YouTube intent, error 400

Question

I found that I can start a YouTube video in stock YouTube player this way:

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("vnd.youtube:U79wVTdnMpw")); 
startActivity(i); 

But it doesn't work. The YouTube player is started, but I get an error:

There was a problem with the network [400]

I have updated the YouTube app but nothing changes.

I am using Android ICS 4.0.1.

Solution 1

I found the answer on this Google product forums which helped to solve my problem - which was exactly the problem you're experiencing :)

SOLUTION: Give ONLY the YouTube ID and not the entire YouTube URL to the loadVideo() function.

Solution 2

On loadvideo don't put:

loadvideo(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQy4I5y1ldg12)

just put

loadvideo(gQy4I5y1ldg12);