CN110990032B

CN110990032B - Application program installation method and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110990032B
Application number: CN201911319653.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 廖会玲
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-19
Filing date: 2019-12-19
Publication date: 2021-08-24
Anticipated expiration: 2039-12-19
Also published as: WO2021121225A1; CN110990032A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides an application program installation method and electronic equipment, relates to the technical field of communication, and aims to solve the problem that reinstallation of an uninstalled application program is complicated. The specific scheme comprises the following steps: receiving a first input to a target area in a case where a first application is uninstalled; installing a first application in response to the first input; the target area is a display area of an icon of a first application before the first application is uninstalled, or is a display area of an icon of a second application which belongs to the same type as the first application, or is a display area in a folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled. The scheme is applied to a scene that the electronic equipment installs the uninstalled application program again.

Description

Application program installation method and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to an application program installation method and electronic equipment.

Background

With the development of intelligent electronic devices, users can install various applications in the electronic devices according to requirements, and can uninstall some applications in the electronic devices under the condition that the memories of the electronic devices are insufficient.

In an actual application scenario, one possible situation is that, because a user misoperation causes the application program to be uninstalled, the user needs to re-download and install the uninstalled application program; another possible scenario is that after the user has normally uninstalled the application, the user needs to reuse the uninstalled application.

At present, when a user wants to reinstall an uninstalled application, the user may first trigger the electronic device to open an application mall or download a web page, then input a name of the uninstalled application in a search bar in the application mall or the download web page, and then trigger the electronic device to download and install the application when the server searches for the application, which may make reinstalling the uninstalled application cumbersome.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an application program installation method and electronic equipment, and aims to solve the problem that reinstallation of an uninstalled application program is complicated.

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

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an application program installation method. The method is applied to the electronic equipment, and the method can comprise the following steps: receiving a first input to a target area in a case where a first application is uninstalled; installing a first application in response to the first input; the target area is a display area of an icon of a first application before the first application is uninstalled, or is a display area of an icon of a second application which belongs to the same type as the first application, or is a display area in a folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a receiving module and a processing module. A receiving module, configured to receive a first input to a target area in a case where a first application is uninstalled; a processing module for installing a first application in response to the first input received by the receiving module; the target area is a display area of an icon of a first application before the first application is uninstalled, or is a display area of an icon of a second application which belongs to the same type as the first application, or is a display area in a folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and being executable on the processor, and when executed by the processor, the electronic device implements the steps of the application installation method in the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the application installation method as in the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the invention, the electronic device can install the first application in response to the first input after receiving the first input of the user to the target area under the condition that the first application is uninstalled. By the scheme, the target area is the display area of the icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled; or a display area of an icon of a second application belonging to the same type as the first application; or before the first application is uninstalled, the display area in the folder to which the icon of the first application belongs, so that the user can trigger the electronic device to install the first application quickly through the first input to the target area without opening an application mall, inputting the name of the uninstalled application program and other operation steps, thereby not only simplifying the step of reinstalling the uninstalled application program, but also saving the time of the user and further improving the man-machine interaction performance.

Drawings

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

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an application installation method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a target area according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a second schematic diagram of a target area provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a third schematic diagram of a target area according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a second flowchart illustrating an application installation method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a third schematic flowchart of an application installation method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a fourth flowchart illustrating an application installation method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic illustration of at least one tag provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a fifth flowchart illustrating an application installation method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a second schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 13 is a hardware schematic diagram of an electronic device 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 described embodiments without making any inventive step, fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

The term "and/or" herein is an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The symbol "/" herein denotes a relationship in which the associated object is or, for example, a/B denotes a or B.

The terms "first" and "second," etc. herein are used to distinguish between different objects and are not used to describe a particular order of objects. For example, the first input and the second input, etc. are for distinguishing different inputs, rather than for describing a particular order of inputs.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or descriptions. 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 electronic device in the embodiment of the present invention may be an electronic device 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 program 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. For example, the electronic device in the embodiment of the present invention uninstalls and installs the first application.

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.

