Play youtube videos on same YouTubePlayerView in android

Question

I want to play video on the YouTubePlayerView when clicked on the recyclerview's items. first video is playing well but when I clicked on any items of the recyclerview video is not loaded on YouTubePlayerView.

Here is my code

package com.bidhee.nagariknews.views.activities;

import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.widget.DefaultItemAnimator;
import android.support.v7.widget.GridLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.util.Log;
import android.util.TypedValue;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.android.volley.Response;
import com.android.volley.VolleyError;
import com.bidhee.nagariknews.R;
import com.bidhee.nagariknews.Utils.StaticStorage;
import com.bidhee.nagariknews.controller.server_request.ServerConfig;
import com.bidhee.nagariknews.controller.server_request.WebService;
import com.bidhee.nagariknews.model.Multimedias;
import com.bidhee.nagariknews.widget.GalleryAdapter;
import com.bidhee.nagariknews.widget.RecyclerItemClickListener;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubeBaseActivity;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubeInitializationResult;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Locale;

import butterknife.Bind;
import butterknife.ButterKnife;

/**
 * Created by ronem on 2/26/16.
 */
public class YoutubePlayerActivity extends YouTubeBaseActivity implements RecyclerItemClickListener.OnItemClickListener {
    YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener listener;

    @Bind(R.id.view)
    YouTubePlayerView playerView;

    @Bind(R.id.video_title_text_view)
    TextView videoTitleTextView;
    @Bind(R.id.no_of_view_text_view)
    TextView noOfViewTextView;
    @Bind(R.id.no_of_like_text_view)
    TextView noOfLikeTextView;
    @Bind(R.id.no_of_dislike_text_view)
    TextView noOfDislikeTextView;

    @Bind(R.id.share_video)
    ImageView shareVideo;
    @Bind(R.id.video_recycler_view)
    RecyclerView videoRecyclerView;


    private ArrayList<Multimedias> multimedias;
    private GalleryAdapter galleryAdapter;
    private int position;
    Response.Listener<String> response;
    Response.ErrorListener errorListener;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.youtube_player_activity);
        ButterKnife.bind(this);

        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
            getWindow().setStatusBarColor(Dashboard.COLOR_PRIMARY_DARK);
        }

        multimedias = getIntent().getExtras().getParcelableArrayList(StaticStorage.KEY_VIDEO_BUNDLE);
        position = getIntent().getIntExtra("position", 0);

        handleSererResponse();
        playVideo(multimedias.get(position).getTitle(), multimedias.get(position).getMultimediaPath());

        /**
         * Related vieos
         */
        loadRelatedPlayList();
    }

    private void loadRelatedPlayList() {
        galleryAdapter = new GalleryAdapter(multimedias, StaticStorage.VIDEOS);

        videoRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
        videoRecyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);
        videoRecyclerView.setItemAnimator(new DefaultItemAnimator());
        videoRecyclerView.setAdapter(galleryAdapter);
        videoRecyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(new RecyclerItemClickListener(YoutubePlayerActivity.this, 0, this));
    }

    private void playVideo(final String title, final String videoId) {

        listener = new YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener() {
            @Override
            public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer youTubePlayer, boolean b) {
                videoTitleTextView.setText(title);
                youTubePlayer.loadVideo(videoId);
                WebService.getServerData(ServerConfig.getVideoInfoUrl(videoId), response, errorListener);
            }

            @Override
            public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubeInitializationResult youTubeInitializationResult) {

            }
        };

        playerView.initialize(getString(R.string.apikey), listener);
    }

    private void handleSererResponse() {

        response = new Response.Listener<String>() {
            @Override
            public void onResponse(String response) {
                Log.i("response", response);
                try {
                    JSONObject nodeObject = new JSONObject(response);
                    JSONArray items = nodeObject.getJSONArray("items");
                    JSONObject subnode = items.getJSONObject(0);
                    JSONObject stats = subnode.getJSONObject("statistics");
                    String viewCOunt = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(Locale.US).format(Integer.parseInt(stats.getString("viewCount")));
                    String likeCOunt = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(Locale.US).format(Integer.parseInt(stats.getString("likeCount")));
                    String dislikeCount = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(Locale.US).format(Integer.parseInt(stats.getString("dislikeCount")));

                    noOfViewTextView.setText(viewCOunt);
                    noOfLikeTextView.setText(likeCOunt);
                    noOfDislikeTextView.setText(dislikeCount);
                } catch (JSONException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        };

        errorListener = new Response.ErrorListener() {
            @Override
            public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {

            }
        };
    }

    @Override
    public void onItemClick(View view, int parentPosition, int position) {

        playVideo(multimedias.get(position).getTitle(), multimedias.get(position).getMultimediaPath());
    }
}

Answer 1

I clicked on any items of the recyclerview video is not loaded on YouTubePlayerView.

That's the expected behaviour, unfortunately. What you have to do is to keep track of the current YouTubePlayer and release it before loading a new one.