Question

I have a mobile website that links to a youtube video. On Android, clicking on this link brings up a dialog asking the user to “Complete action using” their browser or the Youtube app.

Is there a way to bypass this screen and just play the video in the Youtube app? (For example with a youtube:// URL.)

Thanks!

Answer 1

Here’s how you can do that:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("vnd.youtube://" + id));
startActivity(intent);

The id is the identifier after the questionmark in the url. For example: youtube.com/watch?v=ID

Another way is:

Intent videoIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
videoIntent.setData(url);
videoIntent.setClassName("com.google.android.youtube", "com.google.android.youtube.WatchActivity");
startActivity(videoIntent);

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