CN112506594A

CN112506594A - Application icon display method and device

Info

Publication number: CN112506594A
Application number: CN202011027370.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 龚昊
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-25
Filing date: 2020-09-25
Publication date: 2021-03-16
Anticipated expiration: 2040-09-25

Abstract

The application discloses a display method and a display device of application icons, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a first input of a target area on a desktop interface by a user; in response to a first input, displaying N first application icons in a first expansion display area associated with the target area, wherein the first application icons are deleted application icons which are displayed on the target area in a historical mode; receiving second input of a user to a first target application icon in the N first application icons; in response to the second input, a first target application icon is displayed in a first area of the desktop interface. According to the embodiment of the application, the problems that in the related art, when the user needs to continue to use the application program, the process of re-downloading and installing the application program is complex, so that the user operation is complex, and the user experience is reduced can be solved.

Description

Application icon display method and device

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a display method and device of an application icon.

Background

With the continuous popularization of electronic devices such as smart phones, more and more application programs are installed on the electronic devices.

Icons of the application programs are all displayed on the desktop of the electronic equipment. The user may delete the icon of the application program displayed on the desktop by mistake, and the application program is also deleted. In the process of implementing the present application, the inventors found that at least the following problems exist in the related art: when the user needs to continue using the application program, the process of re-downloading and installing the application program is tedious, so that the user operation is tedious, and the user experience is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a display method and a display device for an application icon, and the method and the display device can solve the problems that in the related art, when a user needs to continue to use the application program, the process of re-downloading and installing the application program is complicated, so that the operation of the user is complicated, and the user experience is reduced.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for displaying an application icon, where the method includes:

receiving a first input of a target area on a desktop interface by a user;

in response to a first input, displaying N first application icons in a first expansion display area associated with the target area, wherein the first application icons are deleted application icons which are displayed on the target area in a historical mode;

receiving second input of a user to a first target application icon in the N first application icons;

in response to the second input, a first target application icon is displayed in a first area of the desktop interface.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an application icon display apparatus, including:

the receiving module is used for receiving first input of a user to a target area on the desktop interface;

the display module is used for responding to a first input, displaying N first application icons in a first expansion display area associated with the target area, wherein the first application icons are deleted application icons which are displayed on the target area in a historical mode;

the receiving module is further used for receiving second input of a user to a first target application icon in the N first application icons;

the display module is further used for responding to the second input and displaying the first target application icon in the first area of the desktop interface.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a readable storage medium on which a program or instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the method according to the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, at least one application program is installed on the target area by the user history, so that the first application icon of the at least one application program is displayed on the target area history, and the first application icon is deleted on the target area by the user at present. The desktop interface comprises a target area, wherein the size of the target area is the size of at least one application icon. When a first input by a user to a target area on a desktop interface is received, a first application icon can be displayed in a first extended display area associated with the target area. When second input of the user to a first target application icon in the N first application icons is received, the first target application icon is displayed in a first area of the desktop interface. Therefore, the user can restore the application program corresponding to the first application icon deleted by the user to the first area on the desktop interface, the user does not need to download and install the application program after searching the application program in other application programs, the application program can be downloaded and installed again only by restoring the application icon of the application program through one key, the operation is simple, convenient and quick, and the user experience degree is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for displaying an application icon according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is one of interface schematic diagrams of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a second schematic interface diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a third schematic interface diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a fourth schematic interface diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a fifth schematic interface diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a sixth schematic interface diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is a seventh schematic interface diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is an eighth schematic interface diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a display device for application icons according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of another electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. 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 application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be understood that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application may be practiced in other sequences than those illustrated or described herein, and that the elements identified as "first," "second," etc. are often referred to in the art without limitation to the number of elements, e.g., the first element may be one or more. Further, in the specification and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected elements, the character "/" generally means that the preceding and following associated elements are in an "or" relationship.

At present, with the continuous popularization of electronic devices such as smart phones, more and more application programs are installed on the electronic devices.

Icons of the application programs are all displayed on the desktop of the electronic equipment. The user may delete the icon of the application program displayed on the desktop by mistake, and the application program is also deleted. In the process of implementing the present application, the inventors found that at least the following problems exist in the related art: when the user needs to continue to use the application program, the application program needs to be downloaded and installed again, so that the operation of the user is complicated, and the user experience is reduced.

