CN108833659B

CN108833659B - Application installation method and terminal

Info

Publication number: CN108833659B
Application number: CN201810327649.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周泽
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-04-12
Filing date: 2018-04-12
Publication date: 2021-06-08
Anticipated expiration: 2038-04-12
Also published as: CN108833659A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses an application installation method and a terminal, which are applied to the technical field of communication and can solve the problems that the storage space of the terminal is wasted, the system performance of the terminal is reduced and a user cannot personally select required functions in the prior art. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a first operation of a user under the condition that M function identifiers are displayed on a terminal, wherein one function identifier is used for indicating one function in first application, and the first operation is used for triggering the terminal to install the first application; responding to the first operation, and acquiring the installation packages of the functions indicated by each function identifier according to the M function identifiers to obtain M installation packages; installing a first application on the terminal according to the M installation packages; the first application comprises M functions indicated by M function identifiers, and M is a positive integer. The method is applied to an installation scene applied to the terminal.

Description

Application installation method and terminal

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to an application installation method and a terminal.

Background

With the popularization of terminal technology, the application of terminals is more and more extensive. Since the terminal can implement various functions by installing applications, a user can make the terminal implement various functions by installing applications in the terminal.

Generally, an application often includes a large variety of functions, and a user may install the application only for one or several functions in the application when installing the application. In the process of actually using the application by the user, for some functions in the application, the usage rate of the application by the user may be very low, but the functions in the application still occupy the storage space of the terminal, thereby wasting the storage space of the terminal and reducing the system performance of the terminal.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an application installation method and a terminal, which are used for solving the problems that the storage space of the terminal is wasted, the system performance of the terminal is reduced and a user cannot personally select required functions in the prior art.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, a method for installing an application is provided, where the method is applied to a terminal, and the method includes: receiving a first operation of a user under the condition that M function identifiers are displayed on a terminal, wherein one function identifier is used for indicating one function in first application, and the first operation is used for triggering the terminal to install the first application; responding to the first operation, and acquiring the installation packages of the functions indicated by each function identifier according to the M function identifiers to obtain M installation packages; installing a first application on the terminal according to the M installation packages; the first application comprises M functions indicated by M function identifiers, and M is a positive integer.

In a second aspect, a terminal is provided, which includes: the device comprises a receiving module, an obtaining module and an installing module;

the device comprises a receiving module, a display module and an installing module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving first operation of a user under the condition that the display module displays M function identifiers, one function identifier is used for indicating one function in first application, and the first operation is used for triggering the installing module to install the first application; the acquisition module is used for responding to the first operation received by the receiving module, acquiring the installation packages of the functions indicated by each function identifier according to the M function identifiers, and obtaining M installation packages; the installation module is used for installing the first application on the terminal according to the M installation packages acquired by the acquisition module; the first application comprises M functions indicated by the M function identifiers, and M is a positive integer.

In a third aspect, a terminal is provided, the terminal comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the installation method of an application according to the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, realizes the steps of the installation method of an application as described in the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the invention, a first operation of a user can be received under the condition that a terminal displays M function identifiers, wherein one function identifier is used for indicating one function in first application, and the first operation is used for triggering the terminal to install the first application; responding to the first operation, and acquiring the installation packages of the functions indicated by each function identifier according to the M function identifiers to obtain M installation packages; installing a first application on the terminal according to the M installation packages; the first application comprises M functions indicated by M function identifiers, and M is a positive integer. Through the scheme, when the user triggers the terminal to install the first application, the terminal can acquire the installation packages of the functions according to the function identifiers used for indicating the functions in the first application and install the first application according to the installation packages, and the first application does not need to be directly installed according to the installation packages of the first application (including all the functions of the first application) like the prior art, so that the installed first application only comprises the functions. Therefore, when the application is installed, some functions (for example, functions with lower utilization rate) in the application can be eliminated, namely only part of functions in the application are reserved, so that the storage space of the terminal occupied by the application can be reduced, the required functions can be selected in a personalized manner, the storage space of the terminal is further saved, and the system performance of the terminal is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a possible android operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a first schematic diagram of an interface displayed by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a first schematic diagram illustrating an installation method of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a second schematic diagram of a terminal display interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a third schematic diagram of an interface displayed by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a fourth schematic view of an interface displayed by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a fifth schematic view of an interface displayed by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a second application installation method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a sixth schematic view of an interface displayed by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a seventh schematic view of an interface displayed by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is an eighth schematic diagram of an interface displayed by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a ninth schematic view of an interface displayed by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic diagram ten of an interface displayed by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a first schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms "first," "second," "third," and "fourth," etc. in the description and in the claims of the present invention are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order of the objects. For example, the first operation, the second operation, the third operation, and the like are for distinguishing different operations, and are not for describing a specific order of the operations.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations or explanations. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "e.g.," an embodiment of the present invention is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

