The YouTube Android Player allows you to customize the playback control by setting one of the style defined in YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle enumeration. It currently support three styles DEFAULT, MINIMAL or CHROMELESS;
- YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle.DEFAULT – The default style, showing all interactive player controls.
- YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle.MINIMAL – The minimal style displays only a time bar and play/pause controls.
- YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle.CHROMELESS – A style that shows no interactive player controls. When you use CHROMELESS, you need to write your own controls for play, pause or seek operation.
You can apply style to YouTubePlayer by calling setPlayerStyle(PlayerStyle style) method.
player.setPlayerStyle(PlayerStyle.CHROMELESS);
In our previous example, we saw How to use YouTube Android Player API and YouTubePlayerView. In this example, we will customize the YouTubePlayer with custom player controls.
Add YouTubePlayerView to View Hierarchy
Let us first add the YouTubePlayerView view in your activity or fragment view hierarchy.
activity_custom_player.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context="com.stacktips.youtube.MainActivity">
<com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView
android:id="@+id/youtube_player_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#ebeff2" />
</LinearLayout>
Let us now add the player controls right below YouTubePlayerView in activity_custom_player.xml layout.
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/video_control"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#444"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:visibility="gone"
android:weightSum="10">
<ImageButton
android:id="@+id/play_video"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="@null"
android:src="@drawable/ic_play" />
<ImageButton
android:id="@+id/pause_video"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="@null"
android:src="@drawable/ic_pause" />
<SeekBar
android:id="@+id/video_seekbar"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:layout_weight="6"
android:max="100"
android:progress="0" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/play_time"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:text="--:--"
android:textColor="@android:color/white" />
</LinearLayout>
2. Add INTERNET Permission in AndroidManifest
INTERNET permission is required to play video over internet. Add the following permission in your application AndroidManifest.xml file.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
Initialize YouTubePlayerView
When using YouTubePlayerView, your activity needs to extend YouTubeBaseActivity. Now let us create an Activity that extends YouTubeBaseActivity and initialize the YouTubePlayerView. We will add our own Play, Pause and Seek playback control.
public class CustomPlayerControlActivity extends YouTubeBaseActivity
implements OnInitializedListener, View.OnClickListener {
private static final String TAG = "CustomPlayerControlActivity";
public static final String API_KEY = "AIzaSyBx7v0YOb140fDO732fMx4l87raxezDWFw";
//https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<VIDEO_ID>
public static final String VIDEO_ID = "-m3V8w_7vhk";
private YouTubePlayer mPlayer;
private View mPlayButtonLayout;
private TextView mPlayTimeTextView;
private Handler mHandler = null;
private SeekBar mSeekBar;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// attaching layout xml
setContentView(R.layout.activity_custom_player);
// Initializing YouTube player view
YouTubePlayerView youTubePlayerView = (YouTubePlayerView) findViewById(R.id.youtube_player_view);
youTubePlayerView.initialize(API_KEY, this);
//Add play button to explicitly play video in YouTubePlayerView
mPlayButtonLayout = findViewById(R.id.video_control);
findViewById(R.id.play_video).setOnClickListener(this);
findViewById(R.id.pause_video).setOnClickListener(this);
mPlayTimeTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.play_time);
mSeekBar = (SeekBar) findViewById(R.id.video_seekbar);
mSeekBar.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(mVideoSeekBarChangeListener);
mHandler = new Handler();
}
@Override
public void onInitializationFailure(Provider provider, YouTubeInitializationResult result) {
Toast.makeText(this, "Failed to initialize.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
@Override
public void onInitializationSuccess(Provider provider, YouTubePlayer player, boolean wasRestored) {
if (null == player) return;
mPlayer = player;
displayCurrentTime();
// Start buffering
if (!wasRestored) {
player.cueVideo(VIDEO_ID);
}
player.setPlayerStyle(PlayerStyle.CHROMELESS);
mPlayButtonLayout.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
// Add listeners to YouTubePlayer instance
player.setPlayerStateChangeListener(mPlayerStateChangeListener);
player.setPlaybackEventListener(mPlaybackEventListener);
}
PlaybackEventListener mPlaybackEventListener = new PlaybackEventListener() {
@Override
public void onBuffering(boolean arg0) {
}
@Override
public void onPaused() {
mHandler.removeCallbacks(runnable);
}
@Override
public void onPlaying() {
mHandler.postDelayed(runnable, 100);
displayCurrentTime();
}
@Override
public void onSeekTo(int arg0) {
mHandler.postDelayed(runnable, 100);
}
@Override
public void onStopped() {
mHandler.removeCallbacks(runnable);
}
};
PlayerStateChangeListener mPlayerStateChangeListener = new PlayerStateChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onAdStarted() {
}
@Override
public void onError(ErrorReason arg0) {
}
@Override
public void onLoaded(String arg0) {
}
@Override
public void onLoading() {
}
@Override
public void onVideoEnded() {
}
@Override
public void onVideoStarted() {
displayCurrentTime();
}
};
SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener mVideoSeekBarChangeListener = new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress, boolean fromUser) {
long lengthPlayed = (mPlayer.getDurationMillis() * progress) / 100;
mPlayer.seekToMillis((int) lengthPlayed);
}
@Override
public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
}
@Override
public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
}
};
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.play_video:
if (null != mPlayer && !mPlayer.isPlaying())
mPlayer.play();
break;
case R.id.pause_video:
if (null != mPlayer && mPlayer.isPlaying())
mPlayer.pause();
break;
}
}
private void displayCurrentTime() {
if (null == mPlayer) return;
String formattedTime = formatTime(mPlayer.getDurationMillis() - mPlayer.getCurrentTimeMillis());
mPlayTimeTextView.setText(formattedTime);
}
private String formatTime(int millis) {
int seconds = millis / 1000;
int minutes = seconds / 60;
int hours = minutes / 60;
return (hours == 0 ? "--:" : hours + ":") + String.format("%02d:%02d", minutes % 60, seconds % 60);
}
private Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
displayCurrentTime();
mHandler.postDelayed(this, 100);
}
};
}