diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/keyagreement/ShowQrCodeFragment.java b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/keyagreement/ShowQrCodeFragment.java
index c648a0b739a0b7abb0f4129c51c64c4db9fcdaa2..459109c1b45b57099679a507cb3c603040bf2e49 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/keyagreement/ShowQrCodeFragment.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/keyagreement/ShowQrCodeFragment.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.animation.AlphaAnimation;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
+import android.widget.LinearLayout;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import android.widget.Toast;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ import static android.content.pm.ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_NOSENSOR;
 import static android.view.View.INVISIBLE;
 import static android.view.View.VISIBLE;
 import static android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
+import static android.widget.LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL;
 import static android.widget.Toast.LENGTH_LONG;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
@@ -133,20 +135,29 @@ public class ShowQrCodeFragment extends BaseEventFragment
 		ImageView fullscreenButton = view.findViewById(R.id.fullscreen_button);
 		fullscreenButton.setOnClickListener(v -> {
 			View qrCodeContainer = view.findViewById(R.id.qr_code_container);
+			LinearLayout cameraOverlay = view.findViewById(R.id.camera_overlay);
+			LayoutParams statusParams, qrCodeParams;
 			if (fullscreen) {
-				// Shrink the QR code container
-				qrCodeContainer.setLayoutParams(
-						new LayoutParams(MATCH_PARENT, 0, 1f));
+				// Shrink the QR code container to fill half its parent
+				if (cameraOverlay.getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
+					statusParams = new LayoutParams(0, MATCH_PARENT, 1f);
+					qrCodeParams = new LayoutParams(0, MATCH_PARENT, 1f);
+				} else {
+					statusParams = new LayoutParams(MATCH_PARENT, 0, 1f);
+					qrCodeParams = new LayoutParams(MATCH_PARENT, 0, 1f);
+				}
 				fullscreenButton.setBackgroundResource(
 						R.drawable.ic_fullscreen_black_48dp);
 			} else {
-				// Grow the QR code container
-				qrCodeContainer.setLayoutParams(
-						new LayoutParams(MATCH_PARENT, MATCH_PARENT, 1f));
+				// Grow the QR code container to fill its parent
+				statusParams = new LayoutParams(0, 0, 0f);
+				qrCodeParams = new LayoutParams(MATCH_PARENT, MATCH_PARENT, 1f);
 				fullscreenButton.setBackgroundResource(
 						R.drawable.ic_fullscreen_exit_black_48dp);
 			}
-			view.findViewById(R.id.camera_overlay).invalidate();
+			statusView.setLayoutParams(statusParams);
+			qrCodeContainer.setLayoutParams(qrCodeParams);
+			cameraOverlay.invalidate();
 			fullscreen = !fullscreen;
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/res/layout-land/fragment_keyagreement_qr.xml b/briar-android/src/main/res/layout-land/fragment_keyagreement_qr.xml
index c811b58c8b92d9fcfacc98db4157296bdf4a79b2..ba6b4421ea32ea683fc990f226dfb3b206d40167 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/res/layout-land/fragment_keyagreement_qr.xml
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/res/layout-land/fragment_keyagreement_qr.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 		android:layout_width="match_parent"
 		android:layout_height="match_parent"
 		android:orientation="horizontal"
-		android:weightSum="2"
 		android:baselineAligned="false">
 
 		<LinearLayout
diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/fragment_keyagreement_qr.xml b/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/fragment_keyagreement_qr.xml
index 456ffbca129364bf3ea4ed00ae92f3bc6b4852a5..dedb8dde937fa7882ed2c3621e2e1e07b9a2690a 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/fragment_keyagreement_qr.xml
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/fragment_keyagreement_qr.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 		android:layout_width="match_parent"
 		android:layout_height="match_parent"
 		android:orientation="vertical"
-		android:weightSum="2"
 		android:baselineAligned="false">
 
 		<LinearLayout