Open In Youtube App Ios
How to open youtube links in safari instead of the youtube app in ios by sk 9 comments last updated july 1 2017 apple removed the built in youtube app from ios 6.
Open in youtube app ios. This used to work there used to be an option on the drop down menu in the browser page but about 3 weeks ago it disappeared. How do i get the video to play in the youtube app. Watch the videos you love uninterrupted play videos in the background even when you open another app or when the screen is locked download videos for when you re low on data or can t get online if you subscribe via itunes. That seems to fix it at least temporarily.
In safari on ios ipad when i click on a youtube link in safari the video opens in the browser. Safari also now displays the desktop youtube page by default and the open in youtube option doesn t appear at. Please let me know if this works for you. If the youtube app is installed on the user s device then the video should be opened in the youtube app and not in the browser or a separate webview.
With youtube premium enjoy youtube ad free offline and in the background. Also the option to open in youtube no longer appears when long pressing a youtube link. In the safari app put youtube into desktop mode reopen the link pull down and there should be a banner to open in app. Update for swift 3 and ios 10 ok there are two easy steps to achieve this.
Play youtube in safari browser not app iphone ipad fix with the ios ios10 ios 11 update many have reported youtube automatically opens up inside the app. Also if it opens in youtube mobile in safari you can try hitting the 3 dots on the top right then hit desktop. The official iphone app for youtube is your defacto source for piles of user generated streaming video and it s easy to get around but you may have to wade. The trick here is to add a single video to a newly created playlist and then loop that playlist.
So the following steps can be used to create and loop the playlist on the iphone as well. I used the url launcher package for that and it works fine on android. Open the youtube app and play the video. First you have to modify info plist to list youtube with lsapplicationqueriesschemes simply open info plist as a source code and paste this.
Key lsapplicationqueriesschemes key array string youtube string array. It works perfectly on both android and ios.