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Asked: 2026-06-10T15:32:49+00:00

I am working on one app where I am giving functionality to user to

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I am working on one app where I am giving functionality to user to play Youtube video saved in database. And if user wants, he can update the video.

Say I have saved a link like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ziku4FLka4 in DB and I am playing the same link on a button click for which I have implemented code like below : 

   UIWebView *wv;

strUTube = @"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ziku4FLka4";

        wv = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,10,viewBG.frame.size.width,viewBG.frame.size.height)];


    NSMutableString *html = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithCapacity:1];
    [html appendString:@"<html><head>"];
    [html appendString:@"<style type=\"text/css\">"];
    [html appendString:@"body {"];
    [html appendString:@"background-color: transparent;"];
    [html appendString:@"color: brown;"];
    [html appendString:@"}"];
    [html appendString:@"</style>"];
    [html appendString:@"</head><body style=\"margin:0\">"];
    [html appendFormat:@"<embed id=\"yt\" src=\"%@\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\"", strUTube];

    [html appendFormat:@"width=\"%0.0f\" height=\"%0.0f\"></embed>", viewBG.frame.size.width,viewBG.frame.size.height];
    [html appendString:@"</body></html>"];

    NSLog(@"html:%@",html);
    [wv loadHTMLString:html baseURL:nil];
    [viewBG addSubview:wv];

    [self.view addSubview:viewBG];

Then on another button click, I am calling home page of Youtube and fetching the URL opened on a button click event with following code :

NSString *currentURL = [webView stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:@"window.location.href"];
NSLog(@"currentURL2 : %@",currentURL);

But the URL results into result like http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=m-trends&v=to7uIG8KYhg which cannot be played later on.

I also tried to open the URL on my Mac Book but in vain.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Simple trick extract videoID from below currentURL:

        http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=m-trends&v=to7uIG8KYhg

    Now create new Youtube VideoURL like

      NSString *newVideoURL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%@",extractedVideoID];

    Now play this newVideoURL in embedded player.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to7uIG8KYhg

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