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ExternalTexture
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ExternalTexture
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Gets the surface texture created for this ExternalTexture.
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It automatically generates the OpenGL ES texture and handles `updateTexImage()`. To utilize it, call `setExternalTexture(String, ExternalTexture)` with a material parameter of type 'samplerExternal'. The constructor `ExternalTexture()` generates a new `SurfaceTexture` and `Surface`. Methods `getSurface()` retrieves the associated `Surface`, while `getSurfaceTexture()` retrieves the `SurfaceTexture`.\n"],null,["# ExternalTexture\n\npublic class **ExternalTexture** \nCreates an Android [SurfaceTexture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture) and [Surface](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Surface) that can be displayed by Sceneform.\nUseful for displaying video, or anything else that can be drawn to a [SurfaceTexture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture).\n\nThe getFilamentEngine OpenGL ES texture is automatically created by Sceneform. Also, [updateTexImage()](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture#updateTexImage()) is automatically called and should not be called manually.\n\nCall [setExternalTexture(String, ExternalTexture)](/sceneform/reference/com/google/ar/sceneform/rendering/Material#setExternalTexture(java.lang.String,%20com.google.ar.sceneform.rendering.ExternalTexture)) to use an ExternalTexture.\nThe material parameter MUST be of type 'samplerExternal'. \n\n### Public Constructors\n\n|---|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| | [ExternalTexture](/sceneform/reference/com/google/ar/sceneform/rendering/ExternalTexture#ExternalTexture())() Creates an ExternalTexture with a new Android [SurfaceTexture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture) and [Surface](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Surface). |\n\n### Public Methods\n\n|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [Surface](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Surface) | [getSurface](/sceneform/reference/com/google/ar/sceneform/rendering/ExternalTexture#getSurface())() Gets the surface created for this ExternalTexture that draws to [getSurfaceTexture()](/sceneform/reference/com/google/ar/sceneform/rendering/ExternalTexture#getSurfaceTexture()) |\n| [SurfaceTexture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture) | [getSurfaceTexture](/sceneform/reference/com/google/ar/sceneform/rendering/ExternalTexture#getSurfaceTexture())() Gets the surface texture created for this ExternalTexture. |\n\n### Inherited Methods\n\nFrom class java.lang.Object \n\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) | clone() |\n| boolean | equals([Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) arg0) |\n| void | finalize() |\n| final [Class](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class)\\\u003c?\\\u003e | getClass() |\n| int | hashCode() |\n| final void | notify() |\n| final void | notifyAll() |\n| [String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String) | toString() |\n| final void | wait(long arg0, int arg1) |\n| final void | wait(long arg0) |\n| final void | wait() |\n\nPublic Constructors\n-------------------\n\n#### public\n**ExternalTexture**\n()\n\nCreates an ExternalTexture with a new Android [SurfaceTexture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture) and [Surface](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Surface).\n\nPublic Methods\n--------------\n\n#### public [Surface](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Surface)\n**getSurface**\n()\n\nGets the surface created for this ExternalTexture that draws to [getSurfaceTexture()](/sceneform/reference/com/google/ar/sceneform/rendering/ExternalTexture#getSurfaceTexture()) \n\n#### public [SurfaceTexture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture)\n**getSurfaceTexture**\n()\n\nGets the surface texture created for this ExternalTexture."]]
