Question

I am using the following code to try and show a YouTube movie in my app. The Video player appears, shows the controls for a second, and then the movie player retracts. The app does not crash. Any ideas how to make this work?

MPMoviePlayerViewController *mpViewController = 
[[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] 
initWithContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKsVSBhSwJg"]];

[mpViewController shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight];

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarOrientation:UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight animated:NO];

[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:mpViewController];

[mpViewController release];

Answer 1

I don’t remember where I read it, but I do remember that YouTube doesn’t let you play videos in an MPMoviePlayerViewController — you have to point the user to the YouTube app or use a UIWebView (as they detail here). I suppose you could do what Felz suggests but it would be against YouTube’s policies.

Hope this helps!