Tutorial How to Play YouTube Video using YouTube Player Fragment with YouTube Android Player API in Android Studio 2.1.2

Easy Tutorial step by step with free source code: Play YouTube Video using YouTube Player Fragment with YouTube Android Player API in Android Studio version 2.1.2. Learn how to download and import YouTube Android Player API. Create new project with Application name: YouTube Player Fragment; Minimum SDK: API 11 – Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). Download YouTube Android Player API: https://developers.google.com/youtube/android/player/downloads/ Copy YouTubeAndroidPlayerApi.jar library file in your /libs folder of project (e.g. C:\Users\Your-User-Name\AndroidStudioProjects\YouTubePlayerFragment\app\libs\YouTubeAndroidPlayerApi.jar). In manifest->AndroidManifest.xml write the code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.app.toyo.youtubeplayerfragment"
    android:installLocation="preferExternal">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    
<application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

In app->res->layout->activity_main.xml write the code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.app.toyo.youtubeplayerfragment.MainActivity">

    <fragment
        android:name="com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerFragment"
        android:id="@+id/youtubeplayerfragment"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

In app->java->MainActivity.java write the code:

package com.app.toyo.youtubeplayerfragment;

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.YouTubePlayerFragment;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer.Provider;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.content.Intent;

public class MainActivity extends YouTubeBaseActivity
        implements YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener{

    public static final String DEVELOPER_KEY = "YOUR API KEY";
    private static final String VIDEO_ID = "YOUR VIDEO ID";
    private static final int RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST = 1;
    YouTubePlayerFragment myYouTubePlayerFragment;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        myYouTubePlayerFragment = (YouTubePlayerFragment)getFragmentManager()
                .findFragmentById(R.id.youtubeplayerfragment);
        myYouTubePlayerFragment.initialize(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(
                    "There was an error initializing the YouTubePlayer (%1$s)",
                    errorReason.toString());
            Toast.makeText(this, errorMessage, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }
    @Override
    public void onInitializationSuccess(Provider provider, YouTubePlayer player,
                                        boolean wasRestored) {
        if (!wasRestored) {
            player.cueVideo(VIDEO_ID);
        }
    }
    @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(DEVELOPER_KEY, this);
        }
    }
    protected YouTubePlayer.Provider getYouTubePlayerProvider() {
        return (YouTubePlayerView)findViewById(R.id.youtubeplayerfragment);
    }
}

Obtain your API Key from Google APIs: https://code.google.com/apis/console (e.g. AIzaSyCe6tORd9Ch4lx-9Ku5SQ476uS9OtZYsWA). Get your Video ID from YouTube (e.g. R4x-0ZKW-Pk). Run app in mobile device and watch video from YouTube in format portrait, landscape and full screen with option of changing Quality of video. Emulator can’t play YouTube videos, because YouTube have different formats (avi, mp4, mov, wmv etc) than emulator which supports only 3gp videos. Follow Video Tutorial How to Play YouTube VIDEO using YouTube Player Fragment with YouTube Android Player API: If you want to load an Playlist instead of Video from YouTube, in MainActivity.java change cueVideo(VIDEO_ID) with cuePlaylist(PlayList_ID) and get your Playlist ID from YouTube (e.g. PL1LAkZ-M7pNKwicHAlI3HGQMH0jofeXmd) : Download free YouTube-Fragment.apk application and install it on your mobile device to see how it works: https://android-coffee.com/wp-content/uploads/projecs/youtube-fragment.apk Please subscribe here to our YouTube channel. Thank you! Check next tutorials to learn all about Android. For further questions leave a message.