Android: How to properly initialize YouTube Player inside activity?

Question

I am trying to initiate an YouTube player inside an activity. However from time to time I keep getting this exception:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException YouTubeServiceEntity not initialized

Here is how I try to initialize the youtube player in my activity. (this is done inside OnCreate() )

 try {
        final YouTubePlayerView youTubeView = (YouTubePlayerView) findViewById(R.id.youtube_view);

        youTubeView.initialize("KEY", new YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener() {
            @Override
            public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer youTubePlayer, boolean Boolean) {
                if(ad==null || ad.getVideo_urls() == null)
                    return;

                if (!Boolean)
                {
                    try {
                        if (ad.getVideo_urls() != null && ad.getVideo_urls().length() > 0) {
                            String url = ad.getVideo_urls().getString(0);
                            if (url.contains("youtube")) {
                                String id = ad.getVideo_urls().getString(0).split("embed/")[1];
                                youTubeView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                                MyYouTubePlayer = youTubePlayer;
                                MyYouTubePlayer.cueVideo(id);
                            }
                        } else {
                            youTubeView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                            Log.i(Constants.getTag(), "Video not found");
                            //Making sure the MyYouTubePlayer is null and if not is being released
                            if(MyYouTubePlayer != null)
                            {
                                MyYouTubePlayer.release();
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    catch (JSONException e) {
                        youTubePlayer.release();
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubeInitializationResult youTubeInitializationResult) {
                youTubeView.removeAllViews();
            }
        });

    } catch(Exception e){
        e.printStackTrace();
        Log.e("Youtube", "error initializing youtube");
    }

The weirdest thing is that this issue is not persistent. It just happens from time to time and I have no idea why. Can you tell me what could be causing this?

Here is also the logcat:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: YouTubeServiceEntity not initialized
   at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1433)
   at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1379)
   at com.google.android.youtube.player.internal.l$a$a.a()
   at com.google.android.youtube.player.internal.o.a()
   at com.google.android.youtube.player.internal.ad.a()
   at com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView.a()
   at com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView$1.a()
   at com.google.android.youtube.player.internal.r.g()
   at com.google.android.youtube.player.internal.r$c.a()
   at com.google.android.youtube.player.internal.r$b.a()
   at com.google.android.youtube.player.internal.r$a.handleMessage()
   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4960)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Method.java)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1038)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:805)
   at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(NativeStart.java)

Did you found what was the issue? – user25 Mar 19 '19 at 20:06 — user25, Mar 19 '19 at 20:06

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '17 at 06:38

I am also facing this bug right now in my app. The problem happens when the user quit the Youtube player fragment containing activity without being it properly initialized. It is quite random and not easy to reproduce.

I am simply using try-catch to avoid it and luckily, it has not been reproduced yet.

try {
    mYouTubePlayerFragment.initialize(DEVELOPER_KEY, this);
} catch(IllegalStateException w){}

Again It may not be the sure solution.

One solution may be to check in OnBackPressed() whether the you-tube player has been initialized.

isInitializationComplete = false

@Override
public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer youTubePlayer, boolean b) {
    isInitializationComplete = true;
}
@Override
public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider,
                                    YouTubeInitializationResult youTubeInitializationResult) {
    isInitializationComplete = true;
}
 @Override
public void onBackPressed() {
   if(!isInitializationComplete) return; 
}

Try out monkey to reproduce it more often.

adb shell monkey -p com.packagename -v 500

Here is link to issue tracker for this bug.

sorry but I don't understand what you tried to get by using isInitializationComplete. at onBackPressed you return if the initialization was NOT completed. but what if it was completed successfully? what does the 'return' change in onBackPressed? — Maor Cohen, Jan 09 '18 at 00:24
yes it seems it happens when user closes the activity but youtube player wasn't initialized yet. I had this exception only once when using an old Device but I get a lot of report in Google Console or Crashlytics — user25, Mar 19 '19 at 20:01
fragment cannot contain activity, activity contains fragment — user25, Nov 08 '20 at 09:12

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

I had this error as well, i worked around it by creating a custom class that extends YouTubePlayerSupportFragment , maybe my code does help you, which is working fine for me.

I initialize my youtube player like so:

private String currentVideoID = "<your video id>";
private YouTubePlayer activePlayer;

private void init() {

    initialize(ConstantsRepository.GOOGLE_API_SERVER_KEY, new YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener() {

        @Override
        public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider arg0, YouTubeInitializationResult arg1) {
            // youtube is not installed
        }

        @Override
        public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer player, boolean wasRestored) {
            activePlayer = player;
            activePlayer.setPlayerStyle(YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle.DEFAULT);
            if (!wasRestored) {
                activePlayer.loadVideo(getArguments().getString("url"), 0);
            }
        }
    });
}

In your activity provide a youtube fragment in layout.xml and do the following replacement in onCreate:

 YTPlayerFragment myFragment = YTPlayerFragment.newInstance("oVkK3X9zMyI");
        getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(R.id.youtube_container, myFragment).commit();

This thread is similar and helped me:

Initializing YouTube player in Fragment

This was helpful as well: Struggling with Youtube Player Support Fragment

My issue was different I will post my answer bellow :) but thanks for your answer as well :) — user5035668, Oct 05 '15 at 12:35

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 05 '15 at 12:37

1

After some digging around I found my problem. The problem was with the youtube library I was using. It was outdated and HERE all was fine :)

answered Oct 05 '15 at 12:37

user5035668

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This error still happens to me with Youtube Android Api 1.2.2. Did you find any solutions arround for this? – Huy Duong Tu Dec 28 '15 at 04:19
3

