YouTube URL Scheme tvOS

Question

I am trying to open YouTube\'s app from my application with the URL scheme or the YouTube.com domain which opens YouTube\'s app directly on an iOS device.

This is the co

Answer 1

On Apple TV you can use this URL scheme to play a YouTube video in the YouTube app:

youtube://watch/video_id

Code example:

func playVideoInYouTube(_ identifier: String) {

    if let url = URL(string: "youtube://watch/" + identifier),
        UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(url) {

        UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
    }
    else {
        // Inform the user about missing YouTube app
    }
}

To use the canOpenURL method, you have to add the scheme to the Info.plist file under key LSApplicationQueriesSchemes, as part of a schemes array. In XML it looks like this:

LSApplicationQueriesSchemes

    youtube