CN106484500A - A kind of application operation method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

A kind of application operation method and device is embodiments provided, described method includes：The case process of configuration application program, wherein, the case process includes that master instance process and at least one, from case process, uniquely represents a case process using instance identification；Distinguish according to the instance identification and call master instance process or from the corresponding application program of case process；Process message is processed by the master instance process called or from case process.Multiple case process can be configured for an application program, so as in a mobile device for same application while running multiple, so as to accurately determine the case process for processing message, user can log in multiple accounts simultaneously in a mobile device, time-consuming.

Description

An application running method and device

technical field

The present invention relates to the technical field of mobile terminals, in particular to an application running method and an application running device.

Background technique

Android (Android) is a free and open-source operating system based on Linux, which is mainly used in mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablet computers.

In the device using the Android system, the user can install various application programs in the Android system, but when the user uses the application program in the device using the Android system, only one application program can be started. For example, social and instant messaging applications such as QQ, WeChat, and Weibo can only start one application program. If the user has multiple WeChat accounts, since multiple WeChat accounts cannot be activated at the same time, only one WeChat account can be logged in. If you want to log in to other accounts It is necessary to log out of the current account in WeChat, and then log in to other accounts, which is cumbersome and affects efficiency.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention is proposed to provide an application running method and a corresponding application running device that overcome the above problems or at least partially solve the above problems.

According to one aspect of the present invention, an application running method is provided, including: configuring an instance process of an application program, wherein the instance process includes a master instance process and at least one slave instance process, and an instance process is uniquely represented by an instance identifier; According to the instance identifier, the application program corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process is distinguished; the process message is processed through the called master instance process or the slave instance process.

Optionally, the configuration of the instance process of the application program includes: registering a master instance process for the application process, configuring the instance identifier of the master instance process; registering at least one slave instance process for the master instance process, configuring each The instance ID of the slave instance process.

Optionally, it also includes: configuring a main storage directory for the master instance process with a data storage address; configuring a sub-storage directory for each slave instance process's data storage address under the main storage directory.

Optionally, distinguishing the application corresponding to calling the master instance process or the slave instance process according to the instance identifier includes: obtaining the instance identifier from the process message; determining the master instance process or the slave instance process corresponding to the instance identifier, calling the The application program corresponding to the master instance process or the slave instance process.

Optionally, the operating system is an Android system; then, according to the instance identifier, the application program corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process is distinguished, including: the Zygote process calls a local function to create a process, and the instance identifier is configured for the process to determine Create a master instance process or a slave instance process; load the class functions required by the master instance process or the slave instance process, and run the application program.

Optionally, processing the process message through the invoked master instance process or the slave instance process includes: sending the process message to the invoked master instance process or the slave instance process, using the invoked master instance process or the slave instance process A process processes the process message.

Optionally, it also includes: storing the application information of the application program corresponding to the master instance process in the main storage directory; or storing the application information of the application program corresponding to the slave instance process in a sub-storage directory to Enforce storage isolation.

Optionally, the method further includes: separately configuring application description information for the master instance process and each slave instance process, wherein the application description information includes an application icon and an application name; and displaying each application description information in a user interface.

Optionally, it also includes: respectively configuring account information for the corresponding applications of the master instance process and the slave instance process.

Optionally, it also includes: configuring the account information of at least one slave instance process corresponding to the application program as a private account.

Optionally, the method further includes: running at least two instance processes of the same application at the same time, wherein the instance processes include at least one slave instance process.

Optionally, it also includes: transferring process messages between two instance processes of the same application program running simultaneously.

Optionally, the type of the application program includes at least one of the following: an instant messaging application and a social networking application.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an application running device, including: an instance control module configured to configure an instance process of an application program, wherein the instance process includes a master instance process and at least one slave instance process, The instance identifier is used to uniquely represent an instance process; the cooperative control module is used to distinguish the application program corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process according to the instance identifier; process the process message through the calling master instance process or the slave instance process.

