WO2022233301A1

WO2022233301A1 - Control method and apparatus for application programs

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Publication number: WO2022233301A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/090961
Authority: WO
Inventors: 丘力达
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2021-05-07
Filing date: 2022-05-05
Publication date: 2022-11-10
Also published as: CN113220178B; CN113220178A

Abstract

The present application discloses a control method and apparatus for an application program, which belong to the field of electronic devices. The method comprises: receiving a first input for a first application icon and a second application icon; and in response to the first input, on the basis of a first application program and a second application program, performing an application operation corresponding to a target function. The first application program is an application program corresponding to the first application icon. The second application program is an application program corresponding to the second application icon. The target function is associated with the first application program and the second application program.

Description

Application control method and device

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202110494711.9 filed in China on May 07, 2021, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

technical field

The present application belongs to the field of electronic equipment, and in particular relates to a control method and device for an application program.

Background technique

With the development of the mobile Internet, applications on mobile phones emerge in an endless stream, and the functions of the applications are more and more diversified. In order to meet the diverse demands of users for application functions, multiple applications may sometimes cooperate with each other to implement specific application functions. For example, the purchase of shopping items is completed through shopping applications and payment applications, and a picture is sent through photo albums and mailboxes.

At present, in the traditional way of application collaboration, the user usually starts an application program, such as application program A, and searches for and manually selects the operation to be performed on the operation interface. At this time, the electronic device calls the operation to be associated with the operation. The user manually performs the remaining operations on the operation interface of the application B, and the manual operation steps of the user are relatively cumbersome, which affects the user's use experience. It can be seen that the control method of the existing application program is less convenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of the embodiments of the present application is to provide an application control method and device, which can solve the problem of low convenience of the existing application control method.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling an application, the method comprising:

receiving a first input for the first application icon and the second application icon;

In response to the first input, executing an application operation corresponding to the target function based on the first application and the second application;

The first application is an application corresponding to the first application icon, the second application is an application corresponding to the second application icon, and the target function is the same as the first application and The second applications are all associated.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for controlling an application, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving module for a first input for the first application icon and the second application icon;

an execution module, in response to the first input, executing an application operation corresponding to the target function based on the first application and the second application;

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device, the electronic device includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being The processor implements the steps of the method according to the first aspect when executed.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method according to the first aspect are implemented .

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction, and implement the first aspect the method described.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, the computer program product is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and the computer program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the first aspect. method described.

In this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may, by receiving the first input for the first application icon and the second application icon, execute the corresponding operation based on the first application corresponding to the first application icon and the second application corresponding to the second application icon. The application operation corresponding to the target function, wherein the target function is associated with both the first application program and the second application program. In this way, the steps of manually opening an application and manually searching and calling another application in the application can be avoided when the user realizes the cooperative function of the application, that is, the manual operation when the user controls the cooperative realization function of the application is reduced. Thus, the convenience of user interaction is improved.

Description of drawings

1 is a flowchart of a method for controlling an application program provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is one of the operation schematic diagrams provided by the embodiment of the present application;

3 is the second schematic diagram of operations provided by the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is the third operation schematic diagram provided by the embodiment of the present application;

5A is one of schematic interface diagrams of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

5B is the second schematic diagram of the interface of the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application;

6A is a third schematic diagram of an interface of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6B is the fourth schematic diagram of the interface of the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application;

6C is the fifth schematic diagram of the interface of the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application;

6D is the sixth schematic diagram of the interface of the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application;

7 is a seventh schematic diagram of an interface of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

8 is an eighth schematic diagram of an interface of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

9 is a structural diagram of a control device for an application program provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is one of the structural diagrams of the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a second structural diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art fall within the protection scope of this application.

The terms "first", "second" and the like in the description and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It is to be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of the present application can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and distinguish between "first", "second", etc. The objects are usually of one type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object may be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the description and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

The control method of the application program provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a flowchart of steps of a method for controlling an application program provided by an embodiment of the present application. The method can be applied to an electronic device. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes:

Step 101: Receive a first input for the first application icon and the second application icon.

Step 102: In response to the first input, perform an application operation corresponding to the target function based on the first application program and the second application program.

In the above step 101, the above-mentioned first input may be the user's touch input to the electronic device, including but not limited to single-click, double-click, long-press, slide or drag input, etc. Through the user's touch input, the above-mentioned touch input can be associated The first application icon and the above-mentioned second application icon.

Exemplarily, in some embodiments, referring to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 , the above-mentioned first input may be a drag input of dragging the above-mentioned first application icon to the above-mentioned second application icon, or dragging the above-mentioned second application icon. A drag input that moves to the above-mentioned first application icon, or a drag input that simultaneously drags the above-mentioned first application icon and the second application icon to the target area, etc.; in some embodiments, the above-mentioned first input may also include The user clicks the first application icon and the second application icon sequentially or simultaneously.

Of course, in other optional embodiments, the above-mentioned first input may also include a user's voice input or gesture input for the above-mentioned first application icon and second application icon, etc. When the user is inconvenient to touch the electronic device, the user can The contact method realizes the association between the first application icon and the second application icon.

