diff --git a/app/fragments/utils/ScannerFragment.tsx b/app/fragments/utils/ScannerFragment.tsx
index ed863d9c0..b5456be98 100644
--- a/app/fragments/utils/ScannerFragment.tsx
+++ b/app/fragments/utils/ScannerFragment.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
 import { Text, View, StyleSheet, Pressable, Platform, Linking, Alert, Image } from 'react-native';
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 import * as Application from 'expo-application';
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { BarCodeScanner, BarCodeScannerResult } from 'expo-barcode-scanner';
 import { Camera, FlashMode } from 'expo-camera';
 import { useTheme } from '../../engine/hooks';
 import { Typography } from '../../components/styles';
+import { useCameraAspectRatio } from '../../utils/useCameraAspectRatio';
 
 import FlashOn from '../../../assets/ic-flash-on.svg';
 import FlashOff from '../../../assets/ic-flash-off.svg';
@@ -38,6 +39,21 @@ export const ScannerFragment = systemFragment(() => {
     const [isActive, setActive] = useState(true);
     const [flashOn, setFlashOn] = useState(false);
 
+    const cameraRef = useRef<Camera>(null);
+
+    // Screen Ratio and image padding for Android
+    // The issue arises from the discrepancy between the camera preview's aspect ratio and the screen's aspect ratio. 
+    // Possible causes: 
+    // 1. Different camera manufacturers support different aspect ratios. 
+    // 2. Different phone manufacturers design screens with varying aspect ratios.
+    const { ratio, imagePadding, prepareRatio } = useCameraAspectRatio();
+
+    const onCameraReady = useCallback(() => {
+        if (!!cameraRef.current) {
+            prepareRatio(cameraRef.current);
+        }
+    }, []);
+
     const onReadFromMedia = useCallback(async () => {
         try {
             const { status } = await RNImagePicker.requestMediaLibraryPermissionsAsync()
@@ -163,9 +179,15 @@ export const ScannerFragment = systemFragment(() => {
 
             <View style={{ position: 'absolute', top: 0, left: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0 }}>
                 <Camera
+                    ref={cameraRef}
                     onBarCodeScanned={!isActive ? undefined : onScanned}
-                    style={StyleSheet.absoluteFill}
+                    style={[
+                        StyleSheet.absoluteFill,
+                        Platform.select({ android: { marginTop: imagePadding, marginBottom: imagePadding } })
+                    ]}
                     flashMode={flashOn ? FlashMode.torch : FlashMode.off}
+                    onCameraReady={onCameraReady}
+                    ratio={ratio}
                 />
             </View>
 
@@ -191,12 +213,17 @@ export const ScannerFragment = systemFragment(() => {
                 </Text>
             </View>
             <View style={{ flexGrow: 1 }} />
-            <View style={{
-                flexDirection: 'row',
-                justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center',
-                paddingHorizontal: 16,
-                marginBottom: safeArea.bottom === 0 ? 24 : safeArea.bottom + 24
-            }}>
+            <View style={[
+                {
+                    flexDirection: 'row',
+                    justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center',
+                    paddingHorizontal: 16
+                },
+                Platform.select({
+                    android: { marginBottom: imagePadding + 16 },
+                    ios: { marginBottom: safeArea.bottom === 0 ? 24 : safeArea.bottom + 24 },
+                }),
+            ]}>
                 <Pressable style={(props) => {
                     return {
                         opacity: props.pressed ? 0.5 : 1,
@@ -233,7 +260,13 @@ export const ScannerFragment = systemFragment(() => {
                 </Pressable>
             </View>
             <ScreenHeader
-                style={{ position: 'absolute', top: Platform.OS === 'android' ? 32 : 0, left: 0, right: 0 }}
+                style={[
+                    { position: 'absolute', left: 0, right: 0 },
+                    Platform.select({
+                        android: { top: imagePadding },
+                        ios: { top: 0 },
+                    })
+                ]}
                 onClosePressed={() => {
                     setActive(false);
                     setTimeout(() => {
diff --git a/app/utils/useCameraAspectRatio.ts b/app/utils/useCameraAspectRatio.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaaf1b42a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utils/useCameraAspectRatio.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { Camera } from "expo-camera";
+import { useState } from "react";
+import { Dimensions, Platform } from "react-native";
+
+export function useCameraAspectRatio() {
+    // Screen Ratio and image padding for Android
+    const [previewSettings, setPreviewSettings] = useState<{
+        imagePadding: number;
+        ratio: string | undefined;
+    }>({ imagePadding: 0, ratio: undefined });
+    const { height, width } = Dimensions.get('window');
+    const screenRatio = height / width;
+
+    // set the camera ratio and padding (portrait mode)
+    const prepareRatio = async (camera: Camera) => {
+        let desiredRatio = '4:3';  // Start with the system default
+        // This issue only affects Android
+        if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
+            const ratios = await camera.getSupportedRatiosAsync();
+
+            // Calculate the width/height of each of the supported camera ratios
+            // These width/height are measured in landscape mode
+            // find the ratio that is closest to the screen ratio without going over
+            let distances: { [key: string]: number } = {};
+            let realRatios: { [key: string]: number } = {};
+            let minDistance: string | null = null;
+            for (const ratio of (ratios ?? [])) {
+                const parts = ratio.split(':');
+                const realRatio = parseInt(parts[0]) / parseInt(parts[1]);
+                realRatios[ratio] = realRatio;
+                // ratio can't be taller than screen, so we don't want an abs()
+                const distance = screenRatio - realRatio;
+                distances[ratio] = distance;
+                if (minDistance == null) {
+                    minDistance = ratio;
+                } else {
+                    if (distance >= 0 && distance < distances[minDistance]) {
+                        minDistance = ratio;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // set the best match
+            desiredRatio = minDistance ?? '4:3';
+            //  calculate the diff between the camera width and the screen height
+            const remainder = Math.floor(
+                (height - realRatios[desiredRatio] * width) / 2
+            );
+            // set padding and ratio
+            setPreviewSettings({ imagePadding: remainder, ratio: desiredRatio });
+        }
+    };
+
+    return { ratio: previewSettings.ratio, imagePadding: previewSettings.imagePadding, prepareRatio };
+}
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