Hi There Has anybody worked on ExoPlayer I am finding black

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Hi There Has anybody worked on ExoPlayer I am finding black background before my video starts and want to remove it Any suggestion how can I achieve it Thanks

Yashovardhan · Answer

Hi so if you want to remove that black background in favour of some thumbnail image you have to use an imageview and hide it when the video starts

Yashovardhan · Answer

But if you want to change the background color you ll have to modify the player s surface view for that

Gonçalo Palaio · Answer

Not sure but it might be the exo shutter view

Deepti M · Answer

Thanks < Yashovardhan> I am already using the imageview for the same and hiding it when receiving the PLAYER READY state But it is still appearing for fraction of second Can I get any callback when player started playing the video

Deepti M · Answer

< Gonçalo Palaio> Yes it is exo shutter view only Just verified by changing its color to RED Tried to set transparent color but it is not allowing I assume Can t I hide or remove it permanently

Gonçalo Palaio · Answer

PlayerView supports a parameter to provide a layout app player layout id I think you can choose not to give it a exo shutter

Gonçalo Palaio · Answer

I m not exactly sure what is the behaviour that you will see the shutter is there so the video surface is not shown before the first frame of the video is loaded Do you really need to hide the shutter Is there something in the player before

Deepti M · Answer

Yes checked some other docs blogs as well I should not remove that shutter Actually I am making the player visible only when I receive the callback of STATE READY As this is the state when player is just about to start playing the video But still I am finding the player is not ready It shows this shutter for fraction of seconds which generates a flicker Do we have any other callback which can help

Gonçalo Palaio · Answer

maybe onRenderedFirstFrame

Deepti M · Answer

Thanks < Gonçalo Palaio> I was struggling with this since long back and was trying with event listeners only You just saved my life slightly smiling face Thanks once again

Deepti M · Answer

< Gonçalo Palaio> Is there any listener for finding the recycler view state when data is rendered or something like that

Gonçalo Palaio · Answer

The layoutmanager of the recyclerview has a onlayoutcompleted event but it s best to search around It might not be reliable what you want