The terminal in the embodiment of the present invention may be a terminal having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, and embodiments of the present invention are not limited in particular.

The following describes a software environment applied by the application installation method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, taking an android operating system as an example.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a possible android operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 1, the architecture of the android operating system includes 4 layers, which are respectively: an application layer, an application framework layer, a system runtime layer, and a kernel layer (specifically, a Linux kernel layer).

The application program layer comprises various application programs (including system application programs and third-party application programs) in an android operating system.

The application framework layer is a framework of the application, and a developer can develop some applications based on the application framework layer under the condition of complying with the development principle of the framework of the application.

The system runtime layer includes libraries (also called system libraries) and android operating system runtime environments. The library mainly provides various resources required by the android operating system. The android operating system running environment is used for providing a software environment for the android operating system.

The kernel layer is an operating system layer of an android operating system and belongs to the bottommost layer of an android operating system software layer. The kernel layer provides kernel system services and hardware-related drivers for the android operating system based on the Linux kernel.

Taking an android operating system as an example, in the embodiment of the present invention, a developer may develop a software program for implementing the installation method of the application provided in the embodiment of the present invention based on the system architecture of the android operating system shown in fig. 1, so that the installation method of the application may run based on the android operating system shown in fig. 1. Namely, the processor or the terminal can implement the installation method of the application provided by the embodiment of the invention by running the software program in the android operating system.

The embodiment of the invention provides an application installation method and a terminal, which can receive a first operation of a user under the condition that the terminal displays M function identifiers, wherein one function identifier is used for indicating one function in a first application, and the first operation is used for triggering the terminal to install the first application; responding to the first operation, and acquiring the installation packages of the functions indicated by each function identifier according to the M function identifiers to obtain M installation packages; installing a first application on the terminal according to the M installation packages; the first application comprises M functions indicated by M function identifiers, and M is a positive integer. Through the scheme, when the user triggers the terminal to install the first application, the terminal can acquire the installation packages of the functions according to the function identifiers used for indicating the functions in the first application and install the first application according to the installation packages, and the first application does not need to be directly installed according to the installation packages of the first application (including all the functions of the first application) like the prior art, so that the installed first application only comprises the functions. Therefore, when the application is installed, some functions (for example, functions with lower utilization rate) in the application can be eliminated, namely only part of functions in the application are reserved, so that the storage space of the terminal occupied by the application can be reduced, the required functions can be selected in a personalized manner, the storage space of the terminal is further saved, and the system performance of the terminal is improved.

The terminal in the embodiment of the invention can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), etc.; the non-mobile terminal may be a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a self-service machine, or the like; the embodiments of the present invention are not particularly limited.

The execution main body of the application installation method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be the terminal (including a mobile terminal and a non-mobile terminal), or may also be a functional module and/or a functional entity capable of implementing the application installation method in the terminal, which may be specifically determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. The following takes a terminal as an example to exemplarily explain an installation method of an application provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the invention, the application which is installed by the user trigger terminal is called as the first application. Optionally, the first application may be any system application or third-party application that can be installed on the terminal, such as a communication application, a payment application, a shopping application, a video application, a news application, and the like.

Before installing the first application by using the installation method of the application provided by the embodiment of the invention, an installation package for installing the first application can be obtained in the following first mode or second mode. The installation package may be an installation package of the first application (corresponding to the first embodiment described below), or may be an installation package of a plurality of functions of the first application (corresponding to the second embodiment described below), and may be determined specifically according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

The first method is as follows: an installation package of the first application is downloaded.

The installation package of the first application comprises installation packages of all functions of the first application, and the installation package of each function can be deleted independently from the installation package of the first application.