Generally, an application may include two parts, one part refers to a service (service) running in the background of the electronic device, and is used for detecting an input of a user to the application and performing a corresponding action in response to the input, for example, if a second input of the user to a first application is detected, the first application is uninstalled in response to the second input; the other part refers to content displayed on the screen of the electronic device, for example, an icon for canceling the display of the first application after the first application is uninstalled.

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 application installation method 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 application installation method may operate based on the android operating system shown in fig. 1. Namely, the processor or the electronic device can implement the application installation method provided by the embodiment of the invention by running the software program in the android operating system.

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

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

Generally, a user may install various applications in an electronic device through an application store or a download web page, and the applications may include applications that have been installed in the electronic device. For example, the application program may be an application program that is uninstalled due to misoperation during the process of operating the electronic device by the user; alternatively, the application may be an application that the user uninstalls in a conscious state, but for some reason the user wants to reuse.

For the application program once installed in the electronic device, for example, it may be the first application. The application can install the first application quickly through the first input of the target area. Specifically, the user may perform a first input in a target area, where the target area may be a display area of an icon of the first application before the first application of the electronic device is uninstalled; or a display area of an icon of a second application belonging to the same type as the first application; or a display area in the folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled. Then, the electronic device may reinstall the first application in the electronic device in response to the first input after receiving the first input by the user. By the scheme, the target area is the display area of the icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled; or a display area of an icon of a second application belonging to the same type as the first application; or before the first application is uninstalled, the display area in the folder to which the icon of the first application belongs, so that the user can trigger the electronic device to install the first application quickly through the first input to the target area without opening an application mall, inputting the name of the uninstalled application program and other operation steps, thereby not only simplifying the step of reinstalling the uninstalled application program, but also saving the time of the user and further improving the man-machine interaction performance.

The following describes an application installation method provided by an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides an application installation method, which may be applied to an electronic device. The method may include S201 to S202 described below.

S201, under the condition that the first application is uninstalled, the electronic device receives a first input of a target area.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the target area may be a display area of an icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled; or a display area of an icon of a second application belonging to the same type as the first application; or a display area in the folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled.

The following 3 examples are provided to describe the target area by taking the first application as the application "shopping 2" as an example, with reference to fig. 3 to 5.

Example 1: the target area may be a display area of an icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled.

As shown in fig. 3 (a), in a case that the electronic device displays a desktop interface, a user may trigger the electronic device to display an uninstall identifier corresponding to each application program on an icon of each application program through long-press input on any icon in the desktop interface, where the uninstall identifier may be used to indicate that the application program is in a state to be uninstalled. Taking the example that the electronic device displays the uninstall identifier 31 on the icon 32 of the application "shopping 2", the user can click and input the uninstall identifier 31. Thereafter, as shown in (b) of fig. 3, the electronic device may uninstall the application "shopping 2" and cancel displaying the icon 32 of the application "shopping 2" in response to the click input. The target area may be a display area of the icon 32 of the application "shopping 2" before uninstalling the application "shopping 2", i.e., an area surrounded by a dashed box 33 in fig. 3 (b).

Example 2: the target area may be a display area of an icon of a second application that is of the same type as the first application.

Assuming that the application "shopping 2" is originally installed in the desktop as shown in FIG. 4, the user may trigger the electronic device to uninstall the application "shopping 2". As shown in (a) of fig. 4, after the application "shopping 2" is uninstalled, since the application "shopping 1" belonging to the same type as the application "shopping 2" is also installed in the electronic device, the second application may be the application "shopping 1". The target area may be an area where an icon of the application "shopping 1" shown in (a) of fig. 4 is located; alternatively, the area where the identifier 42 is displayed on the icon of the application "shopping 1" as shown in fig. 4 (b) may be the area where the identifier 42 may be used to indicate that the application of the same type as the application "shopping 1" is included in all the applications installed in the electronic device.

The uninstalling process of the application "shopping 2" can specifically refer to the related description in the above example 1, and is not described herein again.

It should be noted that, in the case that the target area is the area where the identifier displayed on the icon of the application "shopping 1" is located, before receiving the first input to the target area, the electronic device may receive an input triggering the electronic device to display the identifier on the icon of the target application, and then, in response to the input, the electronic device may display the identifier on the icon of the target application. The target application refers to an application of the same type as at least one application installed in the electronic device and uninstalled, and the target application includes an application "shopping 1".

