, but as you can see there is just fragment in my xml, nothing else.

yes i am using real key, for security purpose i dint put it here — Ravi, Sep 10 '15 at 11:49
Make sure there are no views above the video view, even if it hidden by 1px of another view it might stop working — SacreDeveloper, Sep 10 '15 at 11:49
as you can see in xml, i am not using anything neither in xml nor in java file — Ravi, Sep 10 '15 at 11:50
activity just contains slidingmenu, which i am not opening at all — Ravi, Sep 10 '15 at 11:51
I'm having this same issue. Nothing in my view hierarchy except the player. Did you ever find a solution? — Mike Miller, Aug 13 '17 at 15:39
@MikeMiller Yes in my case `NavigationDrawer` was creating the issue. — Ravi, Aug 16 '17 at 04:16
I ended up solving this problem by reducing the targetSdkVersion in my app's build.gradle to 19. Not sure why, but this worked for me. — Mike Miller, Aug 16 '17 at 13:03

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

As of youtube api:

YouTubePlayer.ErrorReason.UNAUTHORIZED_OVERLAY: Playback has been stopped due to a view overlaying the player. Which can be found in here its might also happen by adding padding, margin or other views created by your activity..

I Can also suggest you creating fresh activity and fragment which contains only youtube view and testing it..

Also maby this links will help you understand more of this issue:

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 22 '19 at 14:42

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This simply means that you have some view above your player. Remove this view and the error will be gone.

answered Dec 22 '19 at 14:42

Barakuda

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