Example of YouTube Video Integration in React Native
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 init to make our React Native App. Assuming that you have node installed, you can use npm to install thereact-native-cli command line utility.
Open the terminal and go to the workspace and runnpm install -g react-native-clireact-native init ProjectNameInstallation of Dependency
To use YouTube we need to install react-native-youtube package. To install this
Open the terminal and jump into your project
1 | cd ProjectName |
Run the following command
1 | npm install react-native-youtube --save |
This command will copy all the dependencies into your node_module directory, You can find the directory in node_modulethe directory named react-native-youtube.
Linking of Library
To use react-native-youtube library we have to link some dependencies in Android and IOS project files. In order to link the library, you have to run following command
1 | react-native link react-native-youtube |
You can see the result like this
You can see the following changes in your android project. If you are unable to find the changes then please do those changes as they are must for this example.
Go to the YoutubeExample> android > app > build.gradle.
Scroll down and you can see the following dependency and if not please add this.
1 | compile project(':react-native-youtube') |
Open YoutubeExample> android > settings.gradle and you can see the following lines and if not please add this.
1 2 | include ':react-native-youtube' project(':react-native-youtube').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-youtube/android') |
Open YoutubeExample> android > app > src > main > java > com > youtubeexample> MainApplication.java and you can see the following lines in imports if not then please add
1 | import com.inprogress.reactnativeyoutube.ReactNativeYouTube; |
Scroll down and you can see the following line in getPackages after new MainReactPackage() if not then please add a comma(,) and add
1 | new ReactNativeYouTube() |
Here we have done with our installation of the library. If you are still facing the trouble please comment below so that we can help you out from the problem.
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 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 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.
You can download the source code from Github
OR
Open App.js in any code editor and replace the code with the following code
App.js
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'Pause' : 'Play'} </Text> </TouchableOpacity> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this.setState(s => ({ isLooping: !s.isLooping }))}> <Text style={styles.buttonText}> {this.state.isLooping ? 'Looping' : 'Not Looping'} </Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> {/* Previous / Next video */} <View style={styles.buttonGroup}> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this._youTubeRef && this._youTubeRef.previousVideo() }> <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Previous Video</Text> </TouchableOpacity> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this._youTubeRef && this._youTubeRef.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={() => this._youTubeRef && this._youTubeRef.seekTo(15)}> <Text style={styles.buttonText}>15 Seconds</Text> </TouchableOpacity> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this._youTubeRef && this._youTubeRef.seekTo(2 * 60)}> <Text style={styles.buttonText}>2 Minutes</Text> </TouchableOpacity> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this._youTubeRef && this._youTubeRef.seekTo(15 * 60) }> <Text style={styles.buttonText}>15 Minutes</Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> {/* Play specific video in a videoIds array by index */} {this._youTubeRef && this._youTubeRef.props.videoIds && Array.isArray(this._youTubeRef.props.videoIds) && ( <View style={styles.buttonGroup}> {this._youTubeRef.props.videoIds.map((videoId, i) => ( <TouchableOpacity key={i} style={styles.button} onPress={() => this._youTubeRef && this._youTubeRef.playVideoAt(i) }> <Text style={[ styles.buttonText, styles.buttonTextSmall, ]}>{`Video ${i}`}</Text> </TouchableOpacity> ))} </View> )} {/* Get current played video's position index when playing videoIds*/} <View style={styles.buttonGroup}> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this._youTubeRef && this._youTubeRef .videosIndex() .then(index => this.setState({ videosIndex: index })) .catch(errorMessage => this.setState({ error: errorMessage })) }> <Text style={styles.buttonText}> Get Videos Index: {this.state.videosIndex} </Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> {/* Fullscreen */} {!this.state.fullscreen && ( <View style={styles.buttonGroup}> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this.setState({ fullscreen: true })}> <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Set Fullscreen</Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> )} {/* Update Progress & Duration (Android) */} {Platform.OS === 'android' && ( <View style={styles.buttonGroup}> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this._youTubeRef ? this._youTubeRef .currentTime() .then(currentTime => this.setState({ currentTime })) .catch(errorMessage => this.setState({ error: errorMessage }) ) : this._youTubeRef .duration() .then(duration => this.setState({ duration })) .catch(errorMessage => this.setState({ error: errorMessage }) ) }> <Text style={styles.buttonText}> Update Progress & Duration (Android) </Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> )} {/* Standalone Player (iOS) */} {Platform.OS === 'ios' && YouTubeStandaloneIOS && ( <View style={styles.buttonGroup}> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => YouTubeStandaloneIOS.playVideo('KVZ-P-ZI6W4') .then(() => console.log('iOS Standalone Player Finished')) .catch(errorMessage => this.setState({ error: errorMessage }) ) }> <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Launch Standalone Player</Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> )} {/* Standalone Player (Android) */} {Platform.OS === 'android' && YouTubeStandaloneAndroid && ( <View style={styles.buttonGroup}> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => YouTubeStandaloneAndroid.playVideo({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY', videoId: 'KVZ-P-ZI6W4', autoplay: true, lightboxMode: false, startTime: 124.5, }) .then(() => console.log('Android Standalone Player Finished') ) .catch(errorMessage => this.setState({ error: errorMessage }) ) }> <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Standalone: One Video</Text> </TouchableOpacity> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => YouTubeStandaloneAndroid.playVideos({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY', videoIds: [ 'HcXNPI-IPPM', 'XXlZfc1TrD0', 'czcjU1w-c6k', 'uMK0prafzw0', ], autoplay: false, lightboxMode: true, startIndex: 1, startTime: 99.5, }) .then(() => console.log('Android Standalone Player Finished') ) .catch(errorMessage => this.setState({ error: errorMessage }) ) }> <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Videos</Text> </TouchableOpacity> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => YouTubeStandaloneAndroid.playPlaylist({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY', playlistId: 'PLF797E961509B4EB5', autoplay: false, lightboxMode: false, startIndex: 2, startTime: 100.5, }) .then(() => console.log('Android Standalone Player Finished') ) .catch(errorMessage => this.setState({ error: errorMessage }) ) }> <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Playlist</Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> )} {/* Reload iFrame for updated props (Only needed for iOS) */} {Platform.OS === 'ios' && ( <View style={styles.buttonGroup}> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this._youTubeRef && this._youTubeRef.reloadIframe() }> <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Reload iFrame (iOS)</Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> )} <Text style={styles.instructions}> {this.state.isReady ? 'Player is ready' : 'Player setting up...'} </Text> <Text style={styles.instructions}>Status: {this.state.status}</Text> <Text style={styles.instructions}>Quality: {this.state.quality}</Text> {/* Show Progress */} <Text style={styles.instructions}> Progress: {Math.trunc(this.state.currentTime)}s ({Math.trunc( this.state.duration / 60 )}:{Math.trunc(this.state.duration % 60)}s) {Platform.OS !== 'ios' && ( <Text> (Click Update Progress & Duration)</Text> )} </Text> <Text style={styles.instructions}> {this.state.error ? 'Error: ' + this.state.error : ''} </Text> </ScrollView> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ container: { backgroundColor: 'white', }, welcome: { fontSize: 20, textAlign: 'center', margin: 10, }, 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 ProjectNamereact-native run-androidreact-native run-ios (macOS only).
This is how you can integrate Youtube video in your React Native Application. If you have any doubt 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!
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