Optionally, the input for triggering the electronic device to display the identifier on the icon of the target application program may be touch input, voice input, gesture input, gravity input, or other possible inputs, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Example 3: the target area may be a display area in a folder to which an icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled.

As shown in fig. 5 (a), before the application "shopping 2" is uninstalled, the shopping class folder includes an icon of the application "shopping 1", an icon of the application "shopping 2", an icon of the application "shopping 3", and an icon of the application "shopping 4". As shown in (b) of fig. 5, after the application "shopping 2" is uninstalled, the shopping class folder includes an icon of the application "shopping 1", an icon of the application "shopping 3", and an icon of the application "shopping 4", and a display area of the icon of the application "shopping 2" may be used to display icons of other applications.

With continued reference to fig. 5 (b), the display areas in the shopping category folder may include an icon display area and a blank area. For example, the icon display area may be a display area of an icon of the application "shopping 1", and the blank area may be an area surrounded by the dotted line frame 51 in (b) in fig. 5. The target area can be an icon display area in the shopping folder or a blank area in the shopping folder.

It should be noted that the types of the applications in the folders may be the same or different, and in example 3, the target area is described only by taking the same type of the application in the folder as an example. For the case that the types of the applications in the folders are different, reference may be specifically made to the related description in example 3, and details are not described here again.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be a touch operation of the user on the target area, and the touch operation may be, for example, a single click, a double click, a continuous pressing for a preset time, or a continuous clicking for a preset number of times. The specific method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

S202, the electronic equipment responds to the first input and installs the first application.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the installing the first application may include two steps: step 1, downloading an installation package of a first application from a server; and 2, reinstalling the first application according to the installation package. It is understood that if the installation package of the first application is still saved in the electronic device after the first application is uninstalled, the electronic device may directly perform step 2 without performing step 1.

Illustratively, the first application is the application "shopping 2", and the target area is the display area of the icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled. After the electronic device receives the first input at the target area, the electronic device may determine, according to the target area, that the icon of the first application that was uninstalled before the target area is displayed, acquire an installation package of the first application from the server, and reinstall the application program "shopping 2" according to the installation package, in response to the first input.

The embodiment of the invention provides an application program installation method, and electronic equipment can receive first input of a user to a target area under the condition that a first application is uninstalled and then respond to the first input to install the first application. By the scheme, the target area is the display area of the icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled; or a display area of an icon of a second application belonging to the same type as the first application; or before the first application is uninstalled, the display area in the folder to which the icon of the first application belongs, so that the user can trigger the electronic device to install the first application quickly through the first input to the target area without opening an application mall, inputting the name of the uninstalled application program and other operation steps, thereby not only simplifying the step of reinstalling the uninstalled application program, but also saving the time of the user and further improving the man-machine interaction performance.

Optionally, before the electronic device receives the first input to the target area, the electronic device may uninstall the first application in response to the input of the user and store the related information of the first application, so that the electronic device may reinstall the first application according to the related information of the first application after receiving the first input.

For example, referring to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 6, before the above step S201, the application installation method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps S203 to S204.

S203, the electronic device receives a second input of the first application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the second input may be a touch operation of the user on the uninstall identifier 31 shown in (a) in fig. 3 in example 1, or may also be a drag operation of the user on an icon of the first application, which may be specifically determined according to an actual use requirement, and this embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

For example, taking the second input as an example of a dragging operation of the user on the icon of the first application, in a case where the user drags the icon of the first application by a distance greater than or equal to a preset distance from an original display area of the icon of the first application, the electronic device may display a preset uninstalling area identifier on a screen of the electronic device, and in a case where the icon of the first application is dragged into an area surrounded by the preset uninstalling area identifier, the electronic device may receive the second input to the first application.

S204, the electronic device responds to the second input, uninstalls the first application, and stores the first information.

