diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java
index a5a1587df1..07637e20f4 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public final class ExoPlayerView extends FrameLayout implements AdViewProvider {
 
     private boolean hideShutterView = false;
 
-    public ExoPlayerView(Context context, @ViewType.ViewType int viewType) {
+    public ExoPlayerView(Context context) {
         super(context, null, 0);
 
         this.context = context;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public ExoPlayerView(Context context, @ViewType.ViewType int viewType) {
         subtitleLayout.setUserDefaultStyle();
         subtitleLayout.setUserDefaultTextSize();
 
-        updateSurfaceView(viewType);
+        updateSurfaceView(ViewType.VIEW_TYPE_SURFACE);
 
         adOverlayFrameLayout = new FrameLayout(context);
 
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
index e983292748..12841493cb 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ private void createViews() {
         LayoutParams layoutParams = new LayoutParams(
                 LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                 LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
-        exoPlayerView = new ExoPlayerView(getContext(), source.getViewType());
+        exoPlayerView = new ExoPlayerView(getContext());
         exoPlayerView.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
         addView(exoPlayerView, 0, layoutParams);