How can I force a video played in a UIWebView to be full screen on an iPad?

Question

I'm playing a YouTube video using a UIWebView, like so:

self.webView.mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction = NO;
self.webView.allowsInlineMediaPlayback = NO;
[self.webView loadHTMLString:videoEmbedCode baseURL:nil];

I want to force the video to play in full screen without the user tapping the button at the bottom right. This works fine on an iPhone (tap the player to play and it automatically enters full screen), but doesn't work on an iPad (the normal inline player is shown).

I assumed that setting allowsInlineMediaPlayback to NO would do the trick, but apparently not.

Is there a way to force HTML5 videos to play in full screen on an iPad?

Bhupendra Bhupendra · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-25T19:23:50

If you are trying to play a youtube video in fullscreen directly, then Use a webview of size fullScreen and then handle its rotation accordingly and change the player size of Rotation too. If you need more help then i can help you with the code too for how to change the player size on rotation too.

How can I force a video played in a UIWebView to be full screen on an iPad?

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