The electronic device includes a monitoring process that monitors an application uninstallation process. After the electronic device receives the second input of the first application from the user, the electronic device may run the monitoring process, and the monitoring process may record and store the first information in a local file or a database.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first information may include at least one of the following: a display area of an icon of the first application, an identification of the first application, and an uninstallation time of the first application.

Optionally, the display area of the icon of the first application may specifically include at least one of the following: the desktop interface where the icon of the first application is located, the display position of the icon of the first application in the desktop interface, the folder where the icon of the first application is located, and the display position of the icon of the first application in the folder.

For example, the display area of the icon of the first application may be represented by an identifier of a screen on which the icon of the first application is located, a row identifier of the icon of the first application, and a column identifier of the icon of the first application. For example, if the electronic device includes at least two screens, and the icon of the first application is displayed at a position of the second row and the third column in the second screen, the display area of the icon of the first application may be represented as (2, 2, 3); alternatively, the display area of the icon of the first application may also be represented by an identifier of a folder to which the icon of the first application belongs.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the identifier of the first application may be at least one of: the name of the first application, the icon of the first application, the name of the installation package of the first application, and the version number of the first application. The specific method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the uninstalling time of the first application refers to a system time of the electronic device when the first application is uninstalled.

Optionally, in combination with the steps in S203 to S204, the above S202 may be specifically implemented by S202a, where after the electronic device performs S201, the electronic device may perform S202 a.

S202a, the electronic device responds to the first input, and installs the first application according to the first information.

For example, since the first information may include a display area of an icon of the first application, if the target area is the display area of the icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled, after the electronic device receives a first input of the target area from the user, the electronic device may determine that the application program to be reinstalled is the first application according to the display area of the icon of the first application, so that the electronic device may obtain an installation package of the first application from an application provider or a download webpage, and then complete installation of the first application.

For example, since the first information may include a storage path of an icon of the first application, and the storage path may be a folder identifier to which the first application belongs, if the target area is a display area in the folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled, after receiving a first input to the target area from a user, the electronic device may determine that the application to be reinstalled is the first application according to the folder identifier, so that the electronic device may obtain an installation package of the first application from an application store or a download webpage, and then complete installation of the first application.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may further record and store layout information of the application program in the electronic device through a monitoring process in the electronic device, where the layout information is used to indicate an arrangement position of the icon of the application program on the screen of the electronic device. After the electronic device receives the first input to the target area, the electronic device may apply the historical layout information to the screen of the electronic device in response to the first input, i.e., the electronic device may display the icons of the application programs according to the historical layout information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, since the electronic device may store the first information related to the first application when the electronic device uninstalls the first application, after the electronic device receives the first input from the user to the target area, the electronic device may determine, according to the target area, the correspondence between the first information and the first application, that the application to be installed is the first application, and then complete installation of the first application.

Optionally, in a case that the target area is a display area of an icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled, or is a display area in a folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled, after the electronic device receives a first input to the target area by a user, the electronic device may install the first application in response to the first input, and display the icon of the first application in the target area.

For example, referring to fig. 7 in conjunction with fig. 2, after S202, the application installation method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include S205 described below.

S205, the electronic equipment displays the icon of the first application in the target area.

In a case where the target area is a display area of an icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled, after the electronic device receives a first input to the target area by a user, the electronic device may install the first application and display the icon of the first application in the display area of the icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled.

In the case that the icon of the first application is located in the folder, since the applications in the folder will default to automatically sort to avoid reserving a vacant position of an icon between two adjacent icons, after the electronic device receives a first input from the user, the first input may be an input to a vacant position in the folder, and the electronic device may first determine the first application according to the identifier of the folder and display the icon of the first application in the vacant position in the folder.

It should be noted that, in the process of installing the first application by the electronic device, the electronic device may display an icon of the first application in the target area, and display a progress indicator in an overlapping manner on the icon of the first application, where the progress indicator may be used to indicate an installation progress of the first application.

In the embodiment of the invention, the electronic device can display the icon of the first application in the display area of the icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled or in the display area of the folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled, so that on one hand, a user can quickly find the icon of the first application in the target area, and on the other hand, the target area is the icon display area previously specified by the user, and after the first application is reinstalled, the target area may still meet the requirement of the user on the display position of the first application, so that the user does not need to adjust the display position of the icon of the first application, and the man-machine interaction performance is improved.

