When I use com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.SimpleExoPlayerView with app:use_controller="false"
Controller stay visible all the time.
Tested o r2.0.2
Only workaround is use setUseController(false) but XML layout attribute must be removed too, otherwise setUseController(false) will have no impact and controll will be visible also after call setUseController(false) because of this method has this on the beginning
if (this.useController == useController) {
return;
}