“an error occurred while initializing the youtube player” on Android

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This issues coming in Android 11 and above version, due to Package visibility filtering

For more info : https://developer.android.com/training/package-visibility

Add the below lines of code into your AndroidManifest.xml file

<queries>
   <intent>
      <action android:name="com.google.android.youtube.api.service.START" />
   </intent>
</queries>