Optionally, the instance control module includes: a first configuration submodule, configured to register a master instance process for the application process, and configure an instance identifier of the master instance process; a second configuration submodule, configured to register a master instance process for the application process; The master instance process registers at least one slave instance process, and configures the instance ID of each slave instance process.

Optionally, it also includes: a storage control module, configured to configure the main storage directory of the data storage address for the master instance process; configure the sub-storage directory of the data storage address of each slave instance process under the main storage directory .

Optionally, the cooperative control module includes: an obtaining submodule, configured to obtain an instance ID from a process message; a calling submodule, configured to determine a master instance process or a slave instance process corresponding to the instance ID, and call the The application corresponding to the master instance process or the slave instance process.

Optionally, the operating system is an Android system; the cooperative control module includes: creating a submodule for the Zygote process to call a local function to create a process, configuring an instance identifier for the process to determine the creation of a master instance process or a slave instance process ; Run the submodule, which is used to load the class functions required by the master instance process or the slave instance process, and run the application program.

Optionally, the cooperative control module includes: a message processing submodule, configured to send the process message to the called master instance process or the slave instance process, and use the called master instance process or the slave instance process to process the process messages.

Optionally, the storage control module is further configured to store the application information of the application program corresponding to the master instance process in the main storage directory; or store the application information of the application program corresponding to the slave instance process in the sub-storage directory to perform storage isolation.

Optionally, the instance control module is further configured to separately configure application description information for the master instance process and each slave instance process, wherein the application description information includes an application icon and an application name; each application is displayed in the user interface Description.

Optionally, the cooperative control module is further configured to respectively configure account information for the corresponding applications of the master instance process and the slave instance process.

Optionally, the cooperative control module is further configured to configure account information corresponding to at least one slave instance process as a private account.

Optionally, the cooperative control module is further configured to simultaneously run at least two instance processes of the same application program, wherein the instance processes include at least one slave instance process.

Optionally, the cooperative control module is further configured to transmit process messages between two instance processes of the same application running concurrently.

Optionally, the type of the application program includes at least one of the following: an instant messaging application and a social networking application.

Configure the master instance process and at least one slave instance process of the application, and use the instance ID to uniquely represent an instance process, so that multiple instance processes can be configured for an application, so that multiple instances of the same application can be run simultaneously on the mobile device. The instance ID is used to distinguish the application program corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process, and the process message is processed through the calling master instance process or the slave instance process, so that the instance process that processes the message can be accurately determined, and the user can simultaneously view the message on the mobile device Log in to multiple accounts in , saving time.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present invention. In order to better understand the technical means of the present invention, it can be implemented according to the contents of the description, and in order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable , the specific embodiments of the present invention are enumerated below.

Description of drawings

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment. The drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating a preferred embodiment and are not to be considered as limiting the invention. Also throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same components. In the attached picture:

Fig. 1 shows a flow chart of the steps of an embodiment of an application running method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 shows a flow chart of steps of an embodiment of an application running method embodiment according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of application display according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 shows a structural block diagram of an embodiment of an application running device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 shows a structural block diagram of an embodiment of an application running device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided for more thorough understanding of the present disclosure and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.

Embodiment one

Referring to FIG. 1 , it shows a flow chart of the steps of an embodiment of an application running method according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may specifically include the following steps:

Step 102, configure the instance process of the application program.

The embodiments of the present invention are applied to mobile devices, and the operating systems of the mobile devices to which this embodiment is applicable include ios, Android, and Windows Phone. In an operating system of a mobile device, usually only one application program (Application, APP) is allowed to run. For social and instant messaging applications such as QQ, WeChat, and Weibo, a user can usually register multiple accounts, and only one application can be started in the system, which will cause the user to be unable to use the same account on the mobile device at the same time, which is very difficult to use. inconvenient.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when configuring instance processes for application programs in the operating system, multiple instance processes can be configured for each application program, wherein the instance processes include a master instance process and at least one slave instance process, that is, not only The program configures the master instance process, and can also configure at least one slave instance process. Slave runs multiple processes for the same application in the system simultaneously by running the master instance process and the slave instance process. Wherein, an instance process is uniquely represented by an instance identifier, so the master instance process and each slave instance process have a unique instance identifier (identity, ID).

