How to launch a YouTube URL on Windows Phone 7

Question

I would like to launch directly to the YouTube player on Windows Phone 7.

I tried using WebBrowserTask and giving a YouTube URL, it opens up the browser and brings me t

Answer 1

There is a solution for that now. You can use vnd.youtube protocol to launch the YouTube application from Microsoft and play.

C#

 Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(

 new System.Uri("vnd.youtube:9bZkp7q19f0")

 );

Unfortunately Launcher.LaunchUriAsync method only works with Windows Phone 8 devices and beyond.