Example of YouTube Video Integration in React Native

YouTube Video Integration

Here is an example of YouTube Video Integration in React Native. To integrate the YouTube video in our example we will use a library called react-native-youtube. Which provides a YouTube component which is very easy to use.

To Make a React Native App

Getting started with React Native will help you to know more about the way you can make a React Native project. We are going to use react native command line interface to make our React Native App.

If you have previously installed a global react-native-cli package, please remove it as it may cause unexpected issues:

npm uninstall -g react-native-cli @react-native-community/cli

Run the following commands to create a new React Native project

npx react-native init ProjectName

If you want to start a new project with a specific React Native version, you can use the --version argument:

npx react-native init ProjectName --version X.XX.X

Note If the above command is failing, you may have old version of react-native or react-native-cli installed globally on your pc. Try uninstalling the cli and run the cli using npx.

This will make a project structure with an index file named App.js in your project directory.

Installation of Dependency

To use YouTube we need to install react-native-youtube package. To install this

Open the terminal and jump into your project

cd ProjectName

Run the following command

npm install react-native-youtube --save

This command will copy all the dependencies into your node_module directory.

CocoaPods Installation

After the updation of React Native 0.60, they have introduced autolinking so we do not require to link the library but need to install pods. So to install pods use

cd ios && pod install && cd ..

How to Generate the API Key?

To use Youtube in your Application we have to get Youtube API key from the Google Developer console. For that, open the Developer console and log in from your Google account.

If you have already created any project you can use that or you can create a new one like this

After creating the project you can see all of your created project a drop-down in the top left corner. Now select the project from the dropdown and goto to the credential section.

You can find the create credential option there.

Hit on the create credential button and it will create an API key to the user in your YouTube Application

Before we add this API key in our project you have to enable the API Library/ Feature which you want to use in your project. For that, you can search for the Youtube and you will find the Youtube related API Library. We will enable the YouTube Data API. Click on YouTube Data API and you will found the enable button to enable the YouTube Data API.

Now after enabling the API key, we have to add this API key in our project’s App.js file. Just replace YOUR_API_KEY everywhere with your generated API key.

Code

Open App.js in any code editor and replace the code with the following code

App.js

// Example of YouTube Video Integration in React Native
// https://aboutreact.com/youtube-video-integration-in-react-native/

// Import React
import React, {useState, useRef} from 'react';
// Import required components
import {
  SafeAreaView,
  StyleSheet,
  View,
  Text,
  ScrollView,
  TouchableOpacity,
  PixelRatio,
} from 'react-native';

// Import Youtube Players
import YouTube from 'react-native-youtube';

const App = () => {
  const youtubePlayerRef = useRef();
  const singleVideoId = '4A426Yjm_jM';
  const listVideoIds = [
    '4A426Yjm_jM',
    'BfmIgt_kPvM',
    'F9LwbmIWIr0'
  ];

  const [isReady, setIsReady] = useState(false);
  const [status, setStatus] = useState(null);
  const [quality, setQuality] = useState(null);
  const [error, setError] = useState(null);
  const [isPlaying, setIsPlaying] = useState(true);
  const [isLooping, setIsLooping] = useState(true);
  const [duration, setDuration] = useState(0);
  const [currentTime, setCurrentTime] = useState(0);
  const [fullscreen, setFullscreen] = useState(false);
  const [containerMounted, setContainerMounted] = useState(false);
  const [containerWidth, setContainerWidth] = useState(null);

  return (
    <SafeAreaView style={{flex: 1}}>
      <ScrollView
        style={styles.container}
        onLayout={({
          nativeEvent: {
            layout: {width},
          },
        }) => {
          if (!containerMounted) setContainerMounted(true);
          if (containerWidth !== width) setContainerWidth(width);
        }}>
        {containerMounted && (
          <YouTube
            ref={youtubePlayerRef}
            // You must have an API Key
            apiKey="Replace Your API Key"
            // Un-comment one of videoId / videoIds / playlist.
            // videoId={singleVideoId}
            videoIds={listVideoIds}
            // playlistId="PLF797E961509B4EB5"
            play={isPlaying}
            loop={isLooping}
            fullscreen={fullscreen}
            controls={1}
            style={[
              {
                height: PixelRatio.roundToNearestPixel(
                  containerWidth / (16 / 9),
                ),
              },
              styles.player,
            ]}
            onError={(e) => setError(e.error)}
            onReady={(e) => setIsReady(true)}
            onChangeState={(e) => setStatus(e.state)}
            onChangeQuality={(e) => setQuality(e.quality)}
            onChangeFullscreen={(e) => setFullscreen(e.isFullscreen)}
            onProgress={(e) => {
              setDuration(e.duration);
              setCurrentTime(e.currentTime);
            }}
          />
        )}

        <Text style={styles.titleText}>
          Example of YouTube Video Integration in React Native
        </Text>