It should be understood that in a usage scenario of an electronic device, there is often a situation where two or more applications jointly complete a function. For example, after placing an order in a shopping application, the user pays for the order through the payment application, so that the shopping function is realized through the coordination between the payment application and the shopping application. For another example, in a social application, a user opens the camera application to take a photo and sends it to a friend, thereby realizing the photo sharing function through the collaboration between the camera application and the social application. For another example, the user selects a picture in the photo album application and sends it to send in the social application program, so that the sharing function of the photo album picture is realized through the collaboration between the social application application and the photo album application.

In the above step 102, the first application program corresponding to the first application icon and the second application program corresponding to the second application icon may be application programs that implement functions required by the user through the above-mentioned cooperative operation. It should be understood that the above-mentioned first application icon may be one or multiple, so as to realize the cooperation of two or more application programs. The above-mentioned target function may be realized through the cooperative operation of the above-mentioned first application program and the above-mentioned second application program, for example, through the application operation performed by the first application program and/or the application operation performed by the second application program. function. Obviously, the above-mentioned target function is associated with both the above-mentioned first application program and the above-mentioned second application program.

The electronic device may perform an application operation corresponding to the target function based on the first application program and the second application program in response to the above-mentioned first input.

It can be understood that the application operation corresponding to the above target function may include the application operation performed by the above-mentioned first application program, and may also include the application operation performed by the above-mentioned second application program. For example, place an order through a shopping application, and perform a payment operation through a payment application to realize the shopping function; perform a shooting operation through a camera application, and perform a sharing operation through a social application, realize the function of taking pictures and sharing friends or social platforms, etc. .

After receiving the above-mentioned first input, the electronic device may run the above-mentioned first application program and the second application program, and respectively execute the application operations associated with the target function. Then, the electronic device may choose to return to the operation interface of the first application program or the operation interface of the second application program, so that the user can continue to use the first application program or the second application program. Of course, the electronic device can also choose to return to the system desktop, which is not further limited here.

Optionally, the above step 101 may specifically include:

The first input associating the first application icon with the second application icon is received.

The above step 102 may specifically include:

In response to the first input, first information associated with the target function of the first application is obtained.

According to the first information, the second application program is called to execute an application operation corresponding to the target function.

As can be seen from the above content, for the cooperative operation of different application programs, usually on the basis of the running of one application program, another application program is called to perform corresponding operations. For example, if the user needs to implement the shopping function, he needs to place an order in the shopping application first, and then call the payment application through input on the interface of the shopping application to perform the payment operation according to the order information.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first input may be an input by the user to associate the above-mentioned first application icon with the second application icon. For example, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned first input may include a drag operation by the user to move the above-mentioned first application icon to the above-mentioned second application icon; in some embodiments, the above-mentioned first input may also include the user successively The above-mentioned single-click operation of the first application icon and the second application icon. That is, the user can first select the first application icon through input, and then select the second application icon associated therewith.

Correspondingly, the electronic device may sequentially determine the first application program and the second application program according to the operation performed when the user performs the first input. Exemplarily, in an optional implementation manner, the electronic device may determine the application program corresponding to the application icon first touched by the user as the first application program, and the application program corresponding to the application icon touched later by the user as the first application program. 2nd application.

In this way, when the electronic device executes the application operation associated with the target function based on the first application and the second application, the electronic device can first obtain the first information related to the first application and the target function, and then call the second application. The application program executes the application operation related to the above target function according to the first information.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of the present application, since the above-mentioned first application icon and the second application icon are actively associated and passively associated, when performing application operations related to the target function, they are also associated based on the first application program. The first information calls the second application. Therefore, the above-mentioned target function corresponds to the function that can be realized through the cooperative operation of the second application program on the basis of the above-mentioned first application program.

Exemplarily, in an optional implementation manner, if the user drags the icon of the social application program to the icon of the camera application program, it means that the icon of the social application program is actively associated with the icon of the camera application program. At this time, the electronic device may determine the social application program as the first application program, and the camera application program as the second application program. The above target function may be the function achieved after obtaining the information related to the target function of the social application program and calling the camera application program to perform the relevant application operation according to the information, for example, taking a picture and sending it to a friend, taking a picture and sending it to a circle of friends, or scanning Sweep and so on.

However, if the user drags the icon of the album application to the icon of the social application, it means that the icon of the album application is actively associated with the icon of the social application. At this time, the electronic device may determine the photo album application as the first application, and the social application as the second application. The above-mentioned target function may be a function realized after obtaining the information related to the target function of the photo album application program and calling the social application program to execute the relevant application operation according to the information, for example, sharing the photo album pictures to social platforms or friends.

The above-mentioned first information may be generated based on the operation performed on the above-mentioned first application program. For example, the above-mentioned first information may be the order information generated by the electronic device after receiving the user's selection input of the goods in the shopping cart and placing an order by the shopping application program. . The second application can perform payment operations according to the above order information. Of course, when the target function is to empty the shopping cart, the electronic device can automatically obtain the shopping

Alternatively, the above-mentioned first information may also be indication information for the above-mentioned first application program. For example, when the user wants to realize the function of taking a photo and sharing a social platform, the above-mentioned first information may be the instruction information of displaying the sharing interface of the first application program after the camera application program performs the shooting operation, so as to facilitate according to the user's information in the first application program The input of the sharing interface to execute the sharing operation.