Optionally, when the target area is a display area of an icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled, and the first information includes an uninstalling time of the first application, the electronic device may obtain, in response to a first input of the user, a target duration from the uninstalling time of the first application to a time when the first input is received, and install the first application when the target duration is less than or equal to a preset duration.

Illustratively, the above S202 may be specifically implemented by S202b described below.

S202b, the electronic device responds to the first input, obtains a target time length from the unloading time of the first application to the time when the first input is received, and installs the first application under the condition that the target time length is less than or equal to a preset time length.

In a case where the first information includes an uninstallation time of the first application, the electronic device may acquire, in response to the first input, a target duration from the uninstallation time of the first application to a time when the first input is received. Specifically, since the first information includes the uninstalling time of the first application, when the electronic device receives the first input, the time when the electronic device receives the first input, that is, the system time of the electronic device at this time, may be obtained, and the target duration may be determined according to the uninstalling time of the first application and the time when the first input is received.

Illustratively, if the uninstall time of the first application is 12 a.m.: for 21 minutes, the time when the first input is received is 12:40 minutes in the morning, and the target time duration may be a time difference between 12:21 and 12:40 minutes, i.e., 19 minutes.

Optionally, after the first application is uninstalled, a duration for the electronic device to retain the first information corresponding to the first application may be a preset duration. After the preset duration, the electronic device may delete the first information. Therefore, if the target duration is less than or equal to the preset duration, the electronic device may determine and install the first application according to the first information; if the target duration is longer than the preset duration, the electronic device cannot determine the first application according to the first information.

Because the duration of the electronic device for retaining the first information corresponding to the first application is the preset duration, the electronic device can delete the first information when the duration of retaining the first information corresponding to the first application is longer than the preset duration, and thus the fixed memory of the electronic device is saved.

It should be noted that, if the target area uninstalls the plurality of application programs within the preset time period, the electronic device may default to store the information corresponding to the last uninstalled application program, and delete the information corresponding to other application programs in the plurality of application programs.

In the embodiment of the invention, the electronic equipment can install the first application according to the first information under the condition that the target time length is less than or equal to the preset time length, so that the electronic equipment can quickly reinstall the first application under the condition that the uninstalled time length of the first application is shorter. Meanwhile, the step that the electronic equipment still runs to determine the first application according to the first information under the condition that the electronic equipment deletes the first information can be avoided, and therefore the running memory of the electronic equipment is saved.

Optionally, the electronic device may display the at least one identifier in response to the first input, and receive a third input by the user to a first identifier of the at least one identifier, which may be used to indicate the uninstalled first application. Thereafter, the electronic device may install the first application in response to a third input by the user. Wherein, in the case that the target area is a display area of an icon of a second application which belongs to the same type as the first application, each of the at least one identifier may be used to indicate one application which belongs to the same type as the second application and is uninstalled. In the case where the target area is a display area in a folder to which an icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled, each of the at least one identifier may be used to indicate one application program belonging to the folder before being uninstalled.

For example, referring to fig. 8 in combination with fig. 2, in the application installation method provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the above S202 may be specifically implemented by the following S202c to S202 e.

S202c, the electronic device responds to the first input and displays at least one mark.

Optionally, the electronic device may receive a first input from a user and display at least one logo in response to the first input.

Optionally, each of the at least one identifier may be at least one of a text identifier and a symbol identifier.

As shown in fig. 9 (a), in a case where the target area is a display area of an icon of a second application belonging to the same type as the first application, after the electronic device receives a first input to the icon of the second application or an identifier on the icon of the second application, the electronic device may match an application program, which is uninstalled and belongs to the same type as the second application, using the word vector model according to the name of the second application and the type of the second application. Thereafter, the electronic device may display at least one logo 91, each of the at least one logo 91 being usable to indicate an application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the word vector model may be a word2vec word vector model.