Step 104, according to the instance identifier, distinguish the application corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process.

When starting or sending a message to a running instance process in the operating system, the instance process can be distinguished by the instance identifier to determine the application program corresponding to the master instance process or the application program corresponding to the slave instance process. Realize the collaborative processing between different instance processes, that is, distinguish different process instances based on the instance ID.

Step 106, process the process message through the calling master instance process or the slave instance process.

After receiving the process message, the instance identifier of the process message can be obtained, so as to transmit the process message to the corresponding master instance process or slave instance process, and use the master instance process or slave instance process to process the process message process. Wherein, the processing operation of the process message by the instance process may be determined according to the actual message, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

To sum up, configure the master instance process and at least one slave instance process of the application, and use the instance ID to uniquely represent an instance process, so that multiple instance processes can be configured for an application, so that the same application can be used simultaneously on the mobile device To run multiple instances, the instance ID can be used to distinguish the application program corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process, and the process message can be processed by calling the master instance process or the slave instance process, so that the instance process that processes the message can be accurately determined, and the user You can log in to multiple accounts on your mobile device at the same time, saving time.

Embodiment two

On the basis of the above embodiments, this embodiment discusses in detail the implementation steps of simultaneously running multiple applications on a mobile device, where the Android system is used as an example for discussion in this embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2 , it shows a flow chart of the steps of an embodiment of an application running method according to another embodiment of the present invention, which may specifically include the following steps:

Step 202, register a master instance process for the application process, and configure an instance identifier of the master instance process.

Step 204, register at least one slave instance process for the master instance process, and configure an instance identifier of each slave instance process.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to be able to simultaneously run multiple processes for an application in a mobile device to realize simultaneous login and use of multiple accounts, one main instance process can be registered for an application program, and at least one From the instance process, an application can correspond to a master instance process and at least one slave instance process. During the registration process, the master instance process and each slave instance process are configured with instance IDs to distinguish different instance processes later. .

For example, register the euid for the instance process, and use it as the extended identifier of the process, that is, the instance ID to support multi-instance processes. At the same time, it is also possible to configure the list of software packages it runs for the instance process to determine the applications it can run.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the process registration of the instance process includes information such as process identity, process name, and software package name. In this embodiment, the ID notation method is used to realize process multi-instance, that is, multiple process instances of each application program, so different instance processes are distinguished by instance IDs. For example, the master instance process has id=0, one slave instance process id=1, another slave instance process id=2, and so on.

Step 206, configure the main storage directory of the data storage address for the main instance process.

Step 208, configuring sub-storage directories for data storage addresses of each slave instance process under the main storage directory.

Allocate storage space for the master instance process and the slave instance process, wherein, configure the data storage address for the master instance process, determine the master storage directory where the data storage address is located, and then allocate data for the slave user instance in the data storage address The storage address is to configure a sub-storage directory for the data storage address of each slave instance process under the main storage directory, so that the data of the master instance process and the data of the slave instance processes are isolated.

Wherein, the storage space of the mobile device includes device space and external space, and the external space is provided by the external storage card of the mobile device, such as SD (Secure Digital, secure digital) card, miniSD, microSD or T-Flash (TransFLash) card, etc., so the data storage address includes the data storage address of the device space and the data storage address of the external space.

For example, the main storage directory of the master instance process in the device space is: /data/data/XXXX/, and the main storage directory of the external space is: /sdcard/Android/data/XXX/; correspondingly, the slave instance process is in the device space The sub-storage directory under the main storage directory is: /data/data/XXXX/.1/, and the sub-storage directory under the main storage directory of the external space is: /sdcard/Android/data/XXX/.1/.

Step 210, configuring application description information for the master instance process and each slave instance process respectively.

Step 212, display the description information of each application in the user interface.