In this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may receive a first input for associating the above-mentioned first application icon with the above-mentioned second application icon, and in response to the first input, obtain the first information associated with the first application program and the target function, The second application program is called again to execute the application operation with the target function according to the first information. In this way, the electronic device can determine the first application program and the second application program through the user's input on the application icon, and call the second application program, and execute the first application program related to the target function according to the first information related to the target function. Therefore, the user can operate the application icon to further clarify the target function required by the user and improve the user experience.

Optionally, the above step 102 may specifically include:

In response to the first input, displaying at least one function option based on the first application and the second application, the function option corresponding to a function that the first application and the second application perform cooperatively ;

In the case of receiving the second input for the target function option, an application operation corresponding to the target function is performed.

In this embodiment of the present application, when there is at least one function associated with both the above-mentioned first application program and the second application program, the electronic device may display at least one function option based on the above-mentioned first application program and the second application program, The electronic device is triggered to perform an application operation corresponding to the above target function by the second input by the user to the target function option in the above at least one function option.

Wherein, the above-mentioned function options correspond to the functions performed by the first application program and the second application program cooperatively. Generally, an operation corresponding to a function option may respectively include an operation performed on the above-mentioned first application program and an operation performed on the above-mentioned second application program. For example, in order to realize the shopping function, the operations corresponding to the above-mentioned function options may include the order placing operation performed by the shopping application and the payment operation performed by the payment application; in order to realize the photo sharing function, the electronic device may perform the photographing operation by the camera application, and the The social application performs the operation of sending photos to designated friends or social platforms.

It can be understood that, the display form of the above at least one function option can be set according to actual needs. In the embodiment of the present application, referring to FIG. 5 , the electronic device may create a new interactive interface, and display the above at least one function option on the interactive interface. In other optional embodiments, the electronic device may also display the at least one function option by displaying a pull-down menu in the display area of the first application icon or the second application icon, which is not further limited herein.

In this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may display the functions that the first application program and the second application program can perform cooperatively in the form of function options, so that the electronic device can execute the function corresponding to the target function option according to the user's input. The application operations related to the target function visually show the user the functions that the first application program and the second application program can execute in cooperation, which facilitates the user to select the desired target function and further improves the convenience of interaction.

It should be noted that, the above-mentioned at least one function option may be determined by the user's input of the above-mentioned first application icon and second application icon. In some embodiments, when receiving the first input for the first application and the second application, the electronic device may perform function options of all the functions that can be executed in cooperation with the first application and the second application. The display includes, but is not limited to, the functions that can be realized by the cooperation of the first application program with the second application program, and the functions that can be realized by the cooperation of the second application program with the first application program. Correspondingly, the above-mentioned first input includes, but is not limited to, the user's input associating the first application icon with the second application icon, and the user's input associating the second application icon with the first application icon.

Of course, in some embodiments, the electronic device may only display the functions that can be implemented by the second application cooperating with the first application when the above-mentioned first input is an input for associating the first application icon with the second application icon corresponding function options. Whereas the above-mentioned first input is an input for associating the second application icon with the first application icon, only function options corresponding to functions that can be realized by the first application program in cooperation with the second application program are displayed.

Exemplarily, in an optional implementation manner, referring to FIG. 5A , when the electronic device receives the input that the user drags the application icon A to the application icon B, or the application icon B is dragged to the application icon A, The B-to-A synergy function options and the A-B synergy function options can be displayed together. When the target function option is the B-to-A collaborative function option, the electronic device can call the application corresponding to the application icon B according to the first information of the application corresponding to the application icon A to perform the application operation related to the target function; When the option is the A to B collaborative function option, the electronic device can call the application corresponding to the application icon A to perform the application operation related to the target function according to the first information of the application corresponding to the application icon B.

In another optional embodiment, referring to FIG. 5B , when the electronic device receives the input of the user dragging the application icon A to the application icon B, the electronic device may only display the B-to-A collaboration function option, and in the When receiving the second input of the target function option by the user, the electronic device can call the application corresponding to the application icon B according to the first information of the application corresponding to the application icon A to perform the application operation related to the target function. Correspondingly, when the electronic device receives the user's input of dragging the application icon B to the application icon A, the electronic device may only display the cooperative function option of A to B, and after receiving the user's second input of the target function option , the electronic device can call the application corresponding to the application icon A to perform the application operation related to the target function according to the first information of the application corresponding to the application icon B. limited.

Optionally, the first input includes a first sub-input for the first application icon, and before step 102, the method further includes:

In response to the first sub-input, obtain N application icons from the M application icons included in the first interactive interface, the N application icons can all be associated with the first application icon, and the N application icons The application icon includes the second application icon; M is a positive integer, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M;

A second interactive interface is displayed, where the second interactive interface includes the N application icons.

In this embodiment of the present application, a preset association relationship may exist between the first application program and the second application program. For example, after the installation of the application is completed, the registration information may carry the information of the application that can cooperate with the application. In this case, the user first determines the above-mentioned first application icon through the above-mentioned first sub-input.

The above-mentioned first sub-input may be a touch input, such as a drag, move, click or long-press operation on the above-mentioned first application icon. Of course, the above-mentioned first sub-input may also be voice input or gesture input to the above-mentioned first application icon. The above-mentioned first interactive interface may be a system desktop of the electronic device, or may be an interactive interface generated by the electronic device based on the system desktop, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may screen M application icons on the first interactive interface by receiving the first sub-input for the first application icon on the above-mentioned first interactive interface, and obtain a result that is compatible with the first interactive interface. N application icons associated with one application icon, wherein the N application icons include the second application icon.