As shown in fig. 9 (b), in the case where the target area is a display area in the folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled, after the electronic device receives the first input to the display area in the folder, the application program belonging to the folder before the uninstallation may be matched according to the identifier of the folder. Thereafter, the electronic device may display at least one indicator 91, each of the at least one indicator 91 being indicative of an application belonging to the folder before being uninstalled.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may further display a floating window 92, where the floating window 92 may include at least one identifier 91 and a download control 93. The download control 93 can be used to trigger the electronic device to download at least one application program corresponding to the identifier.

S202d, the electronic device receives a third input for the first identifier of the at least one identifier.

The first identifier may be used to indicate the first application, and for example, the first identifier may include a name of the first application.

In the case where the target area is a display area of an icon of a second application belonging to the same type as the first application, the application indicated by the at least one indicator may be an application of the same type. In a case where the target area is a display area in a folder to which an icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled, the application indicated by the at least one indicator may be an application of a different type.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the third input may be a touch operation of the user on the first identifier, and the touch operation may be, for example, a single click, a double click, a continuous pressing for a preset time, or a continuous clicking for a preset number of times. The specific method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the user performs the third input on the first identifier, the user may further perform an input on the download control, and after the electronic device receives the third input on the first identifier and the input on the download control, a determination control may be displayed, where the determination control may include two sub-controls of "determine" and "cancel". Wherein the sub-control "determine" may be used to confirm the downloading operation of the first application, and the sub-control "cancel" may be used to confirm to return to the previous operation, or to confirm to cancel the display of the at least one identifier.

S202e, the electronic device responds to the third input, and the first application is installed.

After the user performs an input to "ok" the child control, the electronic device may download the installation package of the first application and install the first application in response to the input.

In an embodiment of the present invention, on one hand, since the electronic device may display the at least one identifier in response to the first input, the user may implement batch restoration of the application program by inputting a plurality of identifiers in the at least one identifier. On the other hand, since the electronic device can find the first application according to the type of the second application, the reinstallation of the first application can be quickly achieved even if the electronic device does not save the display area of the icon of the first application.

Optionally, in a case that the target area is a display area of an icon of a second application that is of the same type as the first application, the electronic device may further receive a fourth input of the user before the electronic device receives the first input of the user to the target area. Thereafter, the electronic device may display icons of at least one application including at least an icon of the second application in accordance with the target effect in response to the fourth input.

For example, referring to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 10, before S201, the application installation method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include S206 to S207 described below.

S206, the electronic equipment receives a fourth input.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the fourth input may be a touch operation, a voice input, a gesture input, a gravity input, or other possible inputs of the user on the electronic device, which may be determined specifically according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

And S207, the electronic equipment responds to the fourth input, and displays at least one application icon according to the target effect.

The icon of the at least one application may include an icon of a second application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the icon of the at least one application may be an icon of the target application in example 2, that is, the icon of the at least one application may be an icon of an application of the same type as the at least one application installed and uninstalled in the electronic device.

Optionally, with continuing reference to fig. 4 (b), in an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device displays the icon of the at least one application according to the target effect to display an identifier 42 on the icon of each application in the at least one application.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the icon of the at least one application displayed by the electronic device according to the target effect may also be an icon of the at least one application displayed in a floating manner, a highlighting manner, or other possible manners, which may be determined specifically according to actual usage requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

In the embodiment of the invention, the electronic equipment can respond to the fourth input and display the icon of the at least one application according to the target effect, so that the user can select the application program with the same type as the first application from the icon of the at least one application, and the purpose of quickly reinstalling the first application is achieved by inputting the application program with the same type.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the application installation methods shown in the above method drawings are all exemplarily described with reference to one drawing in the embodiment of the present invention. In specific implementation, the application program installation method shown in each method drawing can also be implemented by combining any other drawing which can be combined and is illustrated in the above embodiments, and details are not described here.