The second method comprises the following steps: an installation package of a plurality of functions of a first application is downloaded.

In the embodiment of the present invention, one function of an application may be referred to as a function infinitesimal. One function of the application can be independently developed into a functional micro product to be put into an application store for downloading by a user, so that the application development period can be shortened, and the resource consumption of application development is reduced. It is understood that one function widget may be an installation package of one function.

For example, each function of the application, e-mail, may be developed as a function widget (i.e., an installation package of a function of the application) and released to the application store. As shown in fig. 2, the login function, the side navigation function, the inbox function, the list function, and the like of the e-mail may be developed into corresponding functional micro-element products. In the interface shown in fig. 2, the user can click the "download" button on the right side of the "login" function widget to download the installation package of the login function of the e-mail.

Optionally, the user may select to download the functional micro-element product of the part of the functions commonly used by the user in the application store according to the use requirement of the e-mail. For example, if a user typically uses three functions of login, side navigation and inbox when using email, the user may download a functional widget that has three functions of login, side navigation and inbox. Therefore, the user can selectively purchase products according to functions, the selective purchasing efficiency is improved, and the situation that the user needs a large amount of time and experience to judge and try when downloading the application is avoided.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, a manner of downloading an application (i.e., an installation package of an application) and a function widget (i.e., an installation package of a function of an application) may not be limited, and besides downloading an application and a function widget in an application store, the application and the function widget may also be downloaded in any other possible manner, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

After the installation package for installing the first application is obtained in the first or second mode, the first application may be installed by using the installation method of the application provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method of installing an application, which may include S11-S14 described below.

And S11, displaying M function identifiers by the terminal.

The M function identifiers may be displayed on an interface of a second application. Wherein one function identifier is used for indicating one function in the first application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the M functions indicated by the M function identifiers may include a partial function of the first application. For example, if the first application is an email, the M function identifiers displayed above may be function identifiers indicating 12 core functions of the email, rather than function identifiers indicating all functions of the email.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second application may be used to install the first application.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, part of the functions of the first application may be selectively installed by the second application. For example, taking the first application as an email application as an example, the second application may be used to install three functions of login, side navigation, and inbox of the email application.

It should be noted that, in each example and each drawing, the first application is taken as an example to be exemplarily described as an email application, and the description of the example and the drawing is not repeated. Of course, it is understood that in practical applications, the first application may also be any other possible system application or third-party application, which may be determined according to practical use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, before the step S11, the terminal may obtain, in the first or second manner, an installation package for installing the first application, and after obtaining the installation package of the first application, the terminal may display, on an interface of the second application, at least one function identifier for indicating at least one function of the first application.

Optionally, according to different manners of obtaining the installation package for installing the first application, the manner of displaying the at least one function identifier for indicating the at least one function of the first application may include the following two cases.

In the first case: if the installation package of the first application is obtained in the first manner before S11 in the embodiment of the present invention (the installation package of the first application includes installation packages of all functions of the first application), after the user selects the identifier of the first application, a function identifier indicating each function of the first application may be displayed on the interface of the second application.

In the second case: if the installation package of the plurality of functions of the first application is obtained in the second manner before S11 in the embodiment of the present invention, after the user selects the identifier of the first application, a plurality of function identifiers indicating the plurality of functions may be displayed on the interface of the second application.

For example, if the installation package of the login function, the side navigation function, the inbox function, and the list function of the e-mail is obtained in the second mode, function identifiers indicating the login function, the side navigation function, the inbox function, and the list function may be displayed on the interface of the second application.

Optionally, the function identifier displayed in the first case may be specifically displayed in the following display manner a, display manner b, or display manner c:

display mode a: a function identifier indicating each function of the first application is displayed in the first area.

Display mode b: the function identifier indicating the core function of the first application is displayed in the first area, and the function identifier indicating the other functions (other functions than the core function among all the functions of the first application) of the first application is displayed in the second area.

For example, as shown in fig. 4, it is assumed that the first area is an area indicated by "function set", in which function identifiers indicating 12 core functions of an application such as email are displayed, and the second area is an area indicated by "available function element", in which function identifiers indicating functions other than the above-mentioned 12 core functions among all functions of email are displayed.

The core function of an application may be a function with a higher usage rate in the application.