In the embodiment of the present invention, multiple instance processes are configured for the application program in the mobile device, and each instance process can run the application program, thereby supporting simultaneous login and use of multiple accounts of social networking and instant messaging applications, so it can be used for The master instance process and each slave instance process configure application description information respectively, and the application description information includes application icons and application names, and then multiple user interfaces of an application program are displayed on the user interface of the mobile device, such as the application program interface, the main interface, etc. App icon.

Among them, in order to facilitate the user to distinguish the account information logged in by the application, different application description information can be configured for different instance processes of an application program, that is, the difference can be made on the basis of reflecting the name of the application program itself. For example, application icons can be distinguished by color. For example, the application icon of WeChat is mainly green, the main instance process configures the original application icon, and the application icon expanded from the instance process configuration is different from the icon color process. For example, from The application icon of instance process 1 uses blue as the main color, and the application icon of secondary instance process 2 uses pink as the main color, etc. It can also be distinguished from the application name. For example, the original application name is configured for the master instance process, and the extended application name is configured for the slave instance process. As shown, when there are multiple slave instance processes, the corresponding application names are Wechat 1, Wechat 2, ... Wechat n, etc. Therefore, the user can quickly distinguish the different account information registered by the application program through the application icon and the application name.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the corresponding application programs of the master instance process and the slave instance process are respectively configured with account information, that is, the user can log in one account information when using the master instance process to use the application program, and can log in to another account information when using the slave instance process to use the application program. One account information, and the application program corresponding to each account can be intuitively distinguished according to the application icon and application name during use.

In the embodiment of the present invention, at least two instance processes of the same application can be run at the same time, so as to realize the support for multi-account login, wherein, the instance process includes at least one slave instance process, that is, the two instance processes running simultaneously can be both It is a slave instance process, or a master instance process and a slave instance process.

The instance process includes two states of creation and running in the operating system, which are distinguished by different instance IDs. When the instance process is created, the application corresponding to the master instance process or the slave instance process is distinguished according to the instance ID, including: The Zygote process calls a local function to create a process, configures an instance identifier for the process to determine the creation of a master instance process or a slave instance process; loads the class functions required by the master instance process or the slave instance process, and runs the application program. When invoking a running instance process, distinguish the application program corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process according to the instance identifier, including: obtaining the instance identifier from the process message; determining the master instance process or the slave instance process corresponding to the instance identifier , calling the application program corresponding to the master instance process or the slave instance process.

In step 214, the Zygote process calls a local function to create a process, and configures an instance identifier for the process to determine whether to create a master instance process or a slave instance process.

Step 216, load the class functions required by the master instance process or the slave instance process, and run the application program.

The Zygote process can also be called a seed process. It is a very important process in Android system applications. Its main function is to execute Android applications, that is, most application processes are created by the zygote process. Among them, the Zygote process Ability to create a running environment and start a virtual machine. Each application in the Android system runs with its own Dalvik virtual machine. In actual processing, the virtual machine is started by the Zygote process to run the instance process of the application, that is, to read the request information, which includes Create parameter options for a new process, and analyze the request information as string data, including gid, uid, etc. of the application, such as receiving the analyzed parameters through the Zygote.forkAndSpecialize() method, and calling the local method forkAndSpecialize() of the Zygote class. Then call the native function to create the process. Such as calling the local function fork (), creating a new process, and setting gid, uid, etc. according to the delivery options of the new process. Then load the class function required by the master instance process or the slave instance process, that is, load the class required by the process and call the main () method of the class, start the described application program running the master instance process or the slave instance process.

Step 218, obtain the instance identifier from the process message.

Step 220, determine the master instance process or the slave instance process corresponding to the instance identifier, and call the application program corresponding to the master instance process or the slave instance process.

The process message can be received before the instance process is started, and the corresponding master instance process or slave instance process can be started after the instance ID is determined according to the process message, and then the process message process is processed. It is also possible to obtain the instance ID from the process message during operation, determine the master instance process or the slave instance process corresponding to the instance ID, and then call the application program corresponding to the master instance process or the slave instance process, and determine a process through the instance ID The master instance process or the slave instance process that the message needs to be delivered to.

