You can use void setPlayWhenReady(boolean playWhenReady). If Exo is ready, passing false will pause the player. Passing true will resume it. You can check the player’s state using getPlaybackState().
ExoPlayer-r2.2.0 used videoView.hideController(); videoView.setControllerVisibilityListener(new PlaybackControlView.VisibilityListener() { @Override public void onVisibilityChange(int visibility) { if(visibility == View.VISIBLE) { videoView.hideController(); } } }); or app:use_controller=”false” in Layout <… xmlns:app=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto” …> <com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.SimpleExoPlayerView android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”match_parent” app:use_controller=”false”/>
If using java or react-native then paste this inside app/build.gradle dependencies { // … implementation ‘androidx.work:work-runtime:2.7.1’ } If using Kotlin then use this dependencies { // … implementation ‘androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.7.0’ } and if anybody still facing the crash issue for android 12 then make sure you add following in AndroidMenifest.xml <activity … android:exported=”true” // in most … Read more