EXOPlayer's surface view

  /**

   * Sets the {@link SurfaceView} onto which video will be rendered. The player will track the

   * lifecycle of the surface automatically.

   *

   * @param surfaceView The surface view.

   */

  public void setVideoSurfaceView(SurfaceView surfaceView) {

    setVideoSurfaceHolder(surfaceView.getHolder());

  }

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodec.html#setOutputSurface(android.view.Surface)

 // Create a surface view and insert it into the content frame, if there is one.

    if (contentFrame != null && surfaceType != SURFACE_TYPE_NONE) {

      ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(

          ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);

      surfaceView = surfaceType == SURFACE_TYPE_TEXTURE_VIEW ? new TextureView(context)

          : new SurfaceView(context);

      surfaceView.setLayoutParams(params);

      contentFrame.addView(surfaceView, 0);

    } else {

      surfaceView = null;

    }