Aiming at the technical problems in the related art, the embodiment of the application provides a display method of an application icon. The method comprises the following steps: the at least one application program is installed on the target area by the user history, so that the first application icon of the at least one application program is displayed on the target area history, and the first application icon is deleted on the target area by the user. The desktop interface comprises a target area, wherein the size of the target area is the size of at least one application icon. When a first input by a user to a target area on a desktop interface is received, a first application icon can be displayed in a first extended display area associated with the target area. When second input of the target application icon by the user is received, a first target application icon in the N first application icons is displayed in a first area of the desktop interface. Therefore, the user can restore the application program corresponding to the first application icon deleted by the user to the first area on the desktop interface, the user does not need to download and install the application program after searching the application program in other application programs, the application program can be downloaded and installed again only by restoring the application icon of the application program through one key, the operation is simple, convenient and quick, and the user experience degree is improved.

The following describes in detail a display method of an application icon provided in an embodiment of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings, taking an execution subject of the display method of the application icon as an example, and using specific embodiments.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method 100 for displaying an application icon according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, a method 100 for displaying an application icon provided in an embodiment of the present application may include: S101-S104.

S101: a first input of a user to a target area on a desktop interface is received.

The desktop interface of the electronic device comprises a plurality of sub-areas, and the size of each sub-area can be the size of one application icon. Each sub-region has an associated extended display area. When the user needs to view the extended display area, the electronic device can receive a first input of the user to a target area on the desktop interface. Here, the size of the target area may be the size of at least one application icon, that is, the target area may be one sub-area or a plurality of sub-areas. For example, the user may perform a continuous sliding operation on a plurality of sub-areas.

In some embodiments, in the case that the size of the target area is the size of one application icon, the target area may be a blank area, that is, the target area does not display any application icon of an application program. The target area may also be a non-blank area, i.e. the target area displays application icons of the application programs.

Under the condition that the size of the target area is the size of the plurality of application icons, the target area comprises a plurality of sub-areas, and each sub-area can be a blank area, can also be a non-blank area, and can also have both blank areas and non-blank areas.

S102: in response to a first input, displaying N first application icons in a first expansion display area associated with the target area, wherein the first application icons are deleted application icons which are displayed on the target area in a historical mode, and N is a positive integer.

The first input may be a click input, a long press input, a swipe input. After receiving the first input, the electronic device displays a first extended display area associated with the target area, and N first application icons are displayed in the first extended display area. Here, the first application icon is an application icon that has been deleted and that has been historically displayed on the target area.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, the target area 21 is a blank area, and when the user clicks the target area 21, a first extended display area 210 of the target area 21 is displayed, and icons of an Application (APP) a, an APP B, and an APP C are displayed in the first extended display area 210. The APP A, the APP B and the APP C are deleted APPs, and icons of the APPs are displayed on the target area.

In some embodiments, when the size of the target area is the size of one application icon, the shape of the first extended display area may be a column shape, or a shape set by the user according to the user's own needs. When the size of the target area is the size of the plurality of application icons, as shown in fig. 3, the target area 30 has 3 sub-areas, which are a blank area 31, a non-blank area 32, and a non-blank area 33. The application icon corresponding to the non-blank area 32 is an icon of APP2, and the application icon corresponding to the non-blank area 33 is an icon of APP 3. Each sub-region has associated therewith a first extended display sub-region, first extended display sub-region 311 associated with blank region 31, and sub-regions 331 in which APP11 through APP15 are displayed. A first expanded display sub-region 321 associated with the non-blank region 32, the sub-region 321 displaying APP21 through APP 26. A first extended display area 331 associated with the non-blank area 33, APP31 through APP35 being displayed in the sub-area 331. The sub-region 311, the sub-region 321, and the sub-region 331 are an integrated extended display region, i.e., a first extended display region of the target region 30. Here, the sub-area 311, the sub-area 321, and the sub-area 331 are an entire extended display area, and in this entire extended display area, the sub-area 311, the sub-area 321, and the sub-area 331 are also independent from each other.

It should be noted that the first extended display area and the desktop interface are disposed in different layers.

S103: and receiving second input of the user to a first target application icon in the N first application icons.

After the first application icon is deleted, the user may also reuse the application program corresponding to the first application icon, and the user may directly restore the application program corresponding to the first application icon through the first application icon in the first extended display area.

