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

Using WebView to play YouTube videos would require extensive testing and debugging on different Android OS versions due to the difference in functionality and bugs between Android 2.x and 4.x.

A less bug-prone approach that gives you more control is to use YouTube Android Player API to embed a YouTube video into your own app, they have sample app so it shouldn't be too difficult if you follow their steps.