Android - WebView not playing YouTube videos

Question

I have some WebView code with which I am trying to play YouTube videos on a YouTube channel. But all it is doing is showing the spinner icon on a video and never actually st

Answer 1

Have you tried using your own WebChromeClient? This question seems relevant. WebView and HTML5

You'll need to create one of these and implement it yourself, similar to what you're doing for the WebViewClient.

webview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
    @Override
    public void onShowCustomView(View view, CustomViewCallback callback) {
        super.onShowCustomView(view, callback);
        if (view instanceof FrameLayout) {
            FrameLayout frame = (FrameLayout) view;
            if (frame.getFocusedChild() instanceof VideoView) {
                VideoView video = (VideoView) frame.getFocusedChild();
                frame.removeView(video);
                a.setContentView(video);
                video.setOnCompletionListener(this);
                video.setOnErrorListener(this);
                video.start();
            }
        }
    }
});

Make sure you add webview.getSettings().setPluginsEnabled(true); to your webview settings.

And most importantly, for any webpage to load in a WebView, be sure to have the INTERNET permission in your Manifest: