diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
index f6eef2448119..4db06eae6901 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:video_player/video_player.dart';
 import 'package:video_player_platform_interface/video_player_platform_interface.dart';
 
+// TODO(FirentisTFW): Remove the ignore and rename parameters when adding support for platform views.
+// ignore_for_file: avoid_renaming_method_parameters
+
 const String _localhost = 'https://127.0.0.1';
 final Uri _localhostUri = Uri.parse(_localhost);
 
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/android_video_player.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/android_video_player.dart
index 45665631d932..42b509729f94 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/android_video_player.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/android_video_player.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import 'package:video_player_platform_interface/video_player_platform_interface.
 
 import 'messages.g.dart';
 
+// TODO(FirentisTFW): Remove the ignore and rename parameters when adding support for platform views.
+// ignore_for_file: avoid_renaming_method_parameters
+
 /// An Android implementation of [VideoPlayerPlatform] that uses the
 /// Pigeon-generated [VideoPlayerApi].
 class AndroidVideoPlayer extends VideoPlayerPlatform {
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_video_player.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_video_player.dart
index ace8f749a6b1..584d47307310 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_video_player.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_video_player.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import 'package:video_player_platform_interface/video_player_platform_interface.
 
 import 'messages.g.dart';
 
+// TODO(FirentisTFW): Remove the ignore and rename parameters when adding support for platform views.
+// ignore_for_file: avoid_renaming_method_parameters
+
 /// An iOS implementation of [VideoPlayerPlatform] that uses the
 /// Pigeon-generated [VideoPlayerApi].
 class AVFoundationVideoPlayer extends VideoPlayerPlatform {
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c1e70fec40a..5e8f06df2678 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-## NEXT
+## 6.3.0
 
+* Adds support for platform views as an optional way of displaying a video.
 * Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.22/Dart 3.4.
 
 ## 6.2.3
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart
index d169c5f16d45..13c9cf55aa7e 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart
@@ -44,67 +44,81 @@ abstract class VideoPlayerPlatform extends PlatformInterface {
   }
 
   /// Clears one video.
-  Future<void> dispose(int textureId) {
+  Future<void> dispose(int playerId) {
     throw UnimplementedError('dispose() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
-  /// Creates an instance of a video player and returns its textureId.
+  /// Creates an instance of a video player and returns its playerId.
+  @Deprecated('Use createWithOptions() instead.')
   Future<int?> create(DataSource dataSource) {
     throw UnimplementedError('create() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
+  /// Creates an instance of a video player based on creation options
+  /// and returns its playerId.
+  Future<int?> createWithOptions(VideoCreationOptions options) {
+    return create(options.dataSource);
+  }
+
   /// Returns a Stream of [VideoEventType]s.
-  Stream<VideoEvent> videoEventsFor(int textureId) {
+  Stream<VideoEvent> videoEventsFor(int playerId) {
     throw UnimplementedError('videoEventsFor() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
   /// Sets the looping attribute of the video.
-  Future<void> setLooping(int textureId, bool looping) {
+  Future<void> setLooping(int playerId, bool looping) {
     throw UnimplementedError('setLooping() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
   /// Starts the video playback.
-  Future<void> play(int textureId) {
+  Future<void> play(int playerId) {
     throw UnimplementedError('play() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
   /// Stops the video playback.
-  Future<void> pause(int textureId) {
+  Future<void> pause(int playerId) {
     throw UnimplementedError('pause() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
   /// Sets the volume to a range between 0.0 and 1.0.
-  Future<void> setVolume(int textureId, double volume) {
+  Future<void> setVolume(int playerId, double volume) {
     throw UnimplementedError('setVolume() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
   /// Sets the video position to a [Duration] from the start.
-  Future<void> seekTo(int textureId, Duration position) {
+  Future<void> seekTo(int playerId, Duration position) {
     throw UnimplementedError('seekTo() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
   /// Sets the playback speed to a [speed] value indicating the playback rate.
-  Future<void> setPlaybackSpeed(int textureId, double speed) {
+  Future<void> setPlaybackSpeed(int playerId, double speed) {
     throw UnimplementedError('setPlaybackSpeed() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
   /// Gets the video position as [Duration] from the start.
-  Future<Duration> getPosition(int textureId) {
+  Future<Duration> getPosition(int playerId) {
     throw UnimplementedError('getPosition() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
-  /// Returns a widget displaying the video with a given textureID.
-  Widget buildView(int textureId) {
+  /// Returns a widget displaying the video with a given playerId.
+  @Deprecated('Use buildViewWithOptions() instead.')
+  Widget buildView(int playerId) {
     throw UnimplementedError('buildView() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
-  /// Sets the audio mode to mix with other sources
+  /// Returns a widget displaying the video based on given options.
+  Widget buildViewWithOptions(VideoViewOptions options) {
+    // Default implementation for backwards compatibility.
+    return buildView(options.playerId);
+  }
+
+  /// Sets the audio mode to mix with other sources.
   Future<void> setMixWithOthers(bool mixWithOthers) {
     throw UnimplementedError('setMixWithOthers() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
-  /// Sets additional options on web
-  Future<void> setWebOptions(int textureId, VideoPlayerWebOptions options) {
+  /// Sets additional options on web.
+  Future<void> setWebOptions(int playerId, VideoPlayerWebOptions options) {
     throw UnimplementedError('setWebOptions() has not been implemented.');
   }
 }
@@ -198,6 +212,15 @@ enum VideoFormat {
   other,
 }
 
+/// The type of video view to be used.
+enum VideoViewType {
+  /// Texture will be used to render video.
+  textureView,
+
+  /// Platform view will be used to render video.
+  platformView,
+}
+
 /// Event emitted from the platform implementation.
 @immutable
 class VideoEvent {
@@ -476,3 +499,31 @@ class VideoPlayerWebOptionsControls {
     return controlsList.join(' ');
   }
 }
+
+/// [VideoViewOptions] contains configuration options for a video view.
+@immutable
+class VideoViewOptions {
+  /// Constructs an instance of [VideoViewOptions].
+  const VideoViewOptions({
+    required this.playerId,
+  });
+
+  /// The identifier of the video player.
+  final int playerId;
+}
+
+/// [VideoCreationOptions] contains creation options for a video player.
+@immutable
+class VideoCreationOptions {
+  /// Constructs an instance of [VideoCreationOptions].
+  const VideoCreationOptions({
+    required this.dataSource,
+    required this.viewType,
+  });
+
+  /// The data source used to create the player.
+  final DataSource dataSource;
+
+  /// The type of view to be used for displaying the video player
+  final VideoViewType viewType;
+}
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
index 6a0f1e65c210..66b12850703a 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
 # NOTE: We strongly prefer non-breaking changes, even at the expense of a
 # less-clean API. See https://flutter.dev/go/platform-interface-breaking-changes
-version: 6.2.3
+version: 6.3.0
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.4.0
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_web/lib/video_player_web.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_web/lib/video_player_web.dart
index 8f5c0265e965..45a7285bb56b 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_web/lib/video_player_web.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_web/lib/video_player_web.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import 'package:web/web.dart' as web;
 
 import 'src/video_player.dart';
 
+// TODO(FirentisTFW): Remove the ignore and rename parameters when adding support for platform views.
+// ignore_for_file: avoid_renaming_method_parameters
+
 /// The web implementation of [VideoPlayerPlatform].
 ///
 /// This class implements the `package:video_player` functionality for the web.