Autoplay youtube video in iframe on mobile devices

Question

I am using iframe to play videos :-

<iframe  width="700" height="395" src="+video_embed_url+?rel=0&autoplay=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>

But not able to autoplay on mobile devices as autoplay won't work on mobile . But if i want how can do it??

Websites cannot autoplay on iOS, period. Thank goodness. – ceejayoz Mar 24 '17 at 13:10 — ceejayoz, Mar 24 '17 at 13:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 24 '17 at 13:10

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Did you add autoplay parameter in the iframe's url ?

Such as : http://www.youtube.com/embed/xxxx?autoplay=1

answered Mar 24 '17 at 13:10

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yes ... as you can check in my code autoplay=1 is appended but it is not working on mobile devices – aishwarya Mar 25 '17 at 05:38

mark · Answer 2 · 2017-11-22T13:33:27.663

Autoplay and Scripted Playback

The HTML5 element, in certain mobile browsers (such as Chrome and Safari), only allows playback to take place if it's initiated by a user interaction (such as tapping on the player). Here's an excerpt from Apple's documentation:

"Warning: To prevent unsolicited downloads over cellular networks at the user’s expense, embedded media cannot be played automatically in Safari on iOS — the user always initiates playback."

Due to this restriction, functions and parameters such as autoplay, playVideo(), loadVideoById() won't work in all mobile environments.

Autoplay youtube video in iframe on mobile devices

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