Ask HN: Any way to curate YouTube videos for children?

[jdironman]

What I mean by this, are there any apps where I can either whitelist creators / channels or individual videos? Is that possible?

[coolspot]

At least on iOS the only option is "YouTube kids" application which allow you to restrict content to pre-approved by YouTube as kids-friendly.

I believe YouTube Terms of Use prevent anyone from making third-party youtube app on iOS. Android is maybe another story because you can sideload.

[jdironman → coolspot]

Looks like here would be where I should start.

https://developers.google.com/youtube/android/player/

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4654878/how-to-play-yout...

Now, I would just have to see if it is possible to only show certain videos or a range of channels.

[jdironman → coolspot]

If I wanted to develop my own app for android (personal use) what would I need to learn? Java? HTML5?

[coolspot → jdironman]

HTML5 via PhoneGap should be enough.

[jdironman]

Just wanted to update this to say that YouTube for kids has the functionality that I desired. I can only show approved content only when I want to! Thanks everyone.