diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java
index 41036a71..db56f656 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package com.brentvatne.exoplayer;
 
 import android.content.Context;
-
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;
 import androidx.media3.common.AdViewProvider;
 import androidx.media3.common.C;
+import androidx.media3.common.PlaybackException;
+import androidx.media3.common.PlaybackParameters;
 import androidx.media3.common.Player;
+import androidx.media3.common.Timeline;
 import androidx.media3.common.Tracks;
 import androidx.media3.common.VideoSize;
 import androidx.media3.common.text.Cue;
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ public final class ExoPlayerView extends FrameLayout implements AdViewProvider {
     private final AspectRatioFrameLayout layout;
     private final ComponentListener componentListener;
     private ExoPlayer player;
-    final private Context context;
-    final private ViewGroup.LayoutParams layoutParams;
+    private Context context;
+    private ViewGroup.LayoutParams layoutParams;
     private final FrameLayout adOverlayFrameLayout;
 
     private boolean useTextureView = true;
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ public final class ExoPlayerView extends FrameLayout implements AdViewProvider {
     }
 
     public void setSubtitleStyle(SubtitleStyle style) {
-        // ensure we reset subtitle style before reapplying it
+        // ensure we reset subtile style before reapplying it
         subtitleLayout.setUserDefaultStyle();
         subtitleLayout.setUserDefaultTextSize();
 
@@ -210,6 +211,16 @@ public final class ExoPlayerView extends FrameLayout implements AdViewProvider {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the view onto which video is rendered. This is either a {@link SurfaceView} (default)
+     * or a {@link TextureView} if the {@code use_texture_view} view attribute has been set to true.
+     *
+     * @return either a {@link SurfaceView} or a {@link TextureView}.
+     */
+    public View getVideoSurfaceView() {
+        return surfaceView;
+    }
+
     public void setUseTextureView(boolean useTextureView) {
         if (useTextureView != this.useTextureView) {
             this.useTextureView = useTextureView;
@@ -252,24 +263,15 @@ public final class ExoPlayerView extends FrameLayout implements AdViewProvider {
         shutterView.setVisibility(this.hideShutterView ? View.INVISIBLE : View.VISIBLE);
     }
 
-    Runnable hideShutterViewRunnable = new Runnable() {
-        @Override
-        public void run() {
-            shutterView.setVisibility(INVISIBLE);
-        }
-    };
-
     public void invalidateAspectRatio() {
         // Resetting aspect ratio will force layout refresh on next video size changed
         layout.invalidateAspectRatio();
-
-        removeCallbacks(hideShutterViewRunnable);
     }
 
     private final class ComponentListener implements Player.Listener {
 
         @Override
-        public void onCues(@NonNull List<Cue> cues) {
+        public void onCues(List<Cue> cues) {
             subtitleLayout.setCues(cues);
         }
 
@@ -286,16 +288,11 @@ public final class ExoPlayerView extends FrameLayout implements AdViewProvider {
 
         @Override
         public void onRenderedFirstFrame() {
-            // The shutter view is use to hide dirty resizing issue when starting playback.
-            // In case video doesn't match your View aspect ratio, at playback startup you may have flickering during resize.
-            // we saw that onRenderedFirstFrame is called before first resizing
-            // Then hiding the shutterView directly may not hide the flickering.
-            // This small delay avoid the flickering
-            postDelayed(hideShutterViewRunnable, 15);
+            shutterView.setVisibility(INVISIBLE);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void onTracksChanged(@NonNull Tracks tracks) {
+        public void onTracksChanged(Tracks tracks) {
             updateForCurrentTrackSelections();
         }
     }