Android YouTube app Play Video Intent

Question

I have created a app where you can download YouTube videos for android. Now, I want it so that if you play a video in the YouTube native app you can download it too. To do t

Answer 1

The safest way to run videos on a different app is by first trying to resolve the package, in other words, check that the app is installed on the device. So if you want to run a video on youtube you'd do something like this:

public void playVideo(String key){

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("vnd.youtube:" + key));

    // Check if the youtube app exists on the device
    if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) == null) {
        // If the youtube app doesn't exist, then use the browser
        intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" + key));
    }

    startActivity(intent);
}