[BUG]: Android viewType={TEXTURE} is ignored — updateSurfaceView is a TODO stub (v6.16.1–v6.19.2)

[kOOnzTe]

Version

6.19.2 (also reproducible on 6.18.0 and all v6.16.1+ releases)

Platforms

• Android

What happened?

On Android v6, the viewType prop is wired through the native bridge (ReactExoplayerViewManager → ReactExoplayerView.setViewType → ExoPlayerView.updateSurfaceView), but updateSurfaceView() is a no-op TODO stub:

fun updateSurfaceView(viewType: Int) {
    // TODO: Implement proper surface type switching if needed
}

As a result, viewType="texture" / viewType={ViewType.TEXTURE} is ignored on Android. Video continues to render on the default SurfaceView, which does not respect parent borderRadius / overflow: hidden clipping.

Expected: Setting viewType to TextureView should swap the internal surface so video clips correctly inside rounded preview cards and does not bleed into neighboring list cells (e.g. FlashList inline autoplay feeds).

Actual: No surface swap occurs; rounded corners and overflow clipping do not work for video content.

Regression context

• Surface switching worked in v6.15.0 and earlier via a custom ExoPlayerView implementation.
• The media3 PlayerView migration (feat(android): replace custom VideoView with media3 PlayerView #4581) broke surface switching.
• fix(android)/aspect-ratio #4594 removed the partial hybrid implementation and left the TODO stub.
• v7 fixed this with a new surfaceType prop and VideoView.kt layout recreation (feat(android): add surface type prop #4719), but the v6 maintenance branch still has the stub.

Reproduction

1. Use react-native-video 6.19.2 on Android.
2. Render a <Video viewType="texture" ... /> inside a container with borderRadius and overflow: 'hidden'.
3. Play video content.
4. Observe that video corners are not clipped and video can bleed outside the rounded bounds.
5. (Optional) Place multiple inline autoplay videos in a FlashList — neighboring cells may show video bleed.

Proposed fix

Implement ExoPlayerView.updateSurfaceView() to swap TextureView / SurfaceView inside the media3 PlayerView content frame, clear/reattach the ExoPlayer surface, and sync the internal PlayerView.surfaceView field.

I have a working implementation ready in a PR targeting support/6.x.x.