Step 222: Send the progress message to the called master instance process or slave instance process, and use the called master instance process or slave instance process to process the progress message.

This embodiment can run many application programs corresponding to instance processes in the system. For example, for an application program, the master instance process and the slave instance process are used to run separately, so process messages will also be received, such as WeChat messages transmitted by the network, so in After starting and running the corresponding process instance, the process message can be sent to the called master instance process or the slave instance process, and the called master instance process or the slave instance process is used to process the process message, such as parsing the process message to obtain the message The content is then prompted to the user, or displayed to the mobile device, etc.

Step 224, storing the application information of the application program corresponding to the master instance process in the main storage directory; storing the application information of the application program corresponding to the slave instance process in a sub storage directory.

After the main instance process processes the relevant messages of the application program, it will generate corresponding application information, which can be stored in the main storage directory. After the slave instance process processes application-related messages, it will also generate corresponding application information, which can be stored in the sub-storage directory corresponding to the slave instance process, so that messages of different instance processes are stored in different storage directories. When the instance process needs to call the application information, the information can be obtained from the corresponding data storage address of its own storage directory, which is very convenient to use.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the types of the application programs include at least one of the following: instant messaging applications and social networking applications. Users usually register multiple accounts when using instant messaging applications and social applications. In order to enable multiple accounts to log in at the same time, for example, many people have the need to use two WeChats at the same time. One WeChat is used for work. One is used for daily communication in the workplace; the other is used for personal life, which belongs to the more private category. This embodiment can run multiple instance processes of the same application program in the mobile device, that is, run at least two instance processes of the same application program at the same time, wherein the instance process includes at least one slave instance process. In this way, the function of running two WeChats on a mobile device such as a mobile phone at the same time is realized. This is a function built into the operating system of the mobile device. The two WeChats can receive and send messages at the same time, and browse Moments without interfering with each other.

Therefore, account information can be configured for the application program corresponding to the master instance process and the application program corresponding to each slave instance process. Simultaneous login and use of the account.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the account information of at least one slave instance process corresponding to the application program is configured as a private account. That is, log in to the user's personal account through this account and save the corresponding private information. If the data storage space of the instance process corresponding to the private account is configured as an encrypted space, it needs to be decrypted to access.

Multiple instance processes of an application program run simultaneously in a mobile device, that is, different accounts are logged in and used at the same time, so process messages are transmitted between two instance processes of the same application program running at the same time, and the instance process includes at least one slave Instance process, that is, the two instance processes running at the same time can be both slave instance processes, or a master instance process and a slave instance process, so that users can send messages to each other between their multiple accounts. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present invention, two process instances are in one file system, and different process instances can access each other.

For the method embodiment, for the sake of simple description, it is expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should know that the embodiment of the present invention is not limited by the described action order, because according to the embodiment of the present invention , certain steps may be performed in other order or simultaneously. Secondly, those skilled in the art should also know that the embodiments described in the specification belong to preferred embodiments, and the actions involved are not necessarily required by the embodiments of the present invention.

Embodiment three

On the basis of the above embodiments, this embodiment also discloses an application running device.

Referring to FIG. 4 , it shows a structural block diagram of an embodiment of an application running device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may specifically include the following modules:

The instance control module 402 is configured to configure an instance process of an application program, wherein the instance process includes a master instance process and at least one slave instance process, and an instance identifier is used to uniquely represent an instance process.

The cooperative control module 404 is configured to distinguish the application corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process according to the instance identifier; process the process message through the called master instance process or the slave instance process.

To sum up, configure the master instance process and at least one slave instance process of the application, and use the instance ID to uniquely represent an instance process, so that multiple instance processes can be configured for an application, so that multiple instances of the same application can be run simultaneously on the mobile device. One, the instance ID can be used to distinguish the application program corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process, and the process message can be processed through the called master instance process or the slave instance process, so that the instance process that processes the message can be accurately determined, and the user can simultaneously Save time by logging into multiple accounts on your mobile device.