As shown in fig. 11, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device 1100, and the electronic device 1100 may include a receiving module 1101 and a processing module 1102. The receiving module 1101 may be configured to receive a first input to the target area if the first application is uninstalled. The processing module 1102 may be configured to install a first application in response to a first input received by the receiving module 1101. The target area is a display area of an icon of a first application before the first application is uninstalled, or is a display area of an icon of a second application which belongs to the same type as the first application, or is a display area in a folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 1101 may be further configured to receive a second input to the first application before the first application is uninstalled. The processing module 1102 may be further configured to uninstall the first application and store the first information in response to the second input received by the receiving module 1101. The first information may include at least one of: a display area of an icon of the first application, an identification of the first application, and an uninstallation time of the first application. The processing module 1102 may be specifically configured to install a first application according to the first information in response to the first input received by the receiving module 1101.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 11, as shown in fig. 12, the electronic device 1100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a display module 1103. In the case that the target area is a display area of an icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled, the display module 1103 may be configured to display the icon of the first application in the target area after the processing module 1102 installs the first application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the processing module 1102 may be specifically configured to, in a case that the first information includes the uninstalling time of the first application, respond to the first input received by the receiving module 1101, to acquire a target time length from the uninstalling time of the first application to the time when the first input is received, and install the first application when the target time length is less than or equal to a preset time length.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 1100 provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include a display module 1103. The display module 1103 may be configured to display at least one identifier in response to the first input received by the receiving module 1101. The receiving module 1101 may be further configured to receive a third input to a first identifier of the at least one identifier displayed by the displaying module 1103, where the first identifier indicates the first application. The processing module 1102 may be specifically configured to install the first application in response to the third input received by the receiving module 1101. The target area is a display area of an icon of a second application which belongs to the same type as the first application, and each mark in the at least one mark is used for indicating an application program which belongs to the same type as the second application and is unloaded; or the target area is a display area in a folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled, and each identifier in the at least one identifier is used for indicating an application program belonging to the folder before the first application is uninstalled.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 1100 provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include a display module 1103. In the case that the target area is a display area of an icon of a second application belonging to the same type as the first application, the receiving module 1101 may be further configured to receive a fourth input before receiving the first input. The display module 1103 may be further configured to display, in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module 1101, icons of at least one application according to a target effect, where the icons of the at least one application include an icon of a second application.

The embodiment of the invention provides electronic equipment, which can install a first application in response to a first input after receiving the first input of a user to a target area under the condition that the first application is uninstalled. By the scheme, the target area is the display area of the icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled; or a display area of an icon of a second application belonging to the same type as the first application; or before the first application is uninstalled, the display area in the folder to which the icon of the first application belongs, so that the user can trigger the electronic device to install the first application quickly through the first input to the target area without opening an application mall, inputting the name of the uninstalled application program and other operation steps, thereby not only simplifying the step of reinstalling the uninstalled application program, but also saving the time of the user and further improving the man-machine interaction performance.

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 13, the electronic device 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 electronic device configuration shown in fig. 13 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and that the electronic device 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 electronic device 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 processor 110 may be configured to control the user input unit 107 to receive a first input to the target area when the first application is uninstalled. The processor 110 may also be configured to install a first application in response to the first input. The target area may be a display area of an icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled, or may be a display area of an icon of the second application belonging to the same type as the first application, or may be a display area in a folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled.

Optionally, the user input unit 107 may be further configured to receive a second input, a third input, and a fourth input. The processor 110 may be further configured to, in response to the first input, obtain a target duration from the uninstalling time of the first application to the time when the first input is received, and install the first application when the target duration is less than or equal to a preset duration; or in response to the second input, uninstalling the first application and storing the first information; or in response to a third input, installing the first application. A display unit 106, which may be used to display an icon of a first application in a target area; or displaying at least one logo; or in response to a fourth input, displaying an icon of at least one application in accordance with the target effect.

It is to be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 1101 in the structural schematic diagrams of the electronic device (for example, fig. 11 and 12 and the like) may be implemented by the user input unit 107, and the processing module 1102 may be implemented by the processor 110. The display module 1103 in the structural schematic diagram of the electronic device (for example, fig. 12) can be implemented by the display unit 106.

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 electronic device provides wireless broadband internet access to the user via the network module 102, such as assisting the user in sending and receiving e-mails, browsing web pages, and accessing streaming media.

