Using YTPlayerView to play embedded YouTube video in iOS failed with restriction error

Question

I want play embedded YouTube video in iOS app using YTPlayerView provided at https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/ios_youtube_helper

When I tried to play

Answer 1

By setting the origin property in my playerVars I was able to play the embedded video.

let playerVars = [
                     "playsinline" : 1,
                     "showinfo" : 0,
                     "rel" : 0,
                     "modestbranding" : 1,
                     "controls" : 1,
                     "origin" : "https://www.example.com"
                 ]

Then call loadWithVideoId:: as you normally would.

Answer 2

Swift 5.0

@IBOutlet weak var videoPlayer: YTPlayerView!

 self.videoPlayer.load(withVideoId: "M7lc1UVf-VE", playerVars: ["origin": "http://www.youtube.com"])

Answer 3

NSDictionary *playerVars = @{
                             @"origin" : @"http://www.youtube.com",
                             };
[self.playerView loadWithVideoId:@"videoId" playerVars:playerVars];`

This Objective-C version works for me.

Answer 4

YTPlayerView inturn uses iframes to play youtube video. You cannot use iframe in playing copyrighted youtube videos you can use a uiwebView to play this as an alternative