It can be understood that, the electronic device can highlight the above N application icons. The above-mentioned highlighting can be understood as visually enhancing the display of the application icon. For example, by increasing the icon brightness, increasing the icon size, or thickening the icon frame, etc., it is indicated that the above N application icons can interact with the above first application icon.

Referring to FIG. 2 , in FIG. 2 , the user is dragging and moving the application icon A with a finger, and the electronic device has received the moving operation of the application icon A. In this case, if the applications corresponding to application icon C and application icon G are associated with the application corresponding to application icon A, that is, the application corresponding to application icon C and application icon G may be the application corresponding to application icon A. When the programs perform cooperative operation, the above-mentioned application icon C and application icon G can be displayed on the above-mentioned second interactive interface, and other application icons can be hidden and displayed.

In this way, the electronic device obtains N application icons corresponding to N application programs associated with the first application program from among the M application icons in the first interactive interface, and displays the above N application icons on the second interactive interface , it is possible to avoid an error report that occurs when the user drags the first application icon to an application icon other than the above M application icons, thereby improving the user's experience in the interaction process.

Further, after the above-mentioned step of displaying the second interactive interface, the electronic device may detect a situation in which the above-mentioned first application icon interacts with the above-mentioned N application icons. The above interaction includes, but is not limited to, collisions between application icons, that is, a situation where the overlapping area between application icons is greater than a preset threshold.

In the case where the first application icon interacts with the target application icon among the above N application icons, the above target application icon may be determined as the second application icon, and the above step 102 is performed.

Optionally, before the above-mentioned first input, the electronic device may further include a third input, and the user may first pass the third input before performing the first input on the above-mentioned first application icon and the second application icon, so that the electronic device Enter the multi-application cooperative operation state.

The above-mentioned third input may be touch input, voice input, gesture input, or the like. In the case where the above-mentioned first sub-input is a touch input, in order to distinguish it from the touch input on the application icon in the existing electronic device, for example, after long-pressing for 2s, the application uninstallation confirmation state is entered, etc., the above-mentioned first sub-input may be: Long press for 4s or 5s, which can be set according to actual needs.

It can be understood that, the above-mentioned third input may be an input performed for any application icon on the current system desktop. When the electronic device receives the first sub-input for the application icon, it can enter a multi-application cooperation state, and at this time, the electronic device can display a first interactive interface including M application icons as shown in FIG. 2 . While including the first application icon and the second application icon targeted by the first input, the above-mentioned first interactive interface may also include all the icons on the previous display page of the system desktop, and may also include icons on other display pages, so that the The user performs the above-mentioned first sub-input according to the application icon of the above-mentioned first interactive interface.

Optionally, after the electronic device receives the third input, but before receiving the first sub-input, the method may further include:

determining, among the N application icons, the application icon associated with the third input as the first application icon;

On the first application icon, a collision identification is displayed.

It can be known from the above content that the above-mentioned third input may be an input performed for any application icon on the system desktop. In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may, in the first interactive interface, determine the application icon associated with the third input as the first application icon, and display a collision mark on the first application icon, and the collision mark may be Indicates that the application icon is in a collidable or draggable state to avoid user misoperation.

It should be noted that there may be one or multiple application icons displaying the above-mentioned collision identification, that is, the user can display the collision identification on the multiple application icons by performing a third input on the multiple application icons at the same time. As shown in FIG. 7 , both the application icon A and the application icon C in FIG. 7 are displayed with collision marks. In this case, the user can drag the application icon A and the application icon C to an application icon at the same time to Implement collaborative operation of multiple applications.

Further, the user can also re-determine the above-mentioned first application icon by inputting the above-mentioned first sub-input of the application icon other than the collision mark among the above-mentioned N application icons, and at the same time update the display of the collision mark, thereby changing the collision mark. The collision identification is displayed on the first application icon that the user wants to perform a moving operation. That is, when the user performs a moving operation on the first application icon, the above-mentioned first application icon is an application icon with a collision mark displayed.

Referring to Figure 2 to Figure 4, in Figure 2 to Figure 4, the logo displayed in the upper left corner of the application icon A is the above-mentioned collision logo, and the above-mentioned collision logo can be a static logo or a dynamic logo, such as the collision of two wine bottles. animation.

By displaying a collision identifier on the application icon in the embodiment of the present application, the user can intuitively know the application icon currently in a collidable or draggable state, which can enhance the fun in the interaction process while avoiding user misoperation.

Optionally, the above step 101 may specifically include:

receiving a first input that associates the K first application icons with the second application icons, where K is an integer greater than 1;

The above step 102 may specifically include:

In response to the first input, acquiring the setting information of the target application in the K first application programs corresponding to the K first application icons;

Invoke the second application to set the K-1 first applications corresponding to the K-1 first application icons according to the setting information of the target application, and set the K-1 first applications corresponding to the K-1 first application icons. An application is another first application except the target application.

In the embodiment of the present application, in order to realize the setting copy function of the same type of application, the number of the above-mentioned first application may be at least two, that is, including the application that has been set and the application that has not been set, and the "setting" application Can itself be a second application.

