# youtube/youtube-ios-player-helper

Lightweight helper library that allows iOS developers to add inline playback of YouTube videos through a WebView

Repository: https://github.com/youtube/youtube-ios-player-helper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/youtube-ios-player-helper
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-10-03T03:30:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4531, "days_push": 1065, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1703, forks 720 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:24.510997+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight Objective-C library from YouTube that lets iOS developers embed inline YouTube video playback via a WebView-backed YTPlayerView. It supports loading videos by ID, player parameters, and delegate callbacks.

## Use cases
- embed a YouTube video in an iOS app
- play YouTube videos inline inside a UIView
- control YouTube playback from Swift or Objective-C code
- receive playback callbacks from an embedded YouTube player
- add a YouTube player to a storyboard view

## When to choose
- you need to play YouTube videos inside a native iOS app
- you want a simple drop-in UIView wrapper around the YouTube iframe player
- you need playback state callbacks via a delegate

## When to avoid
- you need offline or local video playback
- you want fully native video controls without a WebView
- you need a player for platforms other than iOS

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, web-framework
- domain: mobile-development, media, web-development
- platform: -
- tags: youtube, video-player, objective-c, webview, cocoapods, swift-package-manager, embedded-video, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- youtube/youtube-ios-player-helper (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.510997+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:37:39.087841+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/youtube/youtube-ios-player-helper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.510997+00:00, sha e21c5a1f57a2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.