Watch YouTube video with youtube_player_iframe Flutter - flutter

Question

I would like to know how to open a YouTube video and showing it on my Flutter app with a video player that allow the user to stop the video, moving forward, backward just dragging the finger on the bottom line of the video.
I was thinking to use youtube_player_iframe since I read on the internet that this is the only widget that allows to open YouTube videos (for iOS, youtube_player for Android) so I installed it and copy-pasted the example from docs and fixed some errors.
If anyone could help me to understand why it doesn't work I'll be very glad.
To install, from terminal run : flutter pub add youtube_player_iframe
Or just add the dependence : youtube_player_iframe: ^2.0.0
This is the code, just copy-paste and it can be run :
import 'dart:developer';
import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
import 'package:youtube_player_iframe/youtube_player_iframe.dart';
void main() {
WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
runApp(YoutubeApp());
}
///
class YoutubeApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Youtube Player IFrame Demo',
theme: ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.deepPurple,
iconTheme: const IconThemeData(color: Colors.deepPurpleAccent),
),
debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
home: YoutubeAppDemo(),
);
}
}
///
class YoutubeAppDemo extends StatefulWidget {
#override
_YoutubeAppDemoState createState() => _YoutubeAppDemoState();
}
class _YoutubeAppDemoState extends State<YoutubeAppDemo> {
late YoutubePlayerController _controller;
String urlVideoFromYouTube = 'v0RWej7Sqg4'; //this is the last part of the YouTube url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0RWej7Sqg4 copy-pasted by me
#override
void initState() {
super.initState();
_controller = YoutubePlayerController(
initialVideoId: urlVideoFromYouTube,
params: const YoutubePlayerParams(
playlist: [
'nPt8bK2gbaU',//Default playlist
'K18cpp_-gP8',
'iLnmTe5Q2Qw',
'_WoCV4c6XOE',
'KmzdUe0RSJo',
'6jZDSSZZxjQ',
'p2lYr3vM_1w',
'7QUtEmBT_-w',
'34_PXCzGw1M',
],
startAt: const Duration(minutes: 1, seconds: 36),
showControls: true,
showFullscreenButton: true,
desktopMode: true,
privacyEnhanced: true,
useHybridComposition: true,
),
);
_controller.onEnterFullscreen = () {
SystemChrome.setPreferredOrientations([
DeviceOrientation.landscapeLeft,
DeviceOrientation.landscapeRight,
]);
log('Entered Fullscreen');
};
_controller.onExitFullscreen = () {
log('Exited Fullscreen');
};
}
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
const player = YoutubePlayerIFrame();
return YoutubePlayerControllerProvider(
// Passing controller to widgets below.
controller: _controller,
child: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: const Text('Youtube Player IFrame'),
),
body: LayoutBuilder(
builder: (context, constraints) {
if (kIsWeb && constraints.maxWidth > 800) {
return Row(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: [
const Expanded(child: player),
const SizedBox(
width: 500,
child: SingleChildScrollView(
child: Controls(),
),
),
],
);
}
return ListView(
children: [
player,
const Controls(),
],
);
},
),
),
);
}
#override
void dispose() {
_controller.close();
super.dispose();
}
}
///
class Controls extends StatelessWidget {
///
const Controls();
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),
child: Column(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: [
// _space,
// MetaDataSection(),
// _space,
// SourceInputSection(),
// _space,
// PlayPauseButtonBar(),
// _space,
// VolumeSlider(),
// _space,
// PlayerStateSection(),
],
),
);
}
Widget get _space => const SizedBox(height: 10);
}

Answer 1

Here's the link to that repository: https://pub.dev/packages/youtube_player_iframe, download it fully and run it's main.dart file using VS code or android studio, You can't run just a main.dart file without the other files for this plugin to work.Doing this, will give you an idea of how to run this plugin.