No getController()

[dzboot02]

Simply, how to get the controller from the PlayerView, the controller variable is there privately, but no way to access it.

[ojw28]

We could add a getController method if it makes sense to do so, but what's the use case that this would be needed for? Thanks!

[dzboot02]

Because of this:

   @Override
   public void onBackPressed() {

      if (playerView.getControllerView().isVisible()) {
         playerView.hideController();
      } else {
         super.onBackPressed();
      }
   }

Hide the controller when users pressed back button and the controller is visible. There is no way to access this method from the playerView. That's where I needed it, for me, maybe other things for other users.

[ojw28]

That makes sense; thanks! I think we'd prefer to just expose a PlayerView.isControllerVisible method, or similar. Would that work for you?

[dzboot02]

Not for me. When I encountered this problem, I just used ExoPlayer locally, and I changed it as I needed.
I don't know if this would be enough, people may need other things in the future, but you do what you have to do for your excellent library to work flawlessly :)

[ojw28]

I don't think we want to expose the whole controller through PlayerView. We'll add isControllerVisible for now, which should do what you need.