How do I make the Exoplayer controls always visible?

Question

A few seconds after the ExoPlayer starts playing, the controls stop showing and a black background appears. How do I make sure that the controls are always visible?

Answer 1

Set show_timeout attribute to 0

Answer 2

You can do it programmatically using these,

    PlayerView.setControllerShowTimeoutMs(0);
    PlayerView.setControllerHideOnTouch(false);