WO2014180427A1

WO2014180427A1 - Application program management method and device

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Publication number: WO2014180427A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/079402
Authority: WO
Inventors: 周凯; 张海雄; 刘小锐
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2013-11-29
Filing date: 2014-06-06
Publication date: 2014-11-13
Also published as: CN104679544A

Abstract

An application program management method and device. The method comprises: when an application program management position is a storage area side, confirming a storage area corresponding to a current default storage path of a system, wherein the storage area includes: a built-in TFT card or an external TFT card; storing the application program under a preset folder of the storage area; establishing, under a predefined folder of the system, a link file between the system and the storage area, in order to allow the system to directly access the application program. The present method and device allow for effectively utilizing secondary storage area space.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to an application management method and apparatus. BACKGROUND With the popularization of Android smart phones, the development of the upper-level APP supporting it is also developing rapidly, and a large number of APKs are available for downloading and installation at any time on the network. In the prior art, when the Android system installs the application, it first reads the AndroidManifest.xml file in the application APK, and the file sets the location where the APK is allowed to be installed. When the InstallLocation attribute is 1, only the permission is allowed. Installed in the /data/app/ directory of the system, when the attribute is 2, it is allowed to be installed under the . andr ₀ id_secure directory under the main storage path of the mnt mount partition. Due to the increasing demand for installing applications, the capacity requirements for the Data area are also increasing. Currently, there are two mainstream solutions:

1. Provide setting items in the setup menu: Preferred installation location, the user can choose to install on the mobile phone side (DATA/APP side), or on the memory side (under the main storage area of the mnt mount partition. android_secure directory) . When the application is installed, read the InstallLocation configuration information in the AndroidManifest.xml configuration file. When the configuration property InstallLocation in AndroidManifest.xml allows the APK to be installed in the .android_secure directory under the main storage path of the mnt mount partition, And when the user chooses to install on the memory side, the APK is installed on the memory side at this time. The main drawback of this method is: After the user sets the installation mode uniformly, it is not always installed on the memory side when each APK is installed. It depends on the AndroidManifest.xml property InstallLocation control in the APK installation file, which will cause the user to set Installed on the memory side, due to the limitation of the APK itself, it cannot be successfully installed on the memory side, resulting in poor user experience.