Referring to FIG. 5 , it shows a structural block diagram of an embodiment of an application running device according to another embodiment of the present invention, which may specifically include the following modules:

The instance control module 502 is configured to configure an instance process of an application program, wherein the instance process includes a master instance process and at least one slave instance process, and an instance identifier is used to uniquely represent an instance process.

The storage control module 506 is configured to configure a main storage directory of the data storage address for the master instance process; and configure a sub-storage directory of the data storage address of each slave instance process under the main storage directory.

The cooperative control module 504 is configured to distinguish the application corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process according to the instance identifier; process the process message through the calling master instance process or the slave instance process.

The instance control module 502 includes: a first configuration submodule 50202, configured to register a master instance process for an application process, and configure an instance identifier of the master instance process; a second configuration submodule 50204, used to register a master instance process for the application process; The instance process registers at least one slave instance process, and configures the instance ID of each slave instance process.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the cooperative control module 504 includes: an acquisition submodule 50402, configured to obtain an instance identifier from a process message; and a call submodule 50404, configured to determine the main instance process corresponding to the instance identifier Or the slave instance process, calling the application program corresponding to the master instance process or the slave instance process.

In another optional embodiment of the present invention, the operating system is an Android system; the cooperative control module 504 includes: creating a submodule 50406, which is used for the Zygote process to call a local function to create a process, and to configure an instance identifier for the process to determine Create the master instance process or the slave instance process; run the submodule 50408, which is used to load the class functions required by the master instance process or the slave instance process, and run the application program.

The cooperative control module 504 also includes: a message processing sub-module 50410, configured to send the process message to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process, and use the called master instance process or the slave instance process to process the Process messages.

The storage control module 506 is further configured to store the application information of the application program corresponding to the master instance process in the main storage directory; or store the application information of the application program corresponding to the slave instance process in a sub storage directory Next, to perform storage isolation.

The instance control module 502 is further configured to respectively configure application description information for the master instance process and each slave instance process, wherein the application description information includes an application icon and an application name; and display each application description information in a user interface.

The cooperative control module is further configured to respectively configure account information for the corresponding application programs of the master instance process and the slave instance process.

The cooperative control module is further configured to configure the account information corresponding to the application program of at least one slave instance process as a private account.

The cooperative control module is further configured to simultaneously run at least two instance processes of the same application program, wherein the instance processes include at least one slave instance process.

The cooperative control module is also used for transmitting process messages between two instance processes of the same application running simultaneously.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the types of the application programs include at least one of the following: instant messaging applications and social networking applications.

Multiple instance processes of an application program run simultaneously in a mobile device, that is, different accounts are logged in and used at the same time, so process messages are transmitted between two instance processes of the same application program running at the same time, and the instance process includes at least one slave Instance process, that is, the two instance processes running at the same time can be both slave instance processes, or a master instance process and a slave instance process, so that users can send messages to each other between their multiple accounts. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present invention, two process instances are in one file system, and different process instances can access each other.

As for the device embodiment, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and for related parts, please refer to the part of the description of the method embodiment.

The algorithms and displays presented herein are not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual system, or other device. Various generic systems can also be used with the teachings based on this. The structure required to construct such a system is apparent from the above description. Furthermore, the present invention is not specific to any particular programming language. It should be understood that various programming languages can be used to implement the content of the present invention described herein, and the above description of specific languages is for disclosing the best mode of the present invention.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure the understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, in order to streamline this disclosure and to facilitate an understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or its description. This method of disclosure, however, is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed invention requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the Detailed Description are hereby expressly incorporated into this Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the modules in the device in the embodiment can be adaptively changed and arranged in one or more devices different from the embodiment. Modules or units or components in the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and furthermore may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-assemblies. All features disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) and any method or method so disclosed may be used in any combination, except that at least some of such features and/or processes or units are mutually exclusive. All processes or units of equipment are combined. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will understand that although some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments but not others, combinations of features from different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention. and form different embodiments. For example, in the following claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. Those skilled in the art should understand that a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all functions of some or all components in the application running method and device according to the embodiments of the present invention. The present invention can also be implemented as an apparatus or an apparatus program (for example, a computer program and a computer program product) for performing a part or all of the methods described herein. Such a program for realizing the present invention may be stored on a computer-readable medium, or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an Internet site, or provided on a carrier signal, or provided in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The invention can be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In a unit claim enumerating several means, several of these means can be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The use of the words first, second, and third, etc. does not indicate any order. These words can be interpreted as names.