And a display mode c: and displaying a function identifier indicating each function of the first application in the second area.

Optionally, the function identifier displayed in the second case may be specifically displayed in the following display mode d.

Display mode d: the method comprises the steps of displaying a plurality of function identifiers corresponding to installation packages of a plurality of functions of a first application in a one-to-one mode in a first area, and displaying function identifiers recommended by a second application for a user and used for indicating other functions of the first application in a second area (the other functions refer to functions except the functions in all functions of the first application).

For example, as shown in fig. 5, assuming that the first area is an area indicated by "function set" and the second area is an area indicated by "purchasable function element", the plurality of function identifiers corresponding to the installation packages of the plurality of functions of the first application one to one may be function identifiers indicating 12 core functions of the e-mail. Wherein, the function identifier for indicating the 12 core functions can be displayed in the "function set", and the function identifier recommended by the second application for the user for indicating other functions of the first application can be displayed in the "purchasable function element".

Optionally, if a plurality of functional micro-element products are downloaded before S11 in the embodiment of the present invention, another possible situation may also be included in the embodiment of the present invention. Displaying a plurality of function identifications corresponding to the plurality of function micro-element products one by one on an interface of the second application, displaying assembly suggestions of different types of applications, and guiding a user to download recommended function micro-element products.

For example, as shown in fig. 6, a plurality of function identifiers corresponding to the plurality of function widget products one-to-one may be displayed in a region indicated by "downloaded function widget", and assembly suggestions for different types of applications may be displayed in a region indicated by "assembly suggestion". And the user may download other functional micro-elements (e.g., the functional micro-elements recommended by the second application for the user) by clicking "continue download".

Alternatively, the "disassemble" button in the interface shown in fig. 6 may be clicked to enter the interface shown in fig. 7 for the installation of the application "yamm music".

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the above S11 may be implemented in two possible ways:

a first possible way comprises the following steps a1 to a 2.

a1, under the condition that N function identifiers are displayed in a second area on the current interface of the terminal, the terminal receives a second operation of the user, wherein the second operation is the selection operation of the user on K function identifiers in the N function identifiers.

a2, the terminal responds to the second operation, the K function identifiers displayed in the second area are deleted, and the K function identifiers are displayed in the first area, so that M function identifiers are displayed in the first area on the current interface of the terminal.

The current interface can be an interface of the second application, N and K are positive integers, K is less than or equal to N, and K is less than or equal to M.

The second possible way (M function identifiers are displayed in the first area of the current interface of the terminal, which also includes X function identifiers) includes the following steps b1 and b 2.

b1, the terminal receives the third operation of the user, and the third operation is the selection operation of the user to the X function identifiers.

b2, the terminal responds to the third operation, the X function identifiers displayed in the first area are deleted, and the X function identifiers are displayed in the second area, so that M function identifiers are displayed in the first area on the current interface of the terminal.

Wherein X is a positive integer.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 4 or 5, for a function identifier displayed in the second area (i.e., the area indicated by "available function widget" in fig. 4 or the area indicated by "purchasable function widget" in fig. 5), the function identifier may be deleted from the second area by the user clicking a plus sign (identified as "+" in fig. 4 and 5) in the upper right corner of the function identifier, and displayed in the first area; similarly, for a function identifier displayed in the first area, the function identifier may be deleted from the first area by the user clicking the minus sign (identified as "-" in fig. 4 and 5) in the upper right corner of the function identifier and displayed in the first area.

And S12, the terminal receives a first operation of the user, and the first operation is used for triggering the terminal to install the first application.

And S13, the terminal responds to the first operation, and obtains the installation packages of the functions indicated by each function identifier according to the M function identifiers to obtain M installation packages.

And S14, the terminal installs the first application on the terminal according to the M installation packages.

For example, in the interface shown in fig. 4 or fig. 5, the user may click a "generate" button (i.e., the first operation described above) to trigger the terminal to obtain the installation packages of the functions indicated by each function identifier according to the 12 function identifiers, obtain 12 installation packages, and then install the application, i.e., the email, on the terminal according to the 12 installation packages.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the application of the email is installed in the terminal, the application of the email only includes the 12 functions indicated by the 12 function identifiers.

The embodiment of the invention provides an application installation method, wherein a terminal can obtain an installation package of functions indicated by each function identifier according to M displayed function identifiers, and install a first application on the terminal according to the M obtained installation packages. Therefore, functions with low utilization rate in actual use can be eliminated, the storage space occupied by the applications in the terminal can be reduced, the required functions can be selected in a personalized mode, the storage space of the smart phone can be saved, and the performance of the smart phone is improved.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 3, as shown in fig. 8, before the step S11, the method for installing the application according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps S15-S18.

And S15, the terminal receives a fourth operation of the user, and the fourth operation is used for triggering the terminal to display an interface of the second application.

And S16, the terminal responds to the fourth operation and displays the interface of the second application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the fourth operation may be a click operation of the second application installed on the terminal by the user.

Illustratively, the clicking operation may be a single click, a double click, or a preset number of continuous clicks.

In the embodiment of the invention, the terminal can open the second application by responding to the fourth operation of the user and display the interface of the second application.

And S17, the terminal receives a fifth operation of the user, wherein the fifth operation is an operation of selecting the identifier of the first application by the user.

And S18, the terminal responds to the fifth operation and displays at least one function identifier for indicating at least one function of the first application on the interface of the second application.

For a description of a manner of displaying, on the interface of the second application, at least one function identifier for indicating at least one function of the first application, reference may be made to the related description, in the above S11, of the manner of displaying, on the interface of the second application, at least one function identifier for indicating at least one function of the first application, which is not described herein again.

Optionally, after the step S14, the method for installing an application according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps S19a and S19 b.

S19a, in the case where the target interface is displayed on the interface of the second application, the terminal receives a sixth operation by the user.

The target interface is an interface of the first application, the target interface includes M function identifiers, the sixth operation is a selection operation of the user on the target function identifier, and the target function identifier is one of the M function identifiers.

Specifically, the target interface is an interface of a function of the first application. Alternatively, the target interface is one of a plurality of interfaces of one function of the first application.

And S19b, the terminal responds to the sixth operation, and displays an element option corresponding to the target function indicated by the target function identification on the target interface, wherein the element option is used for the user to set an element style of the target function.

Wherein, the above elements may include at least one of fonts, icons, symbols and the like displayed in the interface. The element style may be the size, color, font, etc. of the element.

For example, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, fig. 9 is a view showing an interface of the login function (i.e., a login interface) on an interface of the second application with the target function as the login function, and showing a plurality of element styles of the login function, and fig. 10 is a view showing an interface of the navigation function on an interface of the second application with the target function as the navigation function, and showing a plurality of element styles of the navigation function, so that a user can set the element styles of the login function and the navigation function, and personalized requirements of the user are met.

For example, as shown in fig. 11 and 12, in the installation method of an application provided in the embodiment of the present invention for an email application with a message function, an interface of the message function may be further displayed on an interface of a second application, and an element option corresponding to the message function may be displayed. For example, the message function of the email application in fig. 11 and 12 may include three interfaces (interface 1, interface 2, and interface 3, respectively), and for each interface, the terminal may display the element options corresponding to the interface. For example, the element style corresponding to the terminal display interface 1 in fig. 11 and the element style corresponding to the terminal display interface 2 in fig. 12, so that the user can set the element style of each interface of the message function, and further, personalized requirements of the user on different interfaces can be met.

In the embodiment of the invention, the element options corresponding to the target functions are displayed on the target interface, so that the user can set the element styles of the target functions, and the personalized requirements of the user are met.

Optionally, the application installation method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further update an application installed on the terminal.

For example, as shown in fig. 13, the user may update the installed email application without the instant chat function to the email application with the instant chat function. As shown in fig. 13, after the user triggers the terminal to display the interface of the second application and select the email application, the terminal first displays a plurality of function identifiers for indicating a plurality of functions that the email application already has on the interface of the second application (specifically, in an area indicated by "function set" in the interface of the second application), then the user can add a function identifier "message" to the function set by selecting the function identifier "message" for indicating the instant chat function in the area indicated by "available function element", and then the user can click the "generate" button to trigger the terminal to install the email application having the instant chat function (identified as instant mail in fig. 13). It will be appreciated that the installed email application has instant chat functionality.

Optionally, a method for updating an application installed on a terminal in the embodiment of the present invention is similar to the method for installing the first application shown in fig. 3, and reference may be specifically made to the related description in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, which is not described herein again.