In this case, referring to FIG. 7 to FIG. 8 , if the set application program corresponds to the application icon A in the diagram, the unset application program corresponds to the application icon C in the diagram, and the set application program corresponds to the application icon B in the diagram, the user is applying When the icons A and C are dragged to the application icon B and collide with the application icon B, the above-mentioned collaboration menu may include the function options of copying permission settings, copying notification settings and copying network settings in FIG. 8 .

When the user chooses to copy the notification settings of the application program corresponding to the application icon A to the application program corresponding to the application icon C, the electronic device can obtain the notification setting information of the two application programs, and the setting application program can copy the notification settings corresponding to the application icon C to the application program corresponding to the application icon C. The notification setting of the application is changed to match the notification setting of the application corresponding to the application icon A. In this way, the user can be prevented from manually searching for the application that needs to be set in the setting application, and performing the setting operation manually, which improves the convenience of copying the setting of the application.

Optionally, after the step of displaying the second interactive interface, the method further includes:

When the overlapping area of the first application icon and the target application icon is greater than a preset threshold, a collision reminder operation is performed, and the collision reminder operation includes at least one of the following: displaying a preset collision animation and playing a collision prompt sound.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the overlapping area between the first application icon and the target application icon is greater than the preset threshold, it means that the first application icon and the target application icon collide, and the electronic device can perform the collision. The reminder operation indicates that the current first application icon and the target application icon have completed the collision. Specifically, the above-mentioned collision reminder operation may include at least one of displaying a preset collision animation and playing a collision reminder sound, including but not limited to displaying the special effects of stars as shown in FIG. 4 after the collision, or the special effects of fireworks, etc. Play the glass collision sound. In this way, the electronic device notifies the user of the collision between the first application icon and the target application icon through the collision reminder operation, and at the same time displays the preset collision animation and plays the collision reminder sound, which further enhances the viewing experience and interest in the interaction process.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned target application icon may be any one of the N application icons in the above-mentioned second interactive interface, that is, when the above-mentioned first application icon collides with any one of the above-mentioned N application icons In the case of , the electronic device can perform the above-mentioned collision reminder operation.

The specific implementation manner of the embodiments of the present application will be explained below in conjunction with specific application scenarios.

Referring to FIGS. 2 to 6D together, the operation flow shown in sequence in FIGS. 2 to 6D is a possible interaction flow in this embodiment of the present application, and may specifically include the following steps:

Step 201: After the user presses the application icon A for a certain period of time, the electronic device may enter a multi-application collaboration mode, and the application icons A to I may be displayed on the first interactive interface. Among them, the application icon A enters a collidable state and displays a collision mark.

At this time, if you want to change the application icon in the collidable state, you can click other application icons, then the other application icons will become the current state of the application icon A, and the application icon A will return to its original state.

Step 202: The user drags the application icon A to indicate the intention to collide. After the electronic device recognizes the drag operation, it will automatically screen the remaining application icons on the first interactive interface, and the virtual display cannot be performed with the A application. The collided application icons highlight the application icons that can collide with A. The filtered effect is shown in Figure 4.

Step 203: In the case where the application icon A collides with the application icon C, display a collision effect to indicate that the application icon A has entered the effective collision area of the application icon C, which can be based on the application program corresponding to the application icon A and the application icon C. , to perform subsequent operations.

Step 204 , after displaying the collision effect, the electronic device displays a collaboration menu based on the application programs corresponding to the application icon A and the application icon C, and the collaboration menu includes buttons for at least one function option, as shown in FIGS. 5A-6D . If there are many function options, it can be displayed in pages, and the pages can be turned by swiping on the page.

Step 205: After the user clicks on the target function option in the at least one function option, obtain first information of the first application program associated with the target function option.

Step 206: The second application program executes an application operation associated with the target function option based on the first information.

Optionally, to implement the shopping function, the shopping application may be the first application (corresponding to the application icon A in FIG. 4 ), and the payment application may be the second application (corresponding to the application icon C in FIG. 4 ). The above functional options may correspond to placing an order and payment for the commodities in the shopping cart. When the user selects the above functional options, the electronic device performs the operations of acquiring commodity information, creating an order and making payment.

After performing the above steps 201 to 203, referring to FIG. 6A, FIG. 6A is a possible schematic diagram of displaying corresponding function options when the shopping application is the first application and the payment application is the second application. . In FIG. 6A , the above-mentioned functional options may include functional options such as single-item purchase, clearing the shopping cart, paying to be paid, and binding the account of the shopping application with the account of the payment application.

For example, when the user selects the function option of single-item purchase of the commodities in the shopping cart, the above-mentioned first information can be the order information, commodity information and price information obtained from the shopping application, so as to facilitate the payment application The program performs payment operations based on order information, commodity information and price information.

It should be understood that after the collision between the application icon A and the application icon C, the electronic device can first jump to the shopping cart interface of the shopping application, obtain the corresponding product information by the user's input of the product, and then jump to the payment application. The payment interface, after the payment is confirmed by the user, the payment function is performed by the payment application. In this way, the operation of manually starting a shopping application and manually placing an order after selecting a product can be avoided, which improves the convenience of application control.

Optionally, in order to realize the photo sharing function, the social application program may be the first application program (corresponding to the application icon A in FIG. 4 ), and the camera application program may be the second application program (corresponding to the application icon C in FIG. 4 ). The above function options can correspond to including taking pictures to send to friends or social platforms. When the user selects the above function options, the electronic device executes the acquisition of information such as friend list information or social platform information in the social application program, and performs the shooting operation in the camera application program. After that, you can jump to the friend list or social platform page.

After performing the above steps 201 to 203, referring to FIG. 6B, FIG. 6B is a possible schematic diagram of displaying corresponding function options when the social application is the first application and the camera application is the second application. . In FIG. 6B , the above-mentioned collaboration menu may include functional options such as taking pictures and sending them to social platforms, taking pictures and sending them to friends, and scanning.

For example, when the user selects the function option of taking pictures to send to friends or social platforms, the above-mentioned first information may be the instruction information instructing the camera application to jump to the sharing page of the social application after taking pictures, so as to facilitate the camera application After executing the shooting function, the program jumps to the corresponding friend list page or social platform page.

It should be understood that after the application icon A and the application icon C collide, the electronic device can first jump to the shooting interface of the camera application, and after the camera application performs the photographing function, it jumps to the sharing page of the social application according to the instruction information. , so that users can share it. In this way, the user can be prevented from manually entering the steps of starting the camera application on the interface of the social application, which improves the convenience of application control.

Optionally, in order to realize the picture sharing function, the photo album application may be the first application (corresponding to the application icon A in FIG. 4 ), and the social application may be the second application (corresponding to the application icon C in FIG. 4 ). The above function options can correspond to include picture sharing friends or social platforms. When the user selects the above function options, the electronic device executes the acquisition of the picture information selected by the user in the photo album application program, and sends it to the friends or social platform in the social application program. operation.

After performing the above steps 201 to 203, referring to FIG. 6C, FIG. 6C is a possible schematic diagram of displaying corresponding function options when the photo album application is the first application and the social networking application is the second application. . In FIG. 6C , the above-mentioned collaboration menu may include functional options such as picture sharing friends or social platforms.

For example, when the user selects the function option of sharing pictures with friends or social platforms, the above-mentioned first information can be the picture information obtained from the photo album application, so that the social application can send the picture information to the corresponding friends or Social platforms.

It should be understood that after the collision between the application icon A and the application icon C, the electronic device can first jump to the picture display interface of the album application, and then jump to the sharing of the social application after confirming the picture to be shared according to the user's input. Page, after the user confirms the sharing, the sharing function is performed by the social application. In this way, the operation of manually starting the photo album application by the user, and after selecting the image, manually selecting the image to be shared and sharing it to friends or social platforms can be avoided, which improves the user experience.

Optionally, in order to realize the function of performing voice/video chat on contacts in the address book through social software, the address book application program can be the first application program (corresponding to the application icon A in FIG. 4 ), and the social application program can be the second application program. Application (corresponding to the application icon C in Figure 4). The above function options can include voice chat with contacts, video chat with contacts, and text chat with contacts.

After performing the above steps 201 to 203, referring to FIG. 6D, FIG. 6D is a possible schematic diagram of displaying corresponding function options when the photo album application is the first application and the social networking application is the second application. . In FIG. 6D , the above-mentioned collaboration menu may include function options such as voice chat with contacts, video chat with contacts, and text chat with contacts.

For example, when the user selects the function option of sharing pictures with friends or social platforms, the above-mentioned first information can be the contact information obtained from the address book application, so that the above-mentioned social application can determine the corresponding information according to the contact information. 's social accounts.

It should be understood that after the application icon A and the application icon C collide, the electronic device can first jump to the contact display interface of the address book application, and after confirming the contact according to the user input, jump to the social application, Corresponding to the chat interface of the social account, and initiate a voice or video chat, so as to avoid the user manually starting the address book, copy the mobile phone number of the contact in the address book, and then start the social application to search for the social account corresponding to the mobile phone number, and The operation of initiating a voice or video call request improves the convenience of application control.

Similarly, in order to implement the function of notification, network or permission setting for an application, the application to be set may be the first application, and the setting application may be the second application. The above function options can correspond to include notification settings, network settings and permission settings. The above-mentioned first information is the initial setting information of the application to be set, which is changed by the setting application on the basis of the initial setting information according to the user's input. In this way, the user's operation of manually searching for the application that needs to be set in the setting application can be avoided, which improves the convenience of application control.

In addition, the embodiment of the present application provides a new interaction mode for multi-application collaboration, that is, multi-application collaboration is realized through the interaction mode of application icon collision, which improves the interest of the interaction process.

It should be noted that, in the application control method provided by the embodiments of the present application, the execution subject may be an application control device, or a control module in the application control device for executing the application control method. In the embodiments of the present application, a method for controlling an application program by an apparatus for controlling an application program is used as an example to describe the apparatus for controlling an application program provided by the embodiments of the present application.

Referring to FIG. 9 , an embodiment of the present application provides a control device 900 for an application program, including:

a receiving module 901, configured to receive a first input for the first application icon and the second application icon;

An execution module 902, configured to, in response to the first input, execute an application operation corresponding to the target function based on the first application program and the second application program;

In this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may receive the first input for the first application icon and the second application icon through the receiving module 901, and use the execution module 902 based on the first application program and the second application icon corresponding to the first application icon. The corresponding second application executes an application operation corresponding to the target function, wherein the target function is associated with both the first application and the second application. In this way, the steps of manually opening an application and manually searching and calling another application in the application can be avoided when the user realizes the cooperative function of the application, that is, the manual operation when the user controls the cooperative realization function of the application is reduced. Thus, the convenience of user interaction is improved.