2. When the application is installed, it is installed by default in the DATA/APP directory. The task management interface is provided in the task manager or other settings interface. On the application management interface, all installed APKs can be traversed. According to the AndroidManifest.xml attribute in the APK installation file, the allowed APK will be displayed separately for the user to move to the memory side. The main disadvantages of this scheme are: When the APK in the DATA/APP directory is added to the main storage area of the mnt mount partition. The total capacity of the APK in the android_secure directory exceeds the total capacity of the DATA area, which will cause the current application to be backed up. After the package, it cannot be restored. Moreover, since the Android source does not support the dual T card solution, the dual Leica solution is basically the differentiation and customization of the sub-storage by each platform manufacturer. In the existing application management method, only the data transfer between the mobile phone side DATA storage area and the memory side mnt mount partition main storage area is considered, and the huge space of the secondary storage area is not utilized. From the user's point of view, the phone setting module that provides the dual T card function provides a choice of the storage path, and the user can select whether the default storage path is a built-in T card or an external T card. The existing solution can only move the application to the setting in the main storage area of the mnt mounting partition on the storage side, which may cause doubts of the user, thereby reducing the user experience. For the application management in the related art, only the data transfer between the main storage areas is considered to cause the utilization efficiency of the sub-storage area to be too low, and an effective solution has not been proposed yet. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention provide an application management method and apparatus to solve at least the above problems. According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, an application management method is provided, including: determining, in a case where a management location of an application is a storage area side, a storage area corresponding to a current default storage path of the system, where the storage area Including: built-in TFT card or external TFT card; store the application under the preset folder in the storage area; establish a link file between the system and the storage area under the system's predetermined folder to enable the system to directly access the application . Preferably, before determining the storage area corresponding to the current default storage path of the system, the method includes: reading configuration information set by the user for the management application, and acquiring the management location according to the configuration information. Preferably, storing the application in the preset folder of the storage area comprises: invoking an encryption interface of the system to encrypt the application, and storing the encrypted application in a preset folder of the storage area. Preferably, the management location comprises: a preferred installation location, or a quasi-mobile location, wherein the preferred installation location is a storage location selected by the user for the installation application, and the intended mobile location is a storage location selected by the user for the mobile application. Preferably, in the case that the preferred installation location is the mobile terminal side, the method further includes: directly calling the installation application interface of the system, and installing the application. Preferably, after acquiring the proposed moving position according to the configuration information, the method further includes: determining whether the system partition is writable, and if the determination result is yes, starting the moving operation of the application, and if the determination result is no, prompting Insufficient user permissions prevent the application from moving. Preferably, the preset folder of the storage area comprises: .Android_secure folder; the predetermined folder of the system includes: mnt/asec folder. According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, an application management apparatus is provided, including: a determining module, configured to determine, when the management location of the application is the storage area side, the storage corresponding to the current default storage path of the system The area, where the storage area includes: a built-in TFT card or an external TFT card; a storage module, configured to store the application under a preset folder of the storage area; a setup module, configured to establish a system under a predetermined folder of the system A link file with the storage area to enable the system to directly access the application. Preferably, the device further includes: an obtaining module, configured to read configuration information set by the user for the management application, and obtain a management location according to the configuration information, where the management location includes: a preferred installation location, or a pseudo-moving location, a preferred installation location Is the storage location that the user selects for the installation application, and the intended mobile location is the storage location that the user selects for the mobile application. Preferably, the preset folder of the storage area comprises: .Android_secure folder; the predetermined folder of the system includes: mnt/asec folder. With the embodiment of the present invention, the user does not need to pay attention to the distinction between the built-in T card and the external T card, so that the installation and movement of the application can be completely consistent with the configured storage path, and the application in the related technology is solved. In the program management, only the problem that the data transfer between the main storage areas causes the use efficiency of the sub-storage area to be too low is considered, and the effect of effectively utilizing the space of the sub-storage area is achieved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are set to illustrate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 is a flowchart of an application management method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a structural block diagram of an application management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a preferred application according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of application installation in a dual T card environment according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is an application movement in a dual T card environment according to a preferred embodiment 2 of the present invention; Flow chart FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing loading of installed application information during booting in a dual T card environment according to a preferred embodiment or preferred embodiment 2 of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. Embodiments of the present invention relate to an application management method in the field of Android smart phones, and in particular, to a method and system for moving and managing an application in a primary storage card and a secondary storage card in a dual T card environment. In order to optimize the utilization efficiency of the storage space of the mobile phone peripherals, reduce the occupation of the storage space of the mobile phone DATA area, and improve the user experience when the user configures the service information, the embodiment of the present invention proposes a double T card environment. The application management method and system integrate the utilization rules and processes of the storage space of the mobile phone from the bottom layer, and transparently illuminate the user on the application layer and the display interface. The embodiment of the invention provides an application management method. 1 is a flowchart of an application management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method mainly includes the following steps (step S102 - step S106): Step S102, where the management location of the application is storage area side In this case, the storage area corresponding to the current default storage path of the system is determined, where the storage area includes: a built-in TFT card or an external TFT card; Step S104, storing the application in a preset folder of the storage area; Step S106, A link file between the system and the storage area is created under the system's predetermined folder to enable the system to directly access the application. Through the above steps, the user does not need to pay attention to the distinction between the built-in T card and the external T card, so that the installation and movement of the application can be completely consistent with the configured storage path. From the management operation of the application itself, internal and external The T card is unified for the user, which improves the user's experience and achieves the effect of effectively utilizing the space of the sub storage area. In this embodiment, before performing step S102, the configuration information set by the user for the management application may be read first, and the management location may be acquired according to the configuration information. In this embodiment, step S104 can be implemented by first calling the encryption interface of the system to encrypt the application, and then storing the encrypted application in a preset folder of the storage area. In this embodiment, the management location may include: a preferred installation location, or a quasi-mobile location, wherein the preferred installation location is a storage location selected by the user for the installation application, and the intended mobile location is a storage location selected by the user for the mobile application. Further, in a preferred embodiment of the embodiment, the preferred installation location is the mobile terminal side (as opposed to the storage area side, from the perspective of the user, the non-storage area is displayed on the mobile terminal, and may also be called In the case of non-DATA side or APP side), the application installation interface of the system can be directly called to install the application. In another preferred embodiment of the present embodiment, after acquiring the intended moving position according to the configuration information, it may also first determine whether the system partition is writable, and if the determination result is yes (ie, the system partition is in a writable state) You can start the mobile operation of the application. If the judgment result is no (that is, the system partition is in a non-writable state), you can prompt the user that the authority is insufficient and the application cannot move. In this embodiment, the preset folder of the storage area may include: .Android_secure folder; the predetermined folder of the system includes: mnt/asec folder. Of course, only two preferred folder types are given here. In practical applications, it is not limited to this. As long as the folder type that easily implements the above solution can be used as a preset folder of the storage area, or a system reservation. folder. The embodiment of the present invention further provides an application management apparatus, which is used to implement the application management method provided by the foregoing embodiment. FIG. 2 is a structural block diagram of an application management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus mainly includes: a determining module 10, a storage module 20, and an establishing module 30. The determining module 10 is configured to determine, in the case that the management location of the application is the storage area side, the storage area corresponding to the current default storage path of the system, where the storage area includes: a built-in TFT card or an external TFT card; The module 20 is connected to the determining module 10, and is configured to store the application program under a preset folder of the storage area; the establishing module 30 is connected to the storage module 20, and is configured to establish a system and a storage area under a predetermined folder of the system. Linked files to give the system direct access to the application. 3 is a structural block diagram of a preferred application management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the preferred application management apparatus further includes: an obtaining module 40, connected to the determining module 10, configured to read the user for management. The configuration information set by the application is obtained according to the configuration information, where the management location includes: a preferred installation location, or a planned mobile location, a preferred installation location is a storage location selected by the user for the installation application, and the intended mobile location is the user is mobile The storage location selected by the application. Preferably, the preset folder of the storage area may include: .Android-secure folder; the predetermined folder of the system includes: mnt/asec folder. Of course, only two preferred folder types are given here, in practice In use, it is not limited to this, as long as the folder type that is easy to implement the above scheme can be used as a preset folder of the storage area, or a predetermined folder of the system. With the application management method and device provided by the above embodiments, in the process of installing or moving the application, the user does not need to pay attention to the distinction between the internal and external τ cards, and the internal and external T cards are unified for the user, and the application is installed. And the mobile can be completely consistent with the user-configured storage path, and can effectively utilize the space of the secondary storage area. The application management method and apparatus provided by the foregoing embodiments are described and illustrated in more detail below with reference to FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 and the preferred embodiment 1 and the preferred embodiment 2. The following preferred example 1 will introduce an application management method by using an application installed on a mobile phone as an example in a dual T-card scenario. The following preferred embodiment 2 will be described in the dual T-card scenario. The application management method is described by taking the mobile phone as an example. The two preferred examples illustrate the implementation of the embodiment of the present invention by taking the two common management methods of the application installation or mobile as an example. In practical applications, the application can be managed more widely in other ways. Before the detailed description of the preferred embodiment 1 and the preferred embodiment 2, the implementation process of the two preferred embodiments is firstly introduced from the technical solution:

(1) In the installation process of the application provided in the following preferred embodiment 1, the user's configuration information is directly read, and the user's selection of the installation mode is viewed. If the user chooses to install in the non-DATA area (ie, the mobile terminal side) , directly read the storage path set by the user, and directly install the application in the storage path set by the user. (2) In the moving process of the application provided in the following preferred embodiment 2, when the application needs to be moved to the memory side, it is first determined whether the SYSTEM partition has been mounted as writable, and if it is not writable, the user is prompted to SYSTEM. The application under the partition cannot be moved due to the permission restriction. Then the APK file is removed from the mobile phone side and placed in the .Android-secure folder on the memory side. The specific setting is set in the built-in T card or the external T card. The storage path is determined. During the move process, the APK file in the source directory is directly moved, the APK is confusingly encrypted by the method provided by the Android system interface, copied to IJ.Android_secure, the original file in the source directory is deleted, and the space is released. After the removal, the linked application is linked in the mnt/ASEC path, so that the user can link to the corresponding APK to run when the original application icon is clicked. After performing the above management operations on the application (that is, installing or moving the application), the loaded application can be loaded. The loading process mainly includes: During the boot process, VOLD The layer first obtains the storage path of the internal and external T-cards currently mounted by the system through the configuration file, and then the VOLD layer scans the .AndroicLsecure folder under the path, and mounts each file as a separate partition according to the application package name. The partitions create links under the mnt/ASEC folder to complete the application loading. Preferred Embodiment 1 FIG. 4 is a flow chart of application installation in a dual T card environment according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4, the process includes the following steps: Step S401, the mobile phone is powered on; Step S402, the user starts the installation of the APK through the network or reading the storage area; Step S403, the mobile phone reads the configuration information of the user when the application is installed Determining the preferred installation location selected by the user; Step S404, if the user chooses to install on the mobile phone side, directly calling the installation APK interface of the system, the installation is completed; Step S405, when the user selects to install on the storage area side, the current system is read. The default storage path is stored on which card in the dual T card; in step S406, the APK to be installed is used as an input parameter, and the encrypted interface of Android is called to copy the encrypted APK to the corresponding storage area. Android_secure folder Step S407, establishing a link file between the system and the storage area under the mnt/asec folder, so that the system can directly access the APK application stored on the memory side; Step S408, the application installation ends. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of performing application movement in a dual T card environment according to a preferred embodiment 2 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the process includes the following steps: Step S501: The mobile phone is powered on; Step S502, The user manages the portal through the application, and performs a mobile operation of the application; in step S503, the mobile phone reads the configuration information of the user when the application is installed, and determines the intended moving location selected by the user; Step S504, determining the system authority, if the System partition is writable, directly starting the moving operation; if not writing, the user is required to be insufficiently authorized, and the application under the SYSTEM/APP cannot move; Step S505, when the user selects the mobile When the storage area is located, the current default storage path of the system is read, which is stored in the dual T card; Step S506, the APK to be moved is used as an input parameter, and the encrypted interface of the Android is called, and the encrypted interface is encrypted. The APK is copied to the Android_secure folder of the corresponding storage area; Step S507, the link file between the system and the storage area is established under the mnt/asec folder, so that the system can directly access the APK application stored on the memory side; Step S508, The application move process ends. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of loading installed application information during booting in a dual T card environment according to a preferred embodiment or preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the process includes the following steps: S601, the mobile phone is powered on; in step S602, the storage mode and the mounting path of the memory are obtained through the system configuration file storagejist.xml; Step S603, scanning the application APK encrypted file in the Android_secure folder of the internal and external T card; Step S604 , each encrypted file is mounted as a separate partition; Step S605, calling the Android system interface to decrypt the encrypted APK; Step S606, establishing a link file between the system and the storage area in the mnt/asec folder, The system can directly access the APK application stored on the memory side; Step S607, the application starts the loading process to end. Through the implementation process of the preferred embodiment 1 and the preferred embodiment 2 and the process of loading the managed application, it can be seen that the user is never in the process of installing the application or in the process of moving the application. It is necessary to pay attention to the distinction between internal and external T-cards. For the business, the internal and external T-cards are unified for the user, and the installation and movement of the application by the user is completely consistent with the storage path configured by the user, and the The method can effectively utilize the space of the secondary storage area. It should be noted that each of the above modules can be implemented by hardware. For example: a processor, including the above modules, or each of the above modules is located in one processor. In another embodiment, software is also provided for performing the technical solutions described in the above embodiments and preferred embodiments. In another embodiment, a storage medium is provided, the software being stored, including but not limited to: an optical disk, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a rewritable memory, and the like. From the above description, it can be seen that the embodiment of the present invention achieves the following technical effects: the user does not need to pay attention to the distinction between the internal and external T cards, whether in the process of installing the application or during the moving process of the application. As far as the service is concerned, the internal and external T-cards are unified for the user, and the installation and movement of the application by the user is completely consistent with the storage path configured by the user, and by this method, the space of the secondary storage area can be Use it effectively. In addition, from the current existing equipment, the external τ card is often used as a secondary storage area, with external