S104: in response to the second input, a first target application icon is displayed in a first area of the desktop interface.

And after the electronic equipment receives a second input of the first target application icon from the user, displaying the first target application icon in the first area. At this time, the application program corresponding to the first target application icon can be continuously used.

It can be understood that when the user deletes the target application program from the electronic device, the data of the target application program is firstly stored in the local of the electronic device, only the application icon of the target application program is deleted from the desktop interface, and the application icon of the target application program is moved to the first extended display area. When the user needs to restore the target application program, the application icon of the target application program can be searched from the first expansion display area, so that the user clicks the application icon of the target application program, and the electronic equipment restores the application icon of the target application program to the first area on the desktop interface.

When the target area is a blank area, the first area is a blank area. When the target area is a non-blank area, the first area is a blank area on the desktop.

According to the application icon display method provided by the embodiment of the application, at least one application program is installed on the target area by the user history, so that the first application icon of the at least one application program is displayed on the target area history, and the first application icon is deleted on the target area by the user at present. The desktop interface comprises a target area, wherein the size of the target area is the size of at least one application icon. When a first input by a user to a target area on a desktop interface is received, a first application icon can be displayed in a first extended display area associated with the target area. The first application icon at least comprises a first target application icon. When a second input to the first target application icon by the user is received, the first target application icon is displayed in the first area of the desktop interface. Therefore, the user can restore the application program corresponding to the first application icon deleted by the user to the first area on the desktop interface, the user does not need to download and install the application program after searching the application program in other application programs, the application program can be downloaded and installed again only by restoring the application icon of the application program through one key, the operation is simple, convenient and quick, and the user experience degree is improved.

A detailed description of possible implementations of the above embodiments follows.

Optionally, in some embodiments, because different users have different habits in using the electronic device, for example, positions where different users are accustomed to clicking the desktop interface may also be different, in order to improve efficiency of searching for an icon corresponding to the target application program, the electronic device may divide the desktop interface into different areas. Specifically, the electronic device may divide the desktop interface into different region types according to the frequency of operations performed by the user on different regions of the desktop interface.

For example, for an application program commonly used by a user, the user may place an icon of the application program in an area that the user is accustomed to operating, where the area may be an edge side of a desktop interface or a lower area of the desktop. The icons of the application programs are placed in the areas which are used by the user to operate, so that the convenience of the user for using the electronic equipment can be improved.

For another example, regions with different operating frequencies may be divided into hot spot regions and non-hot spot regions. The electronic device may divide an area with a high user operation frequency into a hot spot area, and may divide an area with a low user operation frequency into a non-hot spot area. For example, as shown in fig. 4, the frequency of clicking the application icon in the lower area of the desktop interface by the user is higher, and the frequency of clicking the application icon in the upper area of the desktop interface is lower, then the electronic device may divide the lower area of the desktop interface into the hot spot areas, divide the upper area of the desktop interface into the hot spot areas, and divide the lower area of the desktop interface into the non-hot spot areas.

In order to enable a user to more intuitively distinguish the first extended display area in different area types, the electronic device may display the first application icon according to the area type to which the target area belongs. Specifically, the electronic device first determines a target region type to which the target region belongs. And then, the electronic equipment displays the N first application icons according to the target area type to which the target area belongs and the target display mode corresponding to the target area type.

For example, if the target area type of the target area is a hot spot area, the N first application icons are displayed with dark gray as the background color of the first extended display area. And if the type of the target area is a non-blank area, displaying the N first application icons in a colorless mode as background color. Here, the target display mode may be set by the user according to the user's own needs.

In addition, since the application icons in the hot spot region are clicked with a high frequency, the number of the first application icons that can be displayed in the first extended display region in the hot spot region may be set to 5. In the non-hotspot region, the number of the first application icons that can be displayed in the first extended display region may be set to 3. The specific number can also be set according to the self-needs of the user.

Therefore, the user can distinguish the heat of the area according to the background color, so that the icon of the target application program which the user wants to search can be quickly searched, the efficiency of searching the target application program by the user is improved, and the experience degree of the user is further improved.

Optionally, in some embodiments, in order to improve efficiency of a user in finding an icon corresponding to a target application program, in S104, when N is greater than or equal to 2, in the first extended display area, the N first application icons need to be sequentially displayed in order from the back to the front according to deletion time of the N first application icons.