Optionally, the receiving module 901 includes:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive the first input associating the first application icon with the second application icon;

The execution module 902 includes:

a first obtaining unit, configured to obtain, in response to the first input, first information associated with the first application and the target function;

A first execution unit, configured to call the second application program to execute an application operation corresponding to the target function according to the first information.

Optionally, the execution module 902 includes:

a function display unit for displaying at least one function option based on the first application and the second application in response to the first input, the function option corresponding to the first application and the second application Functions that the applications perform in concert;

The second execution unit is configured to execute an application operation corresponding to the target function in the case of receiving the second input of the target function option.

Optionally, the first input includes a first sub-input for the first application icon, and the apparatus further includes:

an obtaining module, configured to, in response to the first sub-input, obtain N application icons from among the M application icons included in the first interactive interface, where all the N application icons can be associated with the first application icon, The N application icons can all be associated with the first application icon, and the N application icons include the second application icon; M is a positive integer, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M;

A display module, configured to display a second interactive interface, where the second interactive interface includes the N application icons.

Optionally, the receiving module 901 includes:

a second receiving unit, configured to receive a first input for associating the K first application icons with the second application icons, where K is an integer greater than 1;

The execution module 902 includes:

a first acquiring unit, configured to acquire, in response to the first input, the setting information of the target application in the K first application programs corresponding to the K first application icons;

A setting unit, configured to call the second application program to set K-1 first application programs corresponding to K-1 first application icons according to the setting information of the target application program, K-1 One of the first application programs is another first application program except the target application program.

The control device of the application program in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, and may also be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The apparatus may be a mobile electronic device or a non-mobile electronic device. Exemplarily, the mobile electronic device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, an in-vehicle electronic device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook, or a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant). assistant, PDA), etc., non-mobile electronic devices can be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), personal computer (personal computer, PC), television (television, TV), teller machine or self-service machine, etc., this application Examples are not specifically limited.

The control device of the application program in the embodiment of the present application may be a device with an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

The application program control apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiments in FIG. 1 to FIG. 8 , which is not repeated here to avoid repetition.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 10 , an embodiment of the present application further provides an electronic device 1000, including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a program or instruction stored in the memory 1002 and executable on the processor 1001, When the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1001, each process of the above-mentioned application program control method embodiment can be realized, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described here.

It should be noted that the electronic devices in the embodiments of the present application include the aforementioned mobile electronic devices and non-mobile electronic devices.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device 1100 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1101, a network module 1102, an audio output unit 1103, an input unit 1104, a sensor 1105, a display unit 1106, a user input unit 1107, an interface unit 1108, a memory 1109, and a processor 1110, etc. part.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the electronic device 1100 may also include a power source (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 1110 through a power management system, so that the power management system can manage charging, discharging, and power consumption. consumption management and other functions. The structure of the electronic device shown in FIG. 11 does not constitute a limitation on the electronic device. The electronic device may include more or less components than those shown in the figure, or combine some components, or arrange different components, which will not be repeated here. .

The input unit 1104 is configured to receive a first input for the first application icon and the second application icon.

The processor 1110 is configured to, in response to the first input, execute an application operation corresponding to the target function based on the first application program and the second application program.

Optionally, the first input includes a first sub-input and a second sub-input, and the input unit 104 is further configured to receive the first sub-input to the application icon and, on the first interactive interface, receive the moving the first application icon to a second sub-input of the second application icon;

The processor 1110 is further configured to display a first interactive interface in response to the first sub-input, where the first interactive interface includes N application icons, where N is an integer greater than 1.

In this embodiment of the present application, the user can make the electronic device enter the multi-application cooperation state through the first sub-input, and through the second sub-input on the first interactive interface, the user can move the first application icon to the second application icon by moving the In this way, the association between the first application icon and the second application icon is realized, thereby avoiding the conflict with the existing touch operation when the user directly performs the above operation on the system desktop, and improving the user's use experience.

Optionally, the input unit 1104 is further configured to receive the first input associating the first application icon with the second application icon;

The processor 1110 is further configured to, in response to the first input, acquire first information associated with the first application and the target function;

Optionally, the display unit 1106 is further configured to, in response to the first input, display at least one function option based on the first application and the second application, where the function option corresponds to the first application a function performed in conjunction with the second application;

The processor 1110 is further configured to execute an application operation corresponding to the target function in the case of receiving the second input of the target function option.

Optionally, the processor 1110 is further configured to, in response to the first sub-input, obtain N application icons from the M application icons included in the first interactive interface, and the N application icons can all be related to the The first application icon is associated, and the N application icons include the second application icon; M is a positive integer, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M;

The display unit 1106 is further configured to display a second interactive interface, where the second interactive interface includes the N application icons.

Optionally, the input unit 104 is further configured to receive a first input for associating the K first application icons with the second application icons, where K is an integer greater than 1;

The processor 1110 is further configured to, in response to the first input, obtain setting information of the target application in the K first application programs corresponding to the K first application icons;

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of the present application, the input unit 1104 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 11041 and a microphone 11042. Such as camera) to obtain still pictures or video image data for processing. The display unit 1106 may include a display panel 11061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1107 includes a touch panel 11071 and other input devices 11072 . The touch panel 11071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 11071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 11072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be repeated here. Memory 1109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data including, but not limited to, application programs and operating systems. The processor 1110 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface, and application programs, and the like, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication. It can be understood that, the above-mentioned modulation and demodulation processor may not be integrated into the processor 1110.

Embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, each process of the foregoing application program control method embodiment is implemented, and can To achieve the same technical effect, in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the electronic device described in the foregoing embodiments. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or an instruction to implement the control method for the above application program In order to avoid repetition, the details are not repeated here.

It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip, a system-on-a-chip, or a system-on-a-chip, or the like.

Embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program product, where the computer program product is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and when the computer program product is executed by at least one processor, implements the above application control method embodiments Each process can achieve the same technical effect. In order to avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

It should be noted that, herein, the terms "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such a process, method, article or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element qualified by the phrase "comprising a..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article or apparatus that includes the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the reverse order depending on the functions involved. To perform functions, for example, the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to some examples may be combined in other examples.

From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method of the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the present application can be embodied in the form of computer software products that are essentially or contribute to the prior art, and the computer software products are stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk , CD), including several instructions to make a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiments, which are merely illustrative rather than restrictive. Under the inspiration of this application, without departing from the scope of protection of the purpose of this application and the claims, many forms can be made, which all fall within the protection of this application.

Claims

A control method of an application, including:

receiving a first input for the first application icon and the second application icon;

In response to the first input, executing an application operation corresponding to the target function based on the first application and the second application;

The first application is an application corresponding to the first application icon, the second application is an application corresponding to the second application icon, and the target function is the same as the first application and The second applications are all associated.
The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the first input for the first application icon and the second application icon comprises:

receiving the first input associating the first application icon with the second application icon;

The performing an application operation corresponding to the target function based on the first application and the second application in response to the first input includes:

in response to the first input, acquiring first information associated with the first application and the target function;

According to the first information, the second application program is called to execute an application operation corresponding to the target function.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, in response to the first input, performing an application operation corresponding to a target function based on the first application and the second application comprises:

In response to the first input, displaying at least one function option based on the first application and the second application, the function option corresponding to a function that the first application and the second application perform cooperatively ;

In the case of receiving the second input for the target function option, an application operation corresponding to the target function is performed.
2. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first input includes a first sub-input for the first application icon, the first application based on the first application and the second in response to the first input Before the application executes the application operation corresponding to the target function, the method further includes:

In response to the first sub-input, obtain N application icons from the M application icons included in the first interactive interface, the N application icons can all be associated with the first application icon, and the N application icons The application icon includes the second application icon; M is a positive integer, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M;

A second interactive interface is displayed, where the second interactive interface includes the N application icons.
The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving the first input for the first application icon and the second application icon comprises:

receiving a first input that associates the K first application icons with the second application icons, where K is an integer greater than 1;

The performing an application operation corresponding to the target function based on the first application and the second application in response to the first input includes:

In response to the first input, acquiring the setting information of the target application in the K first application programs corresponding to the K first application icons;

Invoke the second application to set the K-1 first applications corresponding to the K-1 first application icons according to the setting information of the target application, and set the K-1 first applications corresponding to the K-1 first application icons. An application is another first application except the target application.
An application-controlled device comprising:

a receiving module for a first input for the first application icon and the second application icon;

an execution module, in response to the first input, executing an application operation corresponding to the target function based on the first application and the second application;

The first application is an application corresponding to the first application icon, the second application is an application corresponding to the second application icon, and the target function is the same as the first application and The second applications are all associated.
The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first input comprises a first sub-input and a second sub-input, and the receiving module comprises:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive the first input that associates the first application icon with the second application icon;

The execution module includes:

a first obtaining unit, configured to obtain, in response to the first input, first information associated with the first application and the target function;

A first execution unit, configured to call the second application program to execute an application operation corresponding to the target function according to the first information.
The apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the execution module comprises:

a function display unit for displaying at least one function option based on the first application and the second application in response to the first input, the function option corresponding to the first application and the second application Functions that the applications perform in concert;

The second execution unit is configured to execute an application operation corresponding to the target function in the case of receiving the second input of the target function option.
The apparatus of claim 6 or 7, wherein the first input comprises a first sub-input for the first application icon, the apparatus further comprising:

an obtaining module, configured to, in response to the first sub-input, obtain N application icons from among the M application icons included in the first interactive interface, where all the N application icons can be associated with the first application icon, The N application icons can all be associated with the first application icon, and the N application icons include the second application icon; M is a positive integer, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M;

A display module, configured to display a second interactive interface, where the second interactive interface includes the N application icons.
The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the receiving module comprises:

a second receiving unit, configured to receive a first input for associating the K first application icons with the second application icons, where K is an integer greater than 1;

The execution module includes:

a first acquiring unit, configured to acquire, in response to the first input, the setting information of the target application in the K first application programs corresponding to the K first application icons;

A setting unit, configured to call the second application program to set K-1 first application programs corresponding to K-1 first application icons according to the setting information of the target application program, K-1 One of the first application programs is another first application program except the target application program.
A chip, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or an instruction to implement the application program according to any one of claims 1-5 steps of the control method.
A computer program product, wherein the computer program product is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, the computer program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the method of any one of claims 1-5 The steps of the control method of the application.
A device for controlling an application program, wherein the device is used to execute the steps of the method for controlling an application program according to any one of claims 1-5.