Force YouTube Android Player to run in full screen mode

TO force YouTube Android Player to run in full screen mode, simple call setFullscreen(true) method of the YouTubePlayer object.

Modify from last exercise "Handle player state changes and playback events, by implementing PlayerStateChangeListener and PlaybackEventListener.", to add a Button in layout, to force running in Full Screen mode.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:autoLink="web" />
    
    <ScrollView 
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">
        <LinearLayout 
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="vertical">

            <com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView
                android:id="@+id/youtubeplayerview"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:padding="5dp" />
            <Button
                android:id="@+id/btnviewfullscreen"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="View in Full Screen" />
            <TextView 
                android:id="@+id/videolog"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
            
        </LinearLayout>
    </ScrollView>
    
</LinearLayout>

Force running in Full Screen mode by calling youTubePlayer.setFullscreen(true).

package com.example.androidyoutubeapiplayer;

import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubeBaseActivity;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubeInitializationResult;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer.PlaybackEventListener;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer.PlayerStateChangeListener;
import com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer.Provider;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends YouTubeBaseActivity implements 
 YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener{
 
 public static final String API_KEY = "AIzaSyCe6tORd9Ch4lx-9Ku5SQ476uS9OtZYsWA";
 public static final String VIDEO_ID = "o7VVHhK9zf0";
 
 private YouTubePlayer youTubePlayer;
 private YouTubePlayerView youTubePlayerView;
 private TextView textVideoLog;
 private Button btnViewFullScreen;
 
 private static final int RQS_ErrorDialog = 1;
 
 private MyPlayerStateChangeListener myPlayerStateChangeListener;
 private MyPlaybackEventListener myPlaybackEventListener;
 
 String log = "";

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        
        youTubePlayerView = (YouTubePlayerView)findViewById(R.id.youtubeplayerview);
        youTubePlayerView.initialize(API_KEY, this);

        textVideoLog = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.videolog);
        
        myPlayerStateChangeListener = new MyPlayerStateChangeListener();
        myPlaybackEventListener = new MyPlaybackEventListener();
        
        btnViewFullScreen = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnviewfullscreen);
        btnViewFullScreen.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    youTubePlayer.setFullscreen(true);
   }});
    }

 @Override
 public void onInitializationFailure(Provider provider,
   YouTubeInitializationResult result) {
  
  if (result.isUserRecoverableError()) {
   result.getErrorDialog(this, RQS_ErrorDialog).show(); 
  } else {
   Toast.makeText(this, 
     "YouTubePlayer.onInitializationFailure(): " + result.toString(), 
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); 
  }
 }

 @Override
 public void onInitializationSuccess(Provider provider, YouTubePlayer player,
   boolean wasRestored) {
  
  youTubePlayer = player;
  
  Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), 
    "YouTubePlayer.onInitializationSuccess()", 
    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
  
  youTubePlayer.setPlayerStateChangeListener(myPlayerStateChangeListener);
  youTubePlayer.setPlaybackEventListener(myPlaybackEventListener);
  
  if (!wasRestored) {
        player.cueVideo(VIDEO_ID);
      }

 }
 
 private final class MyPlayerStateChangeListener implements PlayerStateChangeListener {
  
  private void updateLog(String prompt){
   log +=  "MyPlayerStateChangeListener" + "\n" + 
     prompt + "\n\n=====";
   textVideoLog.setText(log);
  };

  @Override
  public void onAdStarted() {
   updateLog("onAdStarted()");
  }

  @Override
  public void onError(
    com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayer.ErrorReason arg0) {
   updateLog("onError(): " + arg0.toString());
  }

  @Override
  public void onLoaded(String arg0) {
   updateLog("onLoaded(): " + arg0);
  }

  @Override
  public void onLoading() {
   updateLog("onLoading()");
  }

  @Override
  public void onVideoEnded() {
   updateLog("onVideoEnded()");
  }

  @Override
  public void onVideoStarted() {
   updateLog("onVideoStarted()");
  }
  
 }
 
 private final class MyPlaybackEventListener implements PlaybackEventListener {
  
  private void updateLog(String prompt){
   log +=  "MyPlaybackEventListener" + "\n-" + 
     prompt + "\n\n=====";
   textVideoLog.setText(log);
  };

  @Override
  public void onBuffering(boolean arg0) {
   updateLog("onBuffering(): " + String.valueOf(arg0));
  }

  @Override
  public void onPaused() {
   updateLog("onPaused()");
  }

  @Override
  public void onPlaying() {
   updateLog("onPlaying()");
  }

  @Override
  public void onSeekTo(int arg0) {
   updateLog("onSeekTo(): " + String.valueOf(arg0));
  }

  @Override
  public void onStopped() {
   updateLog("onStopped()");
  }
  
 }

}

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