For example, when the first extended display area is a column and N is 3, the icon of APP1, the icon of APP2, and the icon of APP3 are included in the first extended display area associated with the target area. If the deletion time of the icon of APP1 is 6, month and 20 days 2020, the deletion time of the icon of APP2 is 7, month and 8 days 2020, and the deletion time of the icon of APP3 is 7, month and 29 days 2020, the sequence of the application icons from top to bottom in the first extended display area is: an icon of APP3, an icon of APP2, an icon of APP 1.

Therefore, the user can determine the sequence of the deleting time of each icon in the first extended display area according to the sequence of the APP icons, the efficiency of searching the icon corresponding to the target application program by the user can be improved, and the user experience is further improved.

Optionally, in some embodiments, because the storage space of the electronic device is limited, the number of the first application icons deleted by the user is increased, and therefore, the data of the APPs corresponding to the first application icons cannot be stored in the electronic device all the time, and in order to make the data of the APPs corresponding to the first application icons not occupy the storage space of the electronic device, the electronic device may determine whether to continue to store the data of the APPs corresponding to the first application icons according to the deletion duration of the first application icons. Here, the data of the APP includes user data.

Specifically, when the time length for deleting the first application icon is longer than the preset time length, the data of the application program corresponding to the first application icon is moved to the server for storage.

Therefore, even if the first application icon is deleted by misoperation of the user and the APP corresponding to the first application icon is not recovered by the user for a long time, data when the user uses the APP cannot be lost. Meanwhile, the data of the APP are moved to the server to be stored, so that the storage space of the electronic equipment is saved.

In addition, when the data of the APP is stored in the server, after second input of the first target application icon by the user is received, prompt information is displayed to prompt the user that the data of the target first application can be downloaded. For example, as shown in fig. 5, after receiving a click input from the user to the APP13, a prompt 50 is displayed, and the prompt box 50 includes a control 51 "yes" and a control 52 "no", where the control 51 "yes" is used to determine that the user confirms to download the first target application, and the control 52 "no" is used to determine that the user does not download the first target application.

When a fourth input that the user confirms to download the data of the target first application is received, the data of the first application program is downloaded from the server. Thus, the electronic device directly restores the first target application.

Therefore, the user data of part of the application programs are stored in the server, the storage space of the electronic equipment can be saved, the user data of the application programs can be recovered, and the user experience is improved.

Optionally, in some embodiments, in order to optimize the layout of the desktop interface, an application icon that needs to be multi-screen displayed is single-screen displayed, so as to improve the experience of the user, a second application icon may also be included in the first extended display area, where the second application icon is an icon of an APP that is not deleted.

When the first extended display area comprises the second application icon, the first application icons are sequentially displayed from back to front according to the deleting time, and the second application icon is positioned in front of the first application icon deleted last.

Therefore, the layout of the desktop interface can be optimized, the application icons displayed in multiple screens can be displayed in a single screen, and the experience of a user is improved.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when the fifth application icon is displayed on the first area, after receiving a second input of the first target application icon from the user, the positions of the first target application icon and the fifth application icon are interchanged.

Specifically, when the fifth application icon is displayed on the first area and the first target application icon is displayed at the third display position of the first extended display area, after the second input of the user is received, the first target application icon is displayed in the first area and the fifth application icon is displayed at the third display position.

Therefore, the user can optimize the desktop layout according to the self needs, and the experience degree of the user is improved.

Optionally, in some embodiments, to further improve the user experience, the user may view the extended display area corresponding to the multiple areas simultaneously. As shown in fig. 3, the target area includes K sub-target areas, and the size of each sub-target area is the size of one application icon. K is greater than or equal to 2.

When the user needs to view the extended display areas corresponding to the multiple areas at the same time, a sliding input may be performed on the multiple sub-target areas at the same time, as shown in fig. 6, the user's finger respectively slides through the blank area 31, the non-blank area 32 and the non-blank area 33, and respectively displays a first extended display sub-area 311 associated with the blank area 31, a second extended display sub-area 321 associated with the non-blank area 32, and a third extended display area 331 associated with the non-blank area 33.