Since the terminal may delete the installation package of the application after installing the application in order to save the memory space of the terminal in a normal case, therefore, when updating the installed application on the terminal, the terminal can search and download the original installation package of the application (i.e. the installation package with all functions of the application) according to the functions of the installed application (the installed application may include all functions of the application, or may include part of the functions of the application) under the condition of connecting to the internet, or compile an installation package corresponding to the installed application according to the function inverse of the installed application (the installation package may include the installation package of the function of the installed application), the installed application is then updated in a manner similar to the method of installing the first application described above with reference to fig. 3. Therefore, when some functions in the installed application have problems or the utilization rate of some functions is not high, the functions can be deleted in time; and some functions can be added under the condition that the existing functions of the installed application are insufficient, so that the vitality of the application is improved, and the service life of the application is prolonged.

As shown in fig. 14, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal 130, where the terminal 130 includes: a receiving module 131, an obtaining module 132 and an installing module 133; a receiving module 131, configured to receive a first operation of a user when the terminal displays M function identifiers, where one function identifier is used to indicate one function in the first application, and the first operation is used to trigger the terminal to install the first application; an obtaining module 132, configured to, in response to the first operation, obtain, according to the M function identifiers, the installation packages of the functions indicated by each function identifier, to obtain M installation packages; the installation module 133 is configured to install the first application on the terminal according to the M installation packages.

Optionally, referring to fig. 14, as shown in fig. 15, the M function identifiers are displayed in a first area on the current interface of the terminal. The terminal may further include a display module 134 and a deletion module 135; the receiving module 131 is further configured to receive a second operation of the user under the condition that N function identifiers are displayed in a second area on the current interface before receiving the first operation of the user, where the second operation is a selection operation of the user on K function identifiers in the N function identifiers; a deleting module 135, configured to delete the K function identifiers displayed in the second area in response to the second operation received by the receiving module; the display module 134 is further configured to display the K function identifiers deleted by the deletion module 135 in the first area. Wherein N and K are positive integers, K is less than or equal to N, and K is less than or equal to M.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 14, as shown in fig. 15, the M function identifiers are displayed in a first area on a current interface of the terminal, and the first area further includes X function identifiers. The terminal may further include a display module 134 and a deletion module 135; the receiving module 131 is further configured to receive a third operation of the user before receiving the first operation of the user, where the third operation is a selection operation of the user on the X function identifiers; the terminal further comprises a deleting module 135 for deleting the X function identifiers displayed in the first area in response to the third operation received by the receiving module; the display module 134 is further configured to display the X function identifiers deleted by the deletion module in the second area. Wherein X is a positive integer.

Optionally, the M function identifiers are displayed on an interface of a second application; the receiving module 131 is further configured to receive a fourth operation of the user before the terminal displays the M function identifiers, where the fourth operation is used to trigger the display module 134 to display an interface of the second application; the display module 134 is further configured to display an interface of the second application in response to the fourth operation received by the receiving module; the receiving module 131 is further configured to receive a fifth operation of the user, where the fifth operation is an operation of selecting an identifier of the first application by the user; the display module 134 is further configured to display, on the interface of the second application, an identification of at least one function of the first application in response to the fifth operation received by the receiving module.

Optionally, the receiving module 131 is further configured to receive a sixth operation of the user when a target interface is displayed on the interface of the second application, where the target interface is the interface of the first application, the target interface includes M function identifiers, the sixth operation is a selection operation of the user on the target function identifier, and the target function identifier is one of the M function identifiers; and the display module 134, configured to, in response to the sixth operation, display, on the target interface, an element option corresponding to the target function, where the element option is used for the user to set an element style of the target function.