The present invention discloses A1. A method for running an application, including: configuring an instance process of an application program, wherein the instance process includes a master instance process and at least one slave instance process, and uses an instance identifier to uniquely represent an instance process; according to the The instance identifier distinguishes the application corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process; the process message is processed through the called master instance process or the slave instance process.

A2. The method as described in A1, the configuration of the instance process of the application program includes: registering a master instance process for the application process, configuring the instance identifier of the master instance process; registering at least one slave instance for the master instance process Process, configure the instance ID of each slave instance process.

A3, the method as described in A2, is characterized in that, also comprises: the master storage directory of the data storage address configuration for the master instance process; Configure the data storage address of each from the instance process respectively under the master storage directory Substorage directory.

A4. The method as described in A1, distinguishing the application corresponding to calling the master instance process or the slave instance process according to the instance identifier, including: obtaining the instance identifier from the process message; determining the master instance process or the slave instance process corresponding to the instance identifier The instance process calls the application program corresponding to the master instance process or the slave instance process.

A5, the method as described in A1, the operating system is an Android system; then according to the instance identification to distinguish calling the main instance process or the corresponding application program from the instance process, including: the Zygote process calls the local function to create a process for the described The process configuration instance identification determines the creation of the master instance process or the slave instance process; loads the class functions required by the master instance process or the slave instance process, and runs the application program.

A6, the method as described in A3, process the process message through the called master instance process or the slave instance process, including: sending the process message to the called master instance process or the slave instance process, using the called master instance process The process message is processed by or from an instance process.

A7. The method as described in A3, further comprising: storing the application information of the application program corresponding to the master instance process in the main storage directory; or storing the application information of the application program corresponding to the slave instance process in the sub Storage directory to perform storage isolation.

A8. The method as described in A1, further comprising: respectively configuring application description information for the master instance process and each slave instance process, wherein the application description information includes application icons and application names; App description information.

A9. The method described in A1 further includes: respectively configuring account information for the application programs corresponding to the master instance process and the slave instance process.

A10. The method according to A9, further comprising: configuring at least one account information corresponding to the slave instance process as a private account.

A11. The method described in any one of A1 to A10, further comprising: simultaneously running at least two instance processes of the same application program, wherein the instance processes include at least one slave instance process.

A12. The method described in A11, further comprising: transmitting process messages between two instance processes of the same application running simultaneously.

A13. The method described in A12, the type of the application program includes at least one of the following: an instant messaging application and a social networking application.

The embodiment of the present invention also discloses B14, an application running device, including: an instance control module, configured to configure an instance process of an application program, wherein the instance process includes a master instance process and at least one slave instance process, using an instance ID It uniquely represents an instance process; the collaborative control module is used to distinguish the application corresponding to calling the master instance process or the slave instance process according to the instance identifier; process the process message through the called master instance process or the slave instance process.

B15. The device as described in B14, the instance control module includes: a first configuration submodule, configured to register a master instance process for an application process, and configure an instance identifier of the master instance process; a second configuration submodule, It is used for registering at least one slave instance process for the master instance process, and configuring an instance identifier of each slave instance process.

B16. The device as described in B15, further comprising: a storage control module, configured to configure the main storage directory of the data storage address for the main instance process; configure the data storage of each from the instance process respectively under the main storage directory The substorage directory for the address.