And after receiving sliding input of the user to the sub-target area, displaying a third application icon on the expansion display sub-area associated with each sub-target area. Wherein the third application icon in each extended display sub-area is deleted, and the history displays the application icons on the sub-target area corresponding to the extended display sub-area.

For example, APP1 is displayed in the whitespace area 31 during the historical period of time, but has now been deleted, then the first expanded display sub-area 311 associated with the whitespace area 31 is displayed with the APP icon of APP 1.

There is a slider control 60 on the edge side of each expanded display sub-region. Since the display space of the extended display sub-region is limited, all the first application icons cannot be displayed completely, and therefore, the user can slide and display the first application icons through the sliding control 60.

Here, the first application icons between the extended display sub-regions associated with different sub-regions may be moved relative to each other.

Specifically, a third input of the first application icon by the user is received, and the first application icon is moved into the second expansion display sub-area. For example, as shown in fig. 7, a user's drag input of the first application icon APP12 in the first extended display sub-region 311 is received, and an APP12 is dragged to the second extended display region 321 for display.

In addition, the positions of the application icons in the first extended display sub-area and the second extended display sub-area can be exchanged. Specifically, a fourth application icon is displayed at a first position in the second extended display sub-area, a first application icon is displayed at a second position in the first extended display sub-area, after a third input of the first application icon by a user is received, the first application icon is displayed at the first position in the second extended display sub-area, and the fourth application icon is displayed at a second position in the first extended display sub-area.

For example, as shown in fig. 8, a drag input of the first application icon APP12 by the user in the first extended display sub-region 311 is received, the APP12 is dragged to be displayed at the position of the APP25 in the second extended display region 321, and the APP25 is displayed at the position of the APP12 in the first extended display sub-region 311.

Therefore, the user can not only check the plurality of expansion display sub-areas through one-key input, but also can layout the application icons in each expansion display sub-area, the user can layout the application icons in the expansion display sub-areas according to own habits, and the experience degree of the user is improved.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when the desktop interface displays a plurality of extended display areas, each extended display area may be disposed on a different layer.

In addition, as shown in fig. 9, when the desktop interface displays a first extended display area 91 and a first extended display area 92, and the first extended display area covers a partial area of the first extended display area 92, after receiving a click input of the first extended display area by the user, the first extended display area 92 is completely displayed, and the size of the first extended display area 91 is adjusted.

Therefore, the extended display area is arranged on different layers, and a user can click the extended display area with a part of the area being blocked, so that the blocked part of the area is displayed, the user can check all icons in the extended display area, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In the embodiment of the present application, a method for displaying an application icon performed by an electronic device is taken as an example, and the method for displaying an application icon provided in the embodiment of the present application is described. However, in the application icon display method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution subject may be an electronic device, or may be a display device of an application icon or a control module for executing the application icon display method in the display device of the application icon.

Based on the application icon display method provided by the application, correspondingly, the application icon display device of one embodiment is provided by the application. In the following, a method for displaying an application icon by using a display device of an application icon is taken as an example in the embodiments of the present application, and the display device of an application icon provided in the embodiments of the present application is described.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a display device 1000 for application icons according to the present application.

As shown in fig. 10, the display device 1000 of application icons provided by the present application may include: a receiving module 1001 and a display module 1002.

A receiving module 1001, configured to receive a first input of a target area on a desktop interface by a user, where the size of the target area is the size of at least one application icon;

a display module 1002, configured to, in response to a first input, display N first application icons in a first extended display area associated with a target area, where the first application icons are deleted application icons that are historically displayed on the target area, and N is a positive integer;

a receiving module 1001, configured to receive a second input of the first target application icon from the user; the first application icon comprises at least a first target application icon;

a display module 1002 is configured to display a first target application icon in a first area of the desktop interface in response to a second input.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, in a case that N is greater than or equal to 2, the display module 1002 is specifically configured to: and sequentially displaying the N first application icons in the first extended display area associated with the target area according to the sequence of the deletion time of the N first application icons from back to front.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, the first extended display area and the desktop interface are disposed in different layers.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, the apparatus 1000 further comprises: a determining module 1003, configured to determine a target area type to which the target area belongs; the target area type is one of area types, and the area type is determined according to the operation frequency of a user on different areas of the desktop interface;

the display module 1002 is specifically configured to display the N first application icons according to a target display mode associated with the target area type.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, a second application icon is further included in the first extended display area; the second application icon is an icon of an application program which is not deleted;

