memby/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_player.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- <merge> rather than a FrameLayout root: setContentView already gives us a full-screen
     FrameLayout to merge into, so this saves a redundant level in the view hierarchy. -->
<merge xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <androidx.media3.ui.PlayerView
        android:id="@+id/player_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="#000000"
        app:auto_show="true"
        app:controller_layout_id="@layout/memby_player_controls"
        app:hide_on_touch="true"
        app:keep_content_on_player_reset="true"
        app:resize_mode="fit"
        app:show_buffering="never"
        app:surface_type="surface_view"
        app:use_controller="true" />

    <!-- Above the video, below the loading overlay: a slide that is still starting has
         nothing to say about what comes next. -->
    <include layout="@layout/player_next_up_banner" />

    <!-- App-owned subtitle controls. ExoPlayer supplies tracks and rendering only; this
         overlay deliberately stays in Memby's TV design language. -->
    <include layout="@layout/player_subtitle_overlay" />

    <!-- Cast is metadata-only and never pauses or rebuilds the player. -->
    <include layout="@layout/player_cast_overlay" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/playback_loading"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="#F2050708"
        android:focusable="false"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/playback_loading_logo"
            android:layout_width="82dp"
            android:layout_height="70dp"
            android:contentDescription="@string/playback_loading"
            android:scaleType="fitCenter"
            android:src="@drawable/emby_logo" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/playback_loading_title"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="18dp"
            android:text="@string/playback_loading"
            android:textColor="#FFFFFFFF"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:textStyle="bold" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/playback_loading_hint"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="7dp"
            android:text="@string/playback_loading_hint"
            android:textColor="#FF929AA0"
            android:textSize="14sp" />
    </LinearLayout>

    <!-- One cheap overlay, no second ExoPlayer. The programme prepares underneath it. -->
    <include layout="@layout/player_preroll" />

    <!-- Deliberately outside PlayerView's controller hierarchy: a fatal error must remain
         actionable after Media3 hides its transport controls. -->
    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/playback_error"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="#F2050708"
        android:focusable="false"
        android:visibility="gone">

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="600dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:padding="36dp">

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="72dp"
                android:layout_height="62dp"
                android:contentDescription="@null"
                android:scaleType="fitCenter"
                android:src="@drawable/emby_logo" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/playback_error_title"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:textColor="#FFFFFFFF"
                android:textSize="28sp"
                android:textStyle="bold" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/playback_error_detail"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:lineSpacingExtra="3dp"
                android:textColor="#BFFFFFFF"
                android:textSize="17sp" />

            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="28dp"
                android:orientation="horizontal">

                <Button
                    android:id="@+id/playback_error_retry"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:background="@drawable/next_up_primary_button"
                    android:focusable="true"
                    android:minWidth="0dp"
                    android:paddingStart="28dp"
                    android:paddingTop="10dp"
                    android:paddingEnd="28dp"
                    android:paddingBottom="10dp"
                    android:stateListAnimator="@null"
                    android:text="@string/playback_try_again"
                    android:textAllCaps="false"
                    android:textColor="@color/next_up_button_text"
                    android:textSize="16sp" />

                <Button
                    android:id="@+id/playback_error_exit"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_marginStart="12dp"
                    android:background="@drawable/next_up_secondary_button"
                    android:focusable="true"
                    android:minWidth="0dp"
                    android:paddingStart="28dp"
                    android:paddingTop="10dp"
                    android:paddingEnd="28dp"
                    android:paddingBottom="10dp"
                    android:stateListAnimator="@null"
                    android:text="@string/playback_back_to_memby"
                    android:textAllCaps="false"
                    android:textColor="@color/next_up_button_text"
                    android:textSize="16sp" />
            </LinearLayout>
        </LinearLayout>
    </FrameLayout>

</merge>