How to use YouTube Android Player API with AppCompatActivity

To play a video in my app I decided to extend from YouTube Android Player API. But the problem is my menu is disappeared because I'm not extending from AppCompatActivity. The question is: how to use YouTube Android Player API and have the menu in the app?

public class TutorialsActivity extends YouTubeBaseActivity {  private YouTubePlayerView youTubePlayerView;  @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);     setContentView(R.layout.youtube);      youTubePlayerView = (YouTubePlayerView) findViewById(R.id.video1);     youTubePlayerView.initialize(API_KEY, new YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener() {         @Override         public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer youTubePlayer, boolean b) {             youTubePlayer.loadVideo("c9q88492aas");             youTubePlayer.setPlayerStyle(YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle.MINIMAL);         }          @Override         public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubeInitializationResult youTubeInitializationResult) {          }     }); } 

XML

    <com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView     android:id="@+id/video1"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     /> 

When I extend from AppCompatActivity, it just gives me an error.

Error Log:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.hyber.app/com.hyber.app.TutorialsActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #12: Binary XML file line #12: Error inflating class com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView 

2 Answers

Answers 1

Use YouTubePlayerFragment instead of using YouTubePlayerView. As the doc says:- A YouTubePlayerFragment is a fragment that contains a YouTubePlayerView. Using this fragment is the preferred way of playing YouTube videos because your activity does not need to extend an activity provided by the library, as is the case with using the YouTubePlayerView directly.

Find more info here

Activity code:-

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.Toast;  import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubeInitializationResult; import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer; import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerFragment;  public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener {      private static final int RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST = 1;      @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);          YouTubePlayerFragment youTubePlayerFragment =                 (YouTubePlayerFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.youtube_fragment);         youTubePlayerFragment.initialize("api key",                 this);     }      @Override     public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer youTubePlayer, boolean wasRestored) {         if (!wasRestored) {             youTubePlayer.cueVideo("nCgQDjiotG0");         }     }      @Override     public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubeInitializationResult youTubeInitializationResult) {         if (youTubeInitializationResult.isUserRecoverableError()) {             youTubeInitializationResult.getErrorDialog(this, RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST).show();         } else {             String errorMessage = String.format("There was an error initializing the YouTubePlayer (%1$s)", youTubeInitializationResult.toString());             Toast.makeText(this, errorMessage, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();         }     }   } 

Layout:-

<fragment         android:id="@+id/youtube_fragment"         android:name="com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerFragment"         android:layout_width="0dp"         android:layout_height="300dp"         app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"         app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"         app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" /> 

Answers 2

Make use of App AppCompatDelegate,

for example:

1)Add AppCompatDelegate to your Activity

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements AppCompatCallback {      @Override     public void onSupportActionModeStarted(ActionMode mode) {       //let's leave this empty, for now     }      @Override     public void onSupportActionModeFinished(ActionMode mode) {          // let's leave this empty, for now     } 

Then, in the onCreate() of our Activity:

i) Create the AppCompatDelegate with AppCompatDelegate.create()

ii) Call AppCompatDelegate.onCreate() (There are some Activity lifecycle methods which should be proxied to the delegate)

iii) Inflate the layout with AppCompatDelegate.setContentView()

iv) Add the Toolbar to the delegate with AppCompatDelegate.setSupportActionbar()

@Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);      //let's create the delegate, passing the activity at both arguments (Activity, AppCompatCallback)     delegate = AppCompatDelegate.create(this, this);      //we need to call the onCreate() of the AppCompatDelegate     delegate.onCreate(savedInstanceState);      //we use the delegate to inflate the layout     delegate.setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);      //Finally, let's add the Toolbar     Toolbar toolbar= (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.my_awesome_toolbar);     delegate.setSupportActionBar(toolbar); } 

For more details,

https://medium.com/google-developer-experts/how-to-add-toolbar-to-an-activity-which-doesn-t-extend-appcompatactivity-a07c026717b3

Hope it may help you.

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