diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/activities/MainActivity.kt
index d1f184e9..e46440a1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import android.os.CountDownTimer
 import android.provider.MediaStore
 import android.view.*
 import android.widget.LinearLayout
+import androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintSet
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
 import androidx.core.view.*
 import androidx.transition.*
@@ -325,7 +326,9 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), PhotoProcessor.MediaSavedListener, Camera
             initInPhotoMode = isInPhotoMode,
         )
 
-        mFocusCircleView = FocusCircleView(this)
+        mFocusCircleView = FocusCircleView(this).apply {
+            id = View.generateViewId()
+        }
         view_holder.addView(mFocusCircleView)
 
         setupPreviewImage(true)
@@ -411,20 +414,15 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), PhotoProcessor.MediaSavedListener, Camera
 
     @SuppressLint("ClickableViewAccessibility")
     private fun initModeSwitcher() {
-        val gestureDetector = GestureDetectorCompat(this, object : GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener() {
+        val gestureDetector = GestureDetectorCompat(this, object : GestureDetectorListener() {
             override fun onDown(e: MotionEvent): Boolean {
                 // we have to return true here so ACTION_UP
                 // (and onFling) can be dispatched
                 return true
             }
 
-            override fun onFling(event1: MotionEvent, event2: MotionEvent, velocityX: Float, velocityY: Float): Boolean {
-                // these can be null even if the docs say they cannot, getting event1.x in itself can cause crashes
-                try {
-                    if (event1 == null || event2 == null || event1.x == null || event2.x == null) {
-                        return true
-                    }
-                } catch (e: NullPointerException) {
+            override fun onFling(event1: MotionEvent?, event2: MotionEvent?, velocityX: Float, velocityY: Float): Boolean {
+                if (event1 == null || event2 == null) {
                     return true
                 }
 
@@ -824,6 +822,19 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), PhotoProcessor.MediaSavedListener, Camera
         button.iconTint = ColorStateList(states, iconColors)
     }
 
+    override fun adjustPreviewView(requiresCentering: Boolean) {
+        val constraintSet = ConstraintSet()
+        constraintSet.clone(view_holder)
+        if (requiresCentering) {
+            constraintSet.connect(preview_view.id, ConstraintSet.TOP, top_options.id, ConstraintSet.BOTTOM)
+            constraintSet.connect(preview_view.id, ConstraintSet.BOTTOM, camera_mode_tab.id, ConstraintSet.TOP)
+        } else {
+            constraintSet.connect(preview_view.id, ConstraintSet.TOP, ConstraintSet.PARENT_ID, ConstraintSet.TOP)
+            constraintSet.connect(preview_view.id, ConstraintSet.BOTTOM, ConstraintSet.PARENT_ID, ConstraintSet.BOTTOM)
+        }
+        constraintSet.applyTo(view_holder)
+    }
+
     override fun mediaSaved(path: String) {
         rescanPaths(arrayListOf(path)) {
             setupPreviewImage(true)
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/helpers/GestureDetectorListener.java b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/helpers/GestureDetectorListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..209a9a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/helpers/GestureDetectorListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.simplemobiletools.camera.helpers;
+
+import android.view.GestureDetector;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
+
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+
+public class GestureDetectorListener extends GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener {
+    @Override
+    public boolean onFling(@Nullable MotionEvent e1, @Nullable MotionEvent e2, float velocityX, float velocityY) {
+        return super.onFling(e1, e2, velocityX, velocityY);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreview.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreview.kt
index 0e237a30..b9295223 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreview.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreview.kt
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ class CameraXPreview(
             MySize(selectedQuality.width, selectedQuality.height)
         }
 
+        listener.adjustPreviewView(resolution.requiresCentering())
+
         val isFullSize = resolution.isFullScreen
         previewView.scaleType = if (isFullSize) ScaleType.FILL_CENTER else ScaleType.FIT_CENTER
         val rotation = previewView.display.rotation
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreviewListener.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreviewListener.kt
index 1abcc617..a13f7387 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreviewListener.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreviewListener.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ interface CameraXPreviewListener {
         isFrontCamera: Boolean,
         onSelect: (index: Int, changed: Boolean) -> Unit,
     )
-
     fun showFlashOptions(photoCapture: Boolean)
+    fun adjustPreviewView(requiresCentering: Boolean)
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/models/MySize.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/models/MySize.kt
index 4201aa8d..265bcab7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/models/MySize.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/models/MySize.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ data class MySize(val width: Int, val height: Int, val isFullScreen: Boolean = f
 
     val megaPixels: String = String.format("%.1f", (width * height.toFloat()) / ONE_MEGA_PIXEL)
 
+    fun requiresCentering(): Boolean {
+        return !isFullScreen && (isFourToThree() || isThreeToTwo() || isSquare())
+    }
+
     fun isSixteenToNine() = ratio == 16 / 9f
 
     private fun isFiveToThree() = ratio == 5 / 3f
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml
index 5d38d5a2..c0275935 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
     <androidx.camera.view.PreviewView
         android:id="@+id/preview_view"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="match_parent" />
+        android:layout_height="0dp"
+        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
 
     <View
         android:id="@+id/shutter_animation"