# Ability to disable side-by-side/gallery view

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-disable-side-by-side-gallery-view/5725>\
**Category:** Android\
**Created:** [August 29, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-disable-side-by-side-gallery-view/5725 "2019-08-29T19:39:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![moe.hamoud.cdx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@moe.hamoud.cdx](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/moe.hamoud.cdx)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-disable-side-by-side-gallery-view/5725/1 "2019-08-29T19:39:52Z")

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**Description**  
How do we disable the side-by-side view thats available when the user swipes to the left? This view displays both the hosts video and the user’s video.

**Which version?**  
zoom-sdk-android-4.4.55130.0712

**To Reproduce(If applicable)**  
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Start a zoom call.
2. Once connected, swipe to the left to access side-by-side view.

**Smartphone (please complete the following information):**

- Device: Acer A30/A40 Tablets
- OS: Android
- Version 23+

**Additional context**  
When the meeting is launched I can see 2 dots at the bottom of the VideoView in what looks like and behaves like a ViewPager.

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**Author:** ![moe.hamoud.cdx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@moe.hamoud.cdx](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/moe.hamoud.cdx)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-disable-side-by-side-gallery-view/5725/2 "2019-08-29T20:41:17Z")

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Turns out the term I was using was incorrect. It’s called “GalleryView” internally.

To disable it:

```
private void setupZoomMeetingSettings() {
    MeetingSettingsHelper helper = ZoomSDK.getInstance().getMeetingSettingsHelper();
    helper.setGalleryVideoViewDisabled(true); // disable side-by-side/gallery view
    helper.enableForceAutoStartMyVideoWhenJoinMeeting(true); // force video on
}
```

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**Author:** ![carson.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/carson.zoom/32/785_2.png) [@carson.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/carson.zoom)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-disable-side-by-side-gallery-view/5725/3 "2019-08-29T21:24:27Z")

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Hi [moe.hamoud.cdx](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/moe.hamoud.cdx),

Thanks for using Zoom SDK and glad to hear that the problem was resolved. Yes, in order to disable the gallery view, you can call [https://zoom.github.io/zoom-sdk-android/us/zoom/sdk/MeetingSettingsHelper.html#setGalleryVideoViewDisabled-boolean-](https://zoom.github.io/zoom-sdk-android/us/zoom/sdk/MeetingSettingsHelper.html#setGalleryVideoViewDisabled-boolean-) to disable it(Which is the one you are using).

Let us know if you have any other questions. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-disable-side-by-side-gallery-view/5725/4 "2020-08-21T18:40:38Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 6:40pm UTC