The T-card is faster and faster to read and write, and the storage space is getting larger and larger. The external T-card is the main storage area of the mobile phone installation application. The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be fully adapted to Technological development under this trend. Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the above modules or steps of the present invention can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed over a network composed of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device, such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, an application management method and apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present invention have the following beneficial effects: Whether in the process of installing an application or during the movement of an application, the user does not need to pay attention to internal and external In terms of the service, the internal and external T-cards are unified for the user, and the installation and movement of the application by the user is completely consistent with the storage path configured by the user, and by this method, Effective use of the space in the secondary storage area. In addition, from the current existing equipment, the external T card to As the secondary storage area, as the read and write speed of the external τ card is getting faster and faster, the storage space is getting larger and larger, and the external τ card has begun to appear as the main storage area for mobile phone installation applications. The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention can be fully adapted to the technical development under the trend.

Claims

Claim

1. An application management method, comprising:

When the management location of the application is the storage area side, the storage area corresponding to the current default storage path of the system is determined, where the storage area includes: a built-in TFT card or an external TFT card; storing the application to Under the preset folder of the storage area;

A link file between the system and the storage area is established under a predetermined folder of the system to enable the system to directly access the application.

The method according to claim 1, wherein before determining the storage area corresponding to the current default storage path of the system, the method includes:

The configuration information set by the user for managing the application is read, and the management location is obtained according to the configuration information.

The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein storing the application program in a preset folder of the storage area comprises:

The encryption interface of the calling system performs an encryption operation on the application, and the encrypted application is stored in a preset folder of the storage area.

The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the management location comprises: a preferred installation location, or a pseudo-location location, wherein the preferred installation location is a storage location selected by a user for installing the application, The intended mobile location is a storage location selected by the user for moving the application.

The method according to claim 4, wherein, in the case that the preferred installation location is the mobile terminal side, the method further includes:

The application is installed by directly calling the installation application interface of the system.

The method according to claim 4, further comprising: after acquiring the proposed moving position according to the configuration information, further comprising:

It is judged whether the system partition is writable, and if the judgment result is yes, the mobile operation of the application is started, and if the determination result is negative, the user is insufficiently prompted to cause the application to be unable to move. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

The preset folder of the storage area includes: .Android_secure folder;

The predetermined folder of the system includes: mnt/asec folder. An application management device, comprising:

The determining module is configured to determine, in the case that the management location of the application is the storage area side, the storage area corresponding to the current default storage path of the system, where the storage area includes: a built-in TFT card or an external TFT card; Provided to store the application under a preset folder of the storage area; establishing a module, configured to establish a link file between the system and the storage area under a predetermined folder of the system to enable the system to directly Access the application. The device according to claim 8, wherein the device further comprises: an obtaining module, configured to read configuration information set by the user for managing the application, and acquire the management location according to the configuration information, where The management location includes: a preferred installation location, or a intended location to move, the preferred installation location being a storage location selected by the user for installing the application, the intended mobile location being a storage location selected by the user for moving the application. The apparatus according to claim 8 or 9, wherein

The preset folder of the storage area includes: .Android_secure folder;

The predetermined folder of the system includes: mnt/asec folder.