VideoView to match parent height and keep aspect ratio

Question

I have a VideoView which is set up like this:

Answer 1

For the first time a question answered my issue instead of answers!! My issue was that I had a white space under the video on full screen. I was setting the layout_height to match_parent. The solution was to set it to wrap_content and give the parent a black background. That, and having the VideoView centered vertically in its parent.

I wrote this as a comment but then thought someone might have the same issue I had, so here it is as an answer also.