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 electronic apparatus 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 electronic device 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 the backlight when the electronic device 100 is moved to the ear. As one type of motion sensor, an 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 posture of an electronic device (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), and vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping); 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 electronic device. 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. 13, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, and is not limited herein.

The interface unit 108 is an interface for connecting an external device to the electronic apparatus 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 electronic apparatus 100 or may be used to transmit data between the electronic apparatus 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 electronic device, connects various parts of the entire electronic device using various interfaces and lines, performs various functions of the electronic device 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 electronic device. Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles the operating system, the first user interface, the application program, and the like, and the modem processor mainly handles the wireless communication. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The electronic device 100 may further include a power supply 111 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to each component, 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 electronic device 100 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail herein.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device, which includes the processor 110 shown in fig. 13, the memory 109, and a computer program stored in the memory 109 and capable of running on the processor 110, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 110, implements each process of the foregoing application program installation method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where 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 of the above-mentioned application program installation method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may include a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic or optical disk, and the like.

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 application 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 an electronic device (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 application.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An application program installation method applied to electronic equipment is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a second input to a first application in a case where the first application is uninstalled;

in response to the second input, uninstalling the first application and storing first information, the first information comprising at least one of: a display area of an icon of the first application, an identifier of the first application, and an uninstalling time of the first application;

receiving a first input to a target area;

in response to the first input, installing the first application according to the first information;

the target area is a display area of an icon of a second application which belongs to the same type as the first application, or is a display area in a folder to which the icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the target area is a display area of an icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled; after the installing the first application, the method further comprises:

and displaying the icon of the first application in the target area.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises an uninstall time of the first application; the installing the first application in response to the first input comprises:

and responding to the first input, acquiring a target time length from the unloading time of the first application to the time of receiving the first input, and installing the first application under the condition that the target time length is less than or equal to a preset time length.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein installing the first application in response to the first input comprises:

displaying at least one identifier in response to the first input;

receiving a third input to a first identifier of the at least one identifier, the first identifier being indicative of the first application;

installing the first application in response to the third input;

the target area is a display area of an icon of a second application which belongs to the same type as the first application, and each identifier in the at least one identifier is used for indicating an application program which belongs to the same type as the second application and is uninstalled; or,

the target area is a display area in a folder to which an icon of the first application belongs before the first application is uninstalled, and each identifier of the at least one identifier is used for indicating an application program belonging to the folder before the first application is uninstalled.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the target area is a display area of an icon of a second application that is of the same type as the first application; prior to the receiving the first input to the target area, the method further comprises:

receiving a fourth input;

in response to the fourth input, displaying icons of at least one application according to a target effect, the icons of the at least one application including an icon of the second application.

6. An electronic device, comprising a receiving module and a processing module:

the receiving module is used for receiving a second input of a first application under the condition that the first application is uninstalled;

the processing module is configured to uninstall the first application in response to the second input received by the receiving module, and store first information, where the first information includes at least one of: a display area of an icon of the first application, an identifier of the first application, and an uninstalling time of the first application;

the receiving module is also used for receiving a first input of a target area;

the processing module is further configured to install the first application in response to the first input received by the receiving module;

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the target area is a display area of an icon of the first application before the first application is uninstalled; the electronic equipment further comprises a display module;

the display module is used for displaying the icon of the first application in the target area after the processing module installs the first application.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to, in a case that the first information includes an uninstalling time of the first application, in response to the first input received by the receiving module, obtain a target duration from the uninstalling time of the first application to a time when the first input is received, and install the first application in a case that the target duration is less than or equal to a preset duration.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising a display module;

the display module is used for responding to the first input received by the receiving module and displaying at least one identifier;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a third input of a first identifier of the at least one identifier displayed by the display module, where the first identifier indicates the first application;

the processing module is specifically configured to install the first application in response to the third input received by the receiving module;

10. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the target area is a display area of an icon of a second application that is of the same type as the first application; the electronic equipment further comprises a display module;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a fourth input before receiving the first input;

the display module is further configured to display, in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module, at least one application icon according to a target effect, where the at least one application icon includes an icon of the second application.

11. An electronic device comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the application installation method of any one of claims 1 to 5.

12. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the application installation method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.