Yes, @user5035668 error still there in you tube api 1.2.2. Please take a look in to this https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/35175333 – Swapnil Kshirsagar Feb 27 '17 at 12:29

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 08 '18 at 12:08

Try with this way

Here the activity is extended from YouTubeBaseActivity which will be present in YouTubeAndroidPlayerApi.jar. This activity also contains few initialization listener methods to know the status of the youtube player. and follow this example for more help

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubeBaseActivity;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubeInitializationResult;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView;

public class MainActivity extends YouTubeBaseActivity implements
        YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener {

    private static final int RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST = 1;

    // YouTube player view
    private YouTubePlayerView youTubeView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        youTubeView = (YouTubePlayerView) findViewById(R.id.youtube_view);

        // Initializing video player with developer key
        youTubeView.initialize(Config.DEVELOPER_KEY, this);

    }

    @Override
    public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider,
            YouTubeInitializationResult errorReason) {
        if (errorReason.isUserRecoverableError()) {
            errorReason.getErrorDialog(this, RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST).show();
        } else {
            String errorMessage = String.format(
                    getString(R.string.error_player), errorReason.toString());
            Toast.makeText(this, errorMessage, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider,
            YouTubePlayer player, boolean wasRestored) {
        if (!wasRestored) {

            // loadVideo() will auto play video
            // Use cueVideo() method, if you don't want to play it automatically
            player.loadVideo(Config.YOUTUBE_VIDEO_CODE);

            // Hiding player controls
            player.setPlayerStyle(PlayerStyle.CHROMELESS);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        if (requestCode == RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST) {
            // Retry initialization if user performed a recovery action
            getYouTubePlayerProvider().initialize(Config.DEVELOPER_KEY, this);
        }
    }

    private YouTubePlayer.Provider getYouTubePlayerProvider() {
        return (YouTubePlayerView) findViewById(R.id.youtube_view);
    }

}

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 14 '18 at 06:13

This is work for me

please download .Jar from here

Add YouTubeAndroidPlayerApi.jar in you bins folder.

and below activity for play Youtube video

if (url.contains(Constants.YOUTUBE_URL)) {
            final String key[] = url.split("v=");
            if (key.length > 1) {
                final Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(), YouTubeActivity.class);
                intent.putExtra(Constants.KEY_VIDEO_KEY, key[1]);
                startActivity(intent);
                getActivity().overridePendingTransition(R.anim.anim_zoom_in, R.anim.anim_zoom_out);
            } else {
                Utils.showSnackbarNonSticky(mRecyclerView, "URL is not valid", true, mContext);
            }
        }

below activity is play video

public class YouTubeActivity extends YouTubeBaseActivity 
    implements YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener, View.OnClickListener {

private static final int RECOVERY_REQUEST = 1;
private YouTubePlayerView youTubeView;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_youtube);
    initView();
}

//this method is for the initialization of the view component
private void initView() {
    final LinearLayout llParent = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.activity_you_tube_parent_layout);
    youTubeView = (YouTubePlayerView) findViewById(R.id.youtube_view);
    youTubeView.initialize(Constants.YOUTUBE_DEVELOPER_KEY, this);
    final TextView tvClose = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.activity_you_tube_tv_close);
    tvClose.setOnClickListener(this);

    llParent.setOnTouchListener(new OnSwipeTouchListener(this) {
        public void onSwipeTop() {
        }

        public void onSwipeRight() {
        }

        public void onSwipeLeft() {
        }

        public void onSwipeBottom() {
            finish();
            overridePendingTransition(R.anim.anim_zoom_in, R.anim.anim_zoom_out);
        }

    });

    final WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = new WindowManager.LayoutParams();
    final Window window = this.getWindow();
    lp.copyFrom(window.getAttributes());
    lp.width = WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
    lp.height = WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
    window.setAttributes(lp);
}

@Override
public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer player, boolean wasRestored) {
    if (!wasRestored) {
        player.loadVideo(getIntent().getStringExtra(Constants.KEY_VIDEO_KEY));
        player.setShowFullscreenButton(false);
    }
}

@Override
public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubeInitializationResult errorReason) {
    if (errorReason.isUserRecoverableError()) {
        errorReason.getErrorDialog(this, RECOVERY_REQUEST).show();
    }

}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (requestCode == RECOVERY_REQUEST) {
         getYouTubePlayerProvider().initialize(Constants.YOUTUBE_DEVELOPER_KEY, this);
    }
}

protected YouTubePlayer.Provider getYouTubePlayerProvider() {
    return youTubeView;
}

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
    switch (v.getId()) {
        case R.id.activity_you_tube_tv_close:
            finish();
            this.overridePendingTransition(R.anim.anim_zoom_in, R.anim.anim_zoom_out);
            break;
    }
}

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    final boolean backEnable = false;
    if (backEnable) {
        super.onBackPressed();
    }
}

}

XML is below

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/activity_you_tube_parent_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@color/colorBlackOpacity60"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical">

<com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView
    android:id="@+id/youtube_view"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="@dimen/_250Cdp" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/activity_you_tube_tv_close"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/_100dp"
    android:padding="@dimen/_5Ddp"
    android:text="@string/close"
    android:textColor="@color/white"
    android:textSize="@dimen/_18Csp"
    app:font_name="@string/font_roboto_light" />

Android: How to properly initialize YouTube Player inside activity?

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