Nexus 4 Camera preview aspect Ratio always requires 16x9 surfaceview? Why

Question

Device Nexus 4 Android ver: 4.2.2

Hoping someone else has found this and can explain how to resolve it....

Nexus 4 supports the following preview sizes: -

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Answer 1

Try setting the size of your surfaceview based on the ratio of the camera parameters that you are using.