VideoPlayerInsideRecyclerView

Integrate RecyclerView with ExoPlayer — The clean way — and customization this is the implementation of that article meduim article

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for smooth scrolling and avoiding players overlaps use TextureView nested of SurfaceView

Note, TextureView can only be used in a hardware accelerated window. When rendered in software, TextureView will draw nothing. so after set surface type

<com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.PlayerView android:id="@+id/player_view"
 app:surface_type="texture_view"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

you need to make sure that hardware acceleration is enabled, go to manifest file and ad this line

• At application level: <application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" ...>

implement onViewRecycled inside your adapter then call player.release to release player when item is recycled

override fun onViewRecycled(holder: RecyclerView.ViewHolder) {
    val position = holder.adapterPosition
        releaseRecycledPlayers(position)
    super.onViewRecycled(holder)
}

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