SurfaceView を足そうとすると画面が点滅する ref: http://qiita.com/hkurokawa/items/e80f6525005b81bb5636

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <!-- Somehow, if you add a SurfaceView in advance, the screen does not blink. -->
    <SurfaceView
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"/>

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:onClick="onBtnClick"
        android:text="Add SurfaceView" />

    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/content"
        android:layout_below="@id/btn"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    </FrameLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.hkurokawa.myapplication;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    ViewGroup content;
    View dummy;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        content = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.content);
        dummy = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.view_dummy, content, false);
    }

    public void onBtnClick(View view) {
        content.removeAllViews();
        content.addView(dummy);
    }
}

view_dummy.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SurfaceView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:visibility="gone"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/