YouTube iframe player - trigger fullscreen on iOS

Question

Using the YouTube iframe embed player, is there a way to trigger fullscreen programatically? I want to remove the default controls (using controls=0) but then have the ability t

Answer 1

Try the following in Webkit browsers:

if (typeof iframe.webkitRequestFullScreen === 'function') {
    button.addEventListener('click', function () {
        iframe.webkitRequestFullScreen();
    }, false);
}

Note that this won't work without a user gesture (in this case, 'click').