play video in iOS + youtube url + objective C

Asked Mar 27 '17 at 06:39

Active Mar 27 '17 at 22:27

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To play a video using AVPlayerViewController, the code below works well:

-(void)openVideo{
    NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4"];
    AVPlayer *player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:videoURL];
    AVPlayerViewController *playerViewController = [AVPlayerViewController new];
    playerViewController.player = player;
    [self.view addSubview: playerViewController.view];
    playerViewController.view.frame = self.view.frame;
    [player play];
    [self presentViewController:playerViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
}

Now I am getting the url like this:

<div class="first-video"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8aMHGC6A5zc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>

How to play this kind of (youtube) url in AVPlayer?

edited Mar 27 '17 at 22:27

Rhythmic Fistman

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it is the I frame you cant play in AVPlayer, in here you go for UIwebview or ytplayerview – Anbu.Karthik Mar 27 '17 at 06:40
@Anbu.Karthik [Youtube helper](https://github.com/youtube/youtube-ios-player-helper) has method `loadWithVideoId`. Where can I pass the I frames? – pkc456 Mar 27 '17 at 06:47
you can extract video id from your source url and pass it to 'loadWithVideoId' method. in your current src 8aMHGC6A5zc is the video id. – Pankaj K. Mar 27 '17 at 06:57
I don't want to extract the video id because in future the video url might get change to another source. @Anbu.Karthik, I am currently checking that is there any way to read the contents of url. So that if a url contains a video url, then play it automatically. Is it possible? – pkc456 Mar 27 '17 at 06:58
no is not possible, it is the Iframe, – Anbu.Karthik Mar 27 '17 at 06:59
else go with uiwebview, – Anbu.Karthik Mar 27 '17 at 07:00
else u need anything – Anbu.Karthik Mar 27 '17 at 07:10
@pkc456 - shall i delete my answer if it is not useful – Anbu.Karthik Mar 27 '17 at 10:07
@Anbu.Karthik, Wait, I am working – pkc456 Mar 27 '17 at 10:08
@pkc456 - ok if you need the support ask me, – Anbu.Karthik Mar 27 '17 at 10:09
@pkc456 - your problem is resolved or not – Anbu.Karthik Mar 27 '17 at 13:36
@Anbu.Karthik, Not yet. I am working on other issue as of now. BTW your answer is also very informative. – pkc456 Mar 27 '17 at 14:16
ok if you need the support ask me – Anbu.Karthik Mar 28 '17 at 04:39
@Anbu.Karthik, the java script was not working because it is embedded inside the collectionview cell which again encapsulated inside tableviewcell. I resolve the problem by ejecting the collection view cell. I also [wrote tutorial on this](http://www.programmingcrew.in/2017/03/play-youtube-video-in-ios-app.html). Thanks. – pkc456 Apr 03 '17 at 18:38

play video in iOS + youtube url + objective C

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