Problem: my youtube videoplayer is not working even though I've put in the youtube video ID and controller. I would like some suggestions on how to fix this error.
I'm trying to create a widget that can take the youtube video ID and return a video player that plays a video off of youtube.
Unfortunately I can't use the normal VideoPlayer widget (I've tried using the you-link.herokuapp.com API and it doesn't return the links) and the Youtube player doesn't seem to work - it just displays a loading screen.
I would like this to work for web so downgrading the package isn't an option.
Currently I've tried using the embed link (youtube.com/embed/(videoID)) but I find that this doesn't work for some of the videos I want to embed (I get a "watch on youtube" error).
Is there either a) a resource that converts the youtube video link (which I can obtain from the ID) to a link that can be embedded in the Flutter VideoPlayer b) or is there something that I haven't done with the Youtube Player that will make it work?
code: (I've done all imports, not including them here)
class _VideoPopupState extends State<VideoPopup> {
YoutubePlayerController _controller;
bool _isPlayerReady;
@override
void initState(){
super.initState();
_isPlayerReady = false;
_controller = YoutubePlayerController(
initialVideoId: widget.vidID,
flags: YoutubePlayerFlags(
autoPlay: false,
mute: false,
),
);
}
void dispose(){
super.dispose();
_controller.dispose();
}
void listener() {
if(_isPlayerReady && mounted && !_controller.value.isFullScreen){
//
}
}
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text(widget.title),//tells user what to expect
),
body: Center(
child: Column(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
children: [
Expanded(
child: YoutubePlayer(
showVideoProgressIndicator: true,
onReady: (){
print('lets go');
_isPlayerReady = true;
},
controller: _controller,
liveUIColor: Colors.amber,
),
),
],
),
),
);
}
}
pubspec:
cupertino_icons: ^1.0.2
http: ^0.13.3
video_player: ^2.1.12
youtube_player_flutter: ^8.0.0
No errors coming up, so I'm really confused to why it isn't working.
