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copied!<p>I'm trying to launch embedded Youtube videos from a UIWebView, but get this error in the console when selecting them from the phone:</p> <p>warning: Unable to read symbols for "/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/2.2/Symbols/System/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/YouTubePlugIn.webplugin/YouTubePlugIn" (file not found).</p> <p>The URL is good, since I can play it from Safari just fine.</p> <p>Anyone have the problem?</p> <h2>Update:</h2> <p>Man, I'm always impressed at how responsive this forum is.</p> <p>Anyway, here is the embed code that I found on the web and tweaked:</p> <pre><code>- (void)embedYouTube { NSString* embedHTML = @"\ <html><head>\ <style type=\"text/css\">\ body {\ background-color: transparent;\ color: white;\ }\ </style>\ </head><body style=\"margin:0\">\ <embed id=\"yt\" src=\"%@\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" \ width=\"%0.0f\" height=\"%0.0f\"></embed>\ </body></html>"; CGRect frame; frame.size.width=100; frame.size.height=80; frame.origin.x=10; frame.origin.y=10; NSString *url=@"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8thp78oXsg"; NSString* html = [NSString stringWithFormat:embedHTML,url, 100, 80]; UIWebView *videoView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:frame]; [videoView loadHTMLString:html baseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:nil]]; [self.view addSubview:videoView]; [videoView release]; NSLog(@" in embed %@",html); } </code></pre> <p>I put the sample URL in, uhh, 'url' above to show which URL I'm using (whew, lots of urls). </p> <h2>Update 2:</h2> <p>So I even went to this URL:</p> <p><a href="http://apiblog.youtube.com/2009/02/youtube-apis-iphone-cool-mobile-apps.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://apiblog.youtube.com/2009/02/youtube-apis-iphone-cool-mobile-apps.html</a></p> <p>and copied their example code here:</p> <pre><code>[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.youtube.com/v/oHg5SJYRHA0&f=gdata_videos&c=ytapi-my-clientID&d=nGF83uyVrg8eD4rfEkk22mDOl3qUImVMV6ramM"]]; </code></pre> <p>from that article written on 2/5/09, and it launches the Youtube player, but I get "Youtube not available."</p> <p>I tried the Youtube postings, but no response. Anyone have any idea how to get even this simple function to work? Or is this something to do with my iPhone maybe?</p> <hr> <p>Man, I'm always impressed at how responsive this forum is.</p> <p>Anyway, here is the embed code that I found on the web and tweaked:</p> <pre><code>- (void)embedYouTube { NSString* embedHTML = @"\ <html><head>\ <style type=\"text/css\">\ body {\ background-color: transparent;\ color: white;\ }\ </style>\ </head><body style=\"margin:0\">\ <embed id=\"yt\" src=\"%@\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" \ width=\"%0.0f\" height=\"%0.0f\"></embed>\ </body></html>"; CGRect frame; frame.size.width=100; frame.size.height=80; frame.origin.x=10; frame.origin.y=10; NSString *url=@"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8thp78oXsg"; NSString* html = [NSString stringWithFormat:embedHTML,url, 100, 80]; UIWebView *videoView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:frame]; [videoView loadHTMLString:html baseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:nil]]; [self.view addSubview:videoView]; [videoView release]; NSLog(@" in embed %@",html); } </code></pre> <p>I put the sample URL in, uhh, 'url' above to show which URL I'm using (whew, lots of urls). </p> <hr> <p>So I even went to this URL:</p> <p><a href="http://apiblog.youtube.com/2009/02/youtube-apis-iphone-cool-mobile-apps.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://apiblog.youtube.com/2009/02/youtube-apis-iphone-cool-mobile-apps.html</a></p> <p>and copied their example code here:</p> <pre><code>[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.youtube.com/v/oHg5SJYRHA0&f=gdata_videos&c=ytapi-my-clientID&d=nGF83uyVrg8eD4rfEkk22mDOl3qUImVMV6ramM"]]; </code></pre> <p>from that article written on 2/5/09, and it launches the Youtube player, but I get "Youtube not available."</p> <p>I tried the Youtube postings, but no response. Anyone have any idea how to get even this simple function to work? Or is this something to do with my iPhone maybe?</p>

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