diff --git a/cameraview/src/main/res/layout/surface_view.xml b/cameraview/src/main/res/layout/surface_view.xml
index 5c0c9dda..e5cdb74f 100644
--- a/cameraview/src/main/res/layout/surface_view.xml
+++ b/cameraview/src/main/res/layout/surface_view.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<merge xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+<!-- This FL could be removed, I added to test if we could implement
+     proper cropping with SurfaceView. I was not easily able to. -->
+<FrameLayout
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:id="@+id/surface_view_root"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:layout_gravity="center"
+    android:gravity="center">
 
-    <!-- This FL could be removed, I added to test if we could implement
-         proper cropping with SurfaceView. I was not easily able to. -->
-    <FrameLayout
-        android:id="@+id/surface_view_root"
+    <SurfaceView
+        android:id="@+id/surface_view"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="match_parent"
-        android:layout_gravity="center"
-        android:gravity="center">
+        android:layout_height="match_parent" />
 
-        <SurfaceView
-            android:id="@+id/surface_view"
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="match_parent" />
-
-    </FrameLayout>
-</merge>
+</FrameLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cameraview/src/main/res/layout/texture_view.xml b/cameraview/src/main/res/layout/texture_view.xml
index c4f6b0f1..a5c15ff2 100644
--- a/cameraview/src/main/res/layout/texture_view.xml
+++ b/cameraview/src/main/res/layout/texture_view.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<merge xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
-
-    <TextureView
-        android:id="@+id/texture_view"
-        android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="match_parent"
-        android:gravity="center"
-        android:layout_gravity="center" />
-
-</merge>
+<TextureView
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:id="@+id/texture_view"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:gravity="center"
+    android:layout_gravity="center" />
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cameraview/src/main/views/com/otaliastudios/cameraview/SurfaceCameraPreview.java b/cameraview/src/main/views/com/otaliastudios/cameraview/SurfaceCameraPreview.java
index ebbb05df..0abc3cdd 100644
--- a/cameraview/src/main/views/com/otaliastudios/cameraview/SurfaceCameraPreview.java
+++ b/cameraview/src/main/views/com/otaliastudios/cameraview/SurfaceCameraPreview.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.otaliastudios.cameraview;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.Surface;
 import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
 import android.view.SurfaceView;
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ class SurfaceCameraPreview extends CameraPreview<View, SurfaceHolder> {
     @NonNull
     @Override
     protected View onCreateView(Context context, ViewGroup parent) {
-        final View root = View.inflate(context, R.layout.surface_view, parent); // MATCH_PARENT
+        View root = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.surface_view, parent, false);
+        parent.addView(root, 0);
         mSurfaceView = root.findViewById(R.id.surface_view);
         final SurfaceHolder holder = mSurfaceView.getHolder();
         holder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
diff --git a/cameraview/src/main/views/com/otaliastudios/cameraview/TextureCameraPreview.java b/cameraview/src/main/views/com/otaliastudios/cameraview/TextureCameraPreview.java
index 0e75b2c0..e2d34056 100644
--- a/cameraview/src/main/views/com/otaliastudios/cameraview/TextureCameraPreview.java
+++ b/cameraview/src/main/views/com/otaliastudios/cameraview/TextureCameraPreview.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.SurfaceTexture;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.Surface;
 import android.view.TextureView;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ class TextureCameraPreview extends CameraPreview<TextureView, SurfaceTexture> {
     @NonNull
     @Override
     protected TextureView onCreateView(Context context, ViewGroup parent) {
-        final View root = View.inflate(context, R.layout.texture_view, parent); // MATCH_PARENT
+        View root = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.texture_view, parent, false);
+        parent.addView(root, 0);
         TextureView texture = root.findViewById(R.id.texture_view);
         texture.setSurfaceTextureListener(new TextureView.SurfaceTextureListener() {