playing youtube video inside uiwebview. How to handle the “done” button?

Question

I have a uiwebview that plays a youtube video. How can I handle the done button action? Right now, when I tap the done button it changes back to my app main menu (not the menu t

Answer 1

Simply remove UIWebView when it enters full screen; add back UIWebView when it exit full screen. Sample code below assuming a UIViewController with subview of UIWebView, and your UIWebView should have youtube iframe.

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {

[super viewDidAppear:animated];
// Add observer for "Done" button click
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                         selector:@selector(playerWillExitFullscreen:)
                                             name:@"UIMoviePlayerControllerWillExitFullscreenNotification"
                                           object:nil];

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                         selector:@selector(playerDidEnterFullscreen:)
                                             name:@"UIMoviePlayerControllerDidEnterFullscreenNotification"
                                           object:nil];
}

- (void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated {

// Remove observers for "Done" button click
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:@"UIMoviePlayerControllerWillExitFullscreenNotification" object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:@"UIMoviePlayerControllerDidEnterFullscreenNotification" object:nil];

}

- (void)playerWillExitFullscreen:(NSNotification *)notification {

// Before exit full screen, add back UIWebView that have been removed earlier
[self.view addSubview:self.webView];
}

- (void)playerDidEnterFullscreen:(NSNotification *)notification {

if (self.presentingViewController) { // UIWebView is presenting the build-in movie player controller
    [self.webView removeFromSuperview]; // Built-in movie player controller is already entering full screen mode
}
}