YouTube Android API: YouTubePlayerFragment loading spinner -

i using android youtube api samples create chromeless youtube player in app. having issue buffering / loading progress bar carries on displaying on video after has loaded , started playing. can reproduce in fragmentdemoactivity sample couple of small modifications:

public class fragmentdemoactivity extends appcompatactivity implements youtubeplayer.oninitializedlistener {      @override     public void oncreate(bundle savedinstancestate) {         super.oncreate(savedinstancestate);          setcontentview(r.layout.fragments_demo);          youtubeplayerfragment youtubeplayerfragment =             (youtubeplayerfragment) getfragmentmanager().findfragmentbyid(r.id.youtube_fragment);         youtubeplayerfragment.initialize(developerkey.developer_key, this);     }      @override     public void oninitializationsuccess(youtubeplayer.provider provider, youtubeplayer player,           boolean wasrestored) {         if (!wasrestored) {             player.setplayerstyle(youtubeplayer.playerstyle.chromeless);             player.loadvideo("ncgqdjiotg0", 10);         }     }      @override     public void oninitializationfailure(youtubeplayer.provider provider, youtubeinitializationresult youtubeinitializationresult) {}  } 

i have changed fragmentdemoactivity inherit appcompatactivity instead of youtubefailurerecoveryactivity, documentation says fine do. have changed player style chromeless in oninitializationsuccess. finally, have changed cuevideo loadvideo, trigger auto play.

this happens on multiple devices including nexus 5x. using library version 1.2.2. no error triggered in oninitializationfailure.

the video starts playing after buffering. player chromeless. buffering spinner never disappears. bug, or doing not allowed do?

i encountered too, looks bug. here how managed work around it.

in oninitializationsuccess, set playbackeventlistener on player. override onbuffering , this:

viewgroup ytview = (viewgroup)ytplayerfragment.getview(); progressbar progressbar; try {     // of 2016-02-16, progressbar @ position 0 -> 3 -> 2 in view tree of youtube player fragment     viewgroup child1 = (viewgroup)ytview.getchildat(0);     viewgroup child2 = (viewgroup)child1.getchildat(3);     progressbar = (progressbar)child2.getchildat(2); } catch (throwable t) {     // position may change, fallback looking     progressbar = findprogressbar(ytview);     // todo recommend reporting problem can update code in try branch: direct access more efficient searching }  int visibility = isbuffering ? view.visible : view.invisible; if (progressbar != null) {     progressbar.setvisibility(visibility);     // note store progressbar instance somewhere here, , use later instead of accessing again. } 

the findprogressbar method, used fallback in case youtube code changes:

private progressbar findprogressbar(view view) {     if (view instanceof progressbar) {         return (progressbar)view;     } else if (view instanceof viewgroup) {         viewgroup viewgroup = (viewgroup)view;         (int = 0; < viewgroup.getchildcount(); i++) {             progressbar res = findprogressbar(viewgroup.getchildat(i));             if (res != null) return res;         }     }     return null; } 

this solution works fine me, enabling progressbar when player buffering , disabling when it's not.

edit: if using solution discovers bug has been fixed or position of progressbar has changed, please share can edit answer, thanks!