Using a web view to play videos only from youtube

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NSString *embedHTML = @"\
      <html><head>\
      <style type=\"text/css\">\
      body {
      background-color: transparent;
      color: white;
      }
      </style>
      </head><body style=\"margin:0\">\
      <embed id=\"yt\" src=\"%@\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" \
      width=\"%0.0f\" height=\"%0.0f\"></embed>\
      </body></html>";

used this script to play videos and its working fine with iPhone but not with iPad. frame not get set.

NSString* html = [NSString stringWithFormat:embedHTML, str_url];
[web_View loadHTMLString:html baseURL:nil];
[web_View scalesPageToFit];
web_View.scrollView.bounces=NO;

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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Perhaps, there is need to reinvent the wheel now, you can use YTPlayer control for iOS. I am using it and it works fine. Even if you are stick with your solution it can help you on this issue.

Just one thing about YTPlayer, it does not support seek bar option.

Using a web view to play videos only from youtube

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