YouTube IFrame API play method doesn't work before touch on some Android tablets

Question

We\'re developing a YouTube player and are using the IFrame API. Everything works really nice except on our Android 4.2.2 test devices.

Only on those devices (and no

Answer 1

This problem is due to browser restrictions, as explained in the doc: https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference#Mobile_considerations

I guess you could circumvent this restriction by simulating the user click ...