The terminal provided in the embodiment of the present invention is capable of implementing each interface and/or process shown in any one of fig. 2 to 13 in the above method embodiments, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the invention provides a terminal, which can receive a first operation of a user under the condition that the terminal displays M function identifiers, wherein one function identifier is used for indicating one function in first application, and the first operation is used for triggering the terminal to install the first application; responding to the first operation, and acquiring the installation packages of the functions indicated by each function identifier according to the M function identifiers to obtain M installation packages; installing a first application on the terminal according to the M installation packages; the first application comprises M functions indicated by M function identifiers, and M is a positive integer. Through the scheme, when the user triggers the terminal to install the first application, the terminal can acquire the installation packages of the functions according to the function identifiers used for indicating the functions in the first application and install the first application according to the installation packages, and the first application does not need to be directly installed according to the installation packages of the first application (including all the functions of the first application) like the prior art, so that the installed first application only comprises the functions. Therefore, when the application is installed, some functions (for example, functions with lower utilization rate) in the application can be eliminated, namely only part of functions in the application are reserved, so that the storage space of the terminal occupied by the application can be reduced, the required functions can be selected in a personalized manner, the storage space of the terminal is further saved, and the system performance of the terminal is improved.

Fig. 16 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention, where the terminal 100 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 101, network module 102, audio output unit 103, input unit 104, sensor 105, display unit 106, user input unit 107, interface unit 108, memory 109, processor 110, and power supply 111. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal configuration shown in fig. 16 is not intended to be limiting, and that the terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The user input unit 107 is configured to receive a first operation of a user when the display unit 106 displays M function identifiers, where one function identifier is used to indicate one function in a first application, and the first operation is used to trigger the terminal to install the first application; and the processor 110 is configured to, in response to the first operation received by the user input unit 107, obtain, according to the M function identifiers, installation packages of the functions indicated by each function identifier, obtain M installation packages, and install, according to the M installation packages, the first application on the terminal.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 101 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message transmission or call process, and specifically, after receiving downlink data from a base station, the downlink data is processed by the processor 110; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. Typically, radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 101 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The terminal provides wireless broadband internet access to the user through the network module 102, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, access streaming media, and the like.

The audio output unit 103 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 104 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The input Unit 104 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the Graphics processor 1041 processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 106. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 1041 may be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102. The microphone 1042 may receive sound and may be capable of processing such sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 101 in case of a phone call mode.

The terminal 100 also includes at least one sensor 105, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 1061 and/or a backlight when the terminal 100 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the terminal posture (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like; the sensors 105 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

The display unit 106 is used to display information input by a user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 106 may include a Display panel 1061, and the Display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 107 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. Touch panel 1071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 1071 (e.g., operations by a user on or near touch panel 1071 using a finger, stylus, or any suitable object or attachment). The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 110, and receives and executes commands sent by the processor 110. In addition, the touch panel 1071 may be implemented in various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 1071, the user input unit 107 may include other input devices 1072. Specifically, other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.

Further, the touch panel 1071 may be overlaid on the display panel 1061, and when the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel 1071 transmits the touch operation to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 16, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal, and is not limited herein.

The interface unit 108 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 108 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the terminal 100 or may be used to transmit data between the terminal 100 and the external device.

The memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 109 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 110 is a control center of the terminal, connects various parts of the entire terminal using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the terminal and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 109 and calling data stored in the memory 109, thereby performing overall monitoring of the terminal. Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; alternatively, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The terminal 100 may further include a power supply 111 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and optionally, the power supply 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. In addition, the terminal 100 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and thus, the detailed description thereof is omitted.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, where the terminal may include the processor 110 shown in fig. 16, the memory 109, and a computer program stored in the memory 109 and capable of running on the processor 110, and when the computer program is executed by the processor 110, each process executed by the terminal in the foregoing embodiment of the application installation method may be implemented, and the same technical effect may be achieved, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not described here again.

The computer-readable storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process executed by the terminal in the above-described installation method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described here again to avoid repetition. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. An application installation method applied to a terminal is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a first operation under the condition that the terminal displays M function identifiers, wherein one function identifier is used for indicating one function in first application, and the first operation is used for triggering the terminal to install the first application;

responding to the first operation, and downloading an installation package of the function indicated by each function identifier according to the M function identifiers;

installing the first application according to the M installation packages;

the first application comprises M functions indicated by the M function identifiers, wherein M is a positive integer;

the M function identifiers are displayed in a first area on a current interface of the terminal;

before the receiving the first operation, the method further comprises:

receiving a second operation under the condition that N function identifiers are displayed in a second area on the current interface, wherein the second operation is a selection operation of K function identifiers in the N function identifiers;

in response to the second operation, deleting the K function identifiers displayed in the second area, and displaying the K function identifiers in the first area;

the M function identifiers can be displayed on an interface of a second application, N and K are positive integers, K is smaller than or equal to N, and K is smaller than or equal to M.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the M function identifiers are displayed in a first area on a current interface of the terminal, and the first area further comprises X function identifiers;

before the receiving the first operation, the method further comprises:

receiving a third operation of a user, wherein the third operation is a selection operation of the X function identifiers;

in response to the third operation, deleting the X function identifiers displayed in the first area, and displaying the X function identifiers in the second area;

wherein X is a positive integer.

3. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the M function identifiers are displayed on an interface of a second application, and before the terminal displays the M function identifiers, the method further comprises:

receiving a fourth operation, wherein the fourth operation is used for triggering the terminal to display an interface of the second application;

displaying an interface of the second application in response to the fourth operation;

receiving a fifth operation, wherein the fifth operation is an operation of selecting the identifier of the first application;

in response to the fifth operation, displaying at least one function identifier for indicating at least one function of the first application on an interface of the second application.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein after installing the first application on the terminal according to the M installation packages, the method further comprises:

receiving a sixth operation under the condition that a target interface is displayed on an interface of a second application, wherein the target interface is the interface of the first application and comprises the M function identifiers, the sixth operation is a selection operation of the target function identifier, and the target function identifier is one of the M function identifiers;

and responding to the sixth operation, displaying an element option corresponding to the target function indicated by the target function identification on the target interface, wherein the element option is used for setting an element style of the target function.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the M functions comprise a portion of functions in the first application.

6. A terminal, comprising: the device comprises a receiving module, an obtaining module and an installing module;

the receiving module is configured to receive a first operation of a user when the terminal displays M function identifiers, where one function identifier is used to indicate one function in a first application, and the first operation is used to trigger the terminal to install the first application;

the obtaining module is configured to, in response to the first operation received by the receiving module, obtain, according to the M function identifiers, the installation packages of the functions indicated by each function identifier, to obtain M installation packages;

the installation module is configured to install the first application on the terminal according to the M installation packages acquired by the acquisition module;

the M function identifiers are displayed in a first area on a current interface of the terminal; the terminal also comprises a deleting module and a display module;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a second operation of the user under the condition that N function identifiers are displayed in a second area on the current interface before receiving the first operation of the user, where the second operation is a selection operation of the user on K function identifiers in the N function identifiers;

the deleting module is configured to delete the K function identifiers displayed in the second area in response to the second operation received by the receiving module;

the display module is configured to display the K function identifiers deleted by the deletion module in the first area;

7. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the M function identifiers are displayed in a first area on a current interface of the terminal, and the first area further includes X function identifiers; the terminal also comprises a deleting module and a display module;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a third operation of the user before receiving the first operation of the user, where the third operation is a selection operation of the user on the X function identifiers;

the deleting module is configured to delete the X function identifiers displayed in the first area in response to the third operation received by the receiving module;

the display module is configured to display the X function identifiers deleted by the deletion module in the second area;

wherein X is a positive integer.

8. The terminal according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the M function identifiers are displayed on an interface of a second application;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a fourth operation of the user before the terminal displays the M function identifiers, where the fourth operation is used to trigger the terminal to display an interface of the second application;

the display module is further configured to display an interface of the second application in response to the fourth operation received by the receiving module;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a fifth operation of the user, where the fifth operation is an operation of the user selecting the identifier of the first application;

the display module is further configured to display, on the interface of the second application, at least one function identifier indicating at least one function of the first application in response to the fifth operation received by the receiving module.

9. The terminal according to claim 6 or 7,

the receiving module is further configured to receive a sixth operation of the user when a target interface is displayed on an interface of a second application after the first application is installed on the terminal by the installation module, where the target interface is the interface of the first application, the target interface includes the M function identifiers, the sixth operation is a selection operation of the user on a target function identifier, and the target function identifier is one of the M function identifiers;

the display module is further configured to display, in response to the sixth operation received by the receiving module, an element option corresponding to a target function indicated by the target function identifier on the target interface, where the element option is used for a user to set an element style of the target function.

10. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the M functions comprise a portion of the functions in the first application.

11. A terminal, characterized in that it comprises a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on said memory and executable on said processor, said computer program, when executed by said processor, implementing the steps of the installation method of an application according to any one of claims 1 to 5.