        {/* Playing / Looping */}
        <View style={styles.buttonGroup}>
          <TouchableOpacity
            style={styles.button}
            onPress={() => setIsPlaying((isPlaying) => !isPlaying)}>
            <Text style={styles.buttonText}>
              {status == 'playing' ? 'Pause' : 'Play'}
            </Text>
          </TouchableOpacity>
          <TouchableOpacity
            style={styles.button}
            onPress={() => setIsLooping((isLooping) => !isLooping)}>
            <Text style={styles.buttonText}>
              {isLooping ? 'Looping' : 'Not Looping'}
            </Text>
          </TouchableOpacity>
        </View>

        {/* Previous / Next video */}
        <View style={styles.buttonGroup}>
          <TouchableOpacity
            style={styles.button}
            onPress={() =>
              youtubePlayerRef.current &&
              youtubePlayerRef.current.previousVideo()
            }>
            <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Previous Video</Text>
          </TouchableOpacity>
          <TouchableOpacity
            style={styles.button}
            onPress={() =>
              youtubePlayerRef.current &&
              youtubePlayerRef.current.nextVideo()
            }>
            <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Next Video</Text>
          </TouchableOpacity>
        </View>

        {/* Go To Specific time in played video with seekTo() */}
        <View style={styles.buttonGroup}>
          <TouchableOpacity
            style={styles.button}
            onPress={() =>
              youtubePlayerRef.current &&
              youtubePlayerRef.current.seekTo(15)
            }>
            <Text style={styles.buttonText}>15 Seconds</Text>
          </TouchableOpacity>
          <TouchableOpacity
            style={styles.button}
            onPress={() =>
              youtubePlayerRef.current &&
              youtubePlayerRef.current.seekTo(2 * 60)
            }>
            <Text style={styles.buttonText}>2 Minutes</Text>
          </TouchableOpacity>
          <TouchableOpacity
            style={styles.button}
            onPress={() =>
              youtubePlayerRef.current &&
              youtubePlayerRef.current.seekTo(15 * 60)
            }>
            <Text style={styles.buttonText}>15 Minutes</Text>
          </TouchableOpacity>
        </View>

        {/* Play specific video in a videoIds array by index */}
        {youtubePlayerRef.current &&
          youtubePlayerRef.current.props.videoIds &&
          Array.isArray(youtubePlayerRef.current.props.videoIds) && (
            <View style={styles.buttonGroup}>
              {youtubePlayerRef.current.props.videoIds.map(
                 (videoId, i) => (
                   <TouchableOpacity
                    key={i}
                    style={styles.button}
                    onPress={() =>
                      youtubePlayerRef.current &&
                      youtubePlayerRef.current.playVideoAt(i)
                    }>
                    <Text
                      style={[
                        styles.buttonText,
                        styles.buttonTextSmall,
                      ]}>{`Video ${i}`}</Text>
                  </TouchableOpacity>
                )
              )}
            </View>
          )}

        {/* Fullscreen */}
        {!fullscreen && (
          <View style={styles.buttonGroup}>
            <TouchableOpacity
              style={styles.button}
              onPress={() => setFullscreen(true)}>
              <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Set Fullscreen</Text>
            </TouchableOpacity>
          </View>
        )}

        <Text style={styles.instructions}>
          {isReady ? 'Player is ready' : 'Player setting up...'}
        </Text>
        <Text style={styles.instructions}>Status: {status}</Text>
        <Text style={styles.instructions}>Quality: {quality}</Text>

        {/* Show Progress */}
        <Text style={styles.instructions}>
          Progress: 
          {Math.trunc(currentTime)}s
          ({Math.trunc(duration / 60)}:
          {Math.trunc(duration % 60)}s)
        </Text>

        <Text style={styles.instructions}>
          {error ? 'Error: ' + error : ''}
        </Text>
      </ScrollView>
    </SafeAreaView>
  );
};

export default App;

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    backgroundColor: 'white',
  },
  titleText: {
    fontSize: 22,
    fontWeight: 'bold',
    textAlign: 'center',
    paddingVertical: 20,
  },
  buttonGroup: {
    flexDirection: 'row',
    alignSelf: 'center',
  },
  button: {
    paddingVertical: 4,
    paddingHorizontal: 8,
    alignSelf: 'center',
  },
  buttonText: {
    fontSize: 18,
    color: 'blue',
  },
  buttonTextSmall: {
    fontSize: 15,
  },
  instructions: {
    textAlign: 'center',
    color: '#333333',
    marginBottom: 5,
  },
  player: {
    alignSelf: 'stretch',
    marginVertical: 10,
  },
});

To Run the React Native App

Open the terminal again and jump into your project using.

cd ProjectName

1. Start Metro Bundler

First, you will need to start Metro, the JavaScript bundler that ships with React Native. To start Metro bundler run following command:

npx react-native start

Once you start Metro Bundler it will run forever on your terminal until you close it. Let Metro Bundler run in its own terminal. Open a new terminal and run the application.

2. Start React Native Application

To run the project on an Android Virtual Device or on real debugging device:

npx react-native run-android

or on the iOS Simulator by running (macOS only)

npx react-native run-ios

Output Screenshots

This is how you can integrate Youtube video in your React Native Application. If you have any doubts or you want to share something about the topic you can comment below or contact us here. There will be more posts coming soon. Stay tuned!

Hope you liked it. 🙂