Is there an URL Scheme to open the YouTube iOS app with a specified search query?
I tried:
NSString *stringURL = @"http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=foo";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:stringURL];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
But this will open Safari instead of the YouTube Application.
You can't use this http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=foo for opening youtube app. If you use the above url it'll open the safari instead of youtube app.
There are only three URLSchemes available for opening youtube app:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_IDENTIFIERhttp://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_IDENTIFIERyoutube://Reference: iPhoneURLScheme
youtube:// url scheme seems to work. –
Judsen this is working fine in iOS 9
youtube://www.youtube.com/channel/<channel-id>
Update for Swift 3 and iOS 10+
OK, there are two easy steps to achieve this:
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>
After that, you can open any youtube URL inside Youtube application by simply substituting https:// with youtube://. Here is a complete code, you can link this code to any button you have as an Action:
@IBAction func YoutubeAction() {
let YoutubeQuery = "Your Query"
let escapedYoutubeQuery = YoutubeQuery.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlHostAllowed)
let appURL = NSURL(string: "youtube://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=\(escapedYoutubeQuery!)")!
let webURL = NSURL(string: "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=\(escapedYoutubeQuery!)")!
let application = UIApplication.shared
if application.canOpenURL(appURL as URL) {
application.open(appURL as URL)
} else {
// if Youtube app is not installed, open URL inside Safari
application.open(webURL as URL)
}
}
youtube:// –
Gertrudgertruda It can be opened using
vnd.youtube:///
(note three slashes are set)
If there is a supported YouTube application search URL scheme, it isn't well documented (and will probably be fragile). You can open YouTube app itself directly using:
youtube://
You can play specific videos using:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_IDENTIFIER
I'd approach this problem by querying the list directly, and either display the results in a webview. Ideally, you don't want to replicate the YouTube app (there's already one on the app store after all), so it would be better to find the specific video identifier some other route.
You can open the YouTube iOS app in this fashion:
Videos
<a href="youtube://dQw4w9WgXcQ">Open in YouTube</a>
<a href="youtube://watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ">Open in YouTube</a>
Users and Channels
Not possible at this time. (Source: extensive testing.)
Playlists
Unknown/Untested
If you want to open the YouTube iOS app with a search query use this syntax:
youtube:///results?q=search%20query
(replace search%20query with search terms without quotes)
Note: the above syntax has three slashes instead of two.
(Works as of 20160420)
For iOS 11 this should works:
youtube://www.youtube.com/<channel-id>
To open a Youtube link that opens in app, from a webpage (safari or any browser), and this works for opening from a javascript function too, you need to send a proper form query to Youtube:
<form id='form' action='https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=' method='get'>
<input type='hidden' name='v' id='v' value='XgQrzkvvOO4'>
</form>
This is for mobile sites. For normal browsers change "'https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=" to "'https://youtube.com/watch?v="
If you need a link or button simply change the input type to button.
EDIT: this method no longer works on iphone as of latest changes IOS and YT. Still searching for a method to open the Youtube APP from a script, without being asked by the browser yes or no.
youtube://results?search_query=<your query>
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