B17. The device as described in B14, the cooperative control module includes: an acquisition submodule, used to obtain an instance identifier from a process message; calling a submodule, used to determine the master instance process or slave instance corresponding to the instance identifier process, calling the application program corresponding to the master instance process or the slave instance process.

B18, the device as described in B14, described operating system is Android system; Described collaborative control module, comprises: Create submodule, is used for Zygote process to call local function creation process, determines to create main instance for described process configuration instance identification process or a secondary instance process; the running submodule is used to load the class functions required by the primary instance process or the secondary instance process, and run the application program.

B19. The device as described in B16, the cooperative control module includes: a message processing submodule, used to send the process message to the called master instance process or the slave instance process, and adopt the called master instance process or The process message is processed from the instance process.

B20. The device as described in B16, the storage control module is also used to store the application information of the application program corresponding to the master instance process in the main storage directory; or, store the application program corresponding to the slave instance process The application information of the application is stored in the sub-storage directory to perform storage isolation.

B21, the device as described in B14, the instance control module is further configured to configure application description information for the master instance process and each slave instance process, wherein the application description information includes application icons and application names; The interface displays the description information of each application.

B22. In the device described in B14, the cooperative control module is further configured to respectively configure account information for the master instance process and the corresponding application programs of the slave instance process.

B23. The device according to B22, wherein the cooperative control module is further configured to configure the account information of at least one slave instance process corresponding to the application program as a private account.

B24. The device described in any one of B14 to B22, the cooperative control module is further configured to simultaneously run at least two instance processes of the same application program, wherein the instance processes include at least one slave instance process.

B25. The device described in B24, wherein the cooperative control module is further configured to transmit process messages between two instance processes of the same application running simultaneously.

B26. The device according to B25, wherein the type of the application program includes at least one of the following: instant messaging applications and social networking applications.

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1. An application running method, comprising: Configuring an instance process of an application program, wherein the instance process includes a master instance process and at least one slave instance process, and an instance process is uniquely represented by an instance identifier; Distinguishing the application corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process according to the instance identifier; Process messages are processed by the called master instance process or slave instance process. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuring the instance process of the application program comprises: Register a master instance process for the application process, and configure an instance identifier of the master instance process; Register at least one slave instance process for the master instance process, and configure an instance identifier of each slave instance process. 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising: Configure the main storage directory of the data storage address for the main instance process; A sub-storage directory for the data storage address of each slave instance process is configured under the main storage directory. 4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, according to the instance identifier, distinguishing the application corresponding to calling the master instance process or the slave instance process comprises: Obtain the instance ID from the process message; Determine the master instance process or the slave instance process corresponding to the instance identifier, and call the application program corresponding to the master instance process or the slave instance process. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the operating system is an Android system; then, according to the instance identifier, the application program corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process is distinguished, including: The Zygote process calls a local function to create a process, and configures an instance identifier for the process to determine whether to create a master instance process or a slave instance process; Load the class functions required by the master instance process or the slave instance process, and run the application program. 6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the process message is processed by calling the main instance process or the slave instance process, comprising: The process message is sent to the called master instance process or the slave instance process, and the called master instance process or the slave instance process is used to process the process message. 7. The method of claim 3, further comprising: storing the application information of the application program corresponding to the main instance process in the main storage directory; Or, store the application information of the application program corresponding to the slave instance process in a sub-storage directory, so as to perform storage isolation. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: Configuring application description information for the master instance process and each slave instance process, wherein the application description information includes an application icon and an application name; Each application description information is displayed in the user interface. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: Configure account information for the master instance process and the corresponding applications of the slave instance process. 10. An application running device, comprising: An instance control module, configured to configure an instance process of an application program, wherein the instance process includes a master instance process and at least one slave instance process, and uses an instance identifier to uniquely represent an instance process; The cooperative control module is used to distinguish the application program corresponding to the calling master instance process or the slave instance process according to the instance identifier; process the process message through the calling master instance process or the slave instance process.