the first application icons are sequentially displayed in the first expansion display area from the last to the first according to the deleting time, and the second application icon is positioned in front of the first application icon deleted at the last.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, the apparatus 1000 further includes a moving module 1004, configured to move the data of the application program corresponding to the first application icon to the server when the duration of the deleted first application icon is greater than a preset duration.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, the display module 1002 is further configured to display a prompt message in response to the second input, where the prompt message is used to prompt a user whether to download the data of the first target application;

the receiving module 1001 is further configured to receive a fourth input that the user confirms to download the data of the first target application;

a downloading module 1005, configured to download the data of the first target application from the server in response to the fourth input.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, the target area includes K sub-target areas, and the size of each sub-target area is the size of one application icon; k is an integer greater than or equal to 2;

a display module 1002, specifically configured to display, in response to the first input, a third application icon in the extended display sub-area associated with each sub-target area; the third application icon displayed on each extended display sub-area is a deleted application icon that is historically displayed on the sub-target area corresponding to the extended display sub-area.

Therefore, a user can check the plurality of expansion display sub-areas through one-key input, and the experience degree of the user is improved.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, each extended display sub-region is an independent sub-region, and the receiving module 1001 is further configured to receive a third input of the first application icon in the first extended display sub-region from the user;

the moving module 1004 is further configured to move the first application icon into the second expanded display sub-area in response to a third input.

Therefore, the user can arrange the application icons in each expansion display sub-area, the user can arrange the application icons in the expansion display sub-areas according to own habits, and the experience degree of the user is improved.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, in a case that the fourth application icon is displayed at a first position in the second extended display sub-area, and the position of the first application icon in the first extended display sub-area is a second position, the moving module 1004 is specifically configured to move the first application icon to the first position in the second extended display sub-area, and move the third application icon to the second position in the first extended display sub-area.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, when the target area is a blank area, the first area is the target area.

Therefore, the electronic equipment can directly restore the first target application icon to the target area without the operation of a user, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, when the target area is a non-blank area, the first area is a blank area on the desktop interface.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the application, in a case that a fifth application icon is displayed on the first area and the first target application icon is displayed at the third display position of the first extended display area, the display module 1002 is further configured to display the first target application icon in the first area of the desktop interface and display the fifth application icon at the third display position in response to the second input.

According to the display device of the application icons, at least one application program is installed on the target area by the user history, so that the first application icon of the at least one application program is displayed on the target area history, and the first application icon is deleted on the target area by the user at present. The desktop interface comprises a target area, wherein the size of the target area is the size of at least one application icon. When a first input by a user to a target area on a desktop interface is received, a first application icon can be displayed in a first extended display area associated with the target area. The first application icon at least comprises a first target application icon. When a second input to the first target application icon by the user is received, the first target application icon is displayed in the first area of the desktop interface. Therefore, the user can restore the application program corresponding to the first application icon deleted by the user to the first area on the desktop interface, the user does not need to download and install the application program after searching the application program in other application programs, the application program can be downloaded and installed again only by restoring the application icon of the application program through one key, the operation is simple, convenient and quick, and the user experience degree is improved.

The display device of the application icon in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The device can be mobile electronic equipment or non-mobile electronic equipment. By way of example, the mobile electronic device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and the non-mobile electronic device may be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited.

The display device of the application icon in the embodiment of the present application may be a 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 application are not limited specifically.

The display device of the application icon provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the display device of the application icon in the embodiment of fig. 1, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 11, an electronic device 1100 is further provided in an embodiment of the present application, and includes a processor 1101, a memory 1102, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory 1102 and executable on the processor 1101, where the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 1101 to implement each process of the embodiment of the application icon display method, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

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

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device 1200 for implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device 1200 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 1201, network module 1202, audio output unit 1203, input unit 1204, sensors 1205, display unit 1206, user input unit 1207, interface unit 1208, memory 1209, and processor 1210.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device 1200 may further comprise a power source (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to the various components, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 1210 via a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system. The electronic device structure shown in fig. 12 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and the electronic device may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components, and thus, the description is not repeated here.

The user input unit 1207 is configured to receive a first input of a target area on the desktop interface from a user;

a display unit 1206, configured to display, in response to a first input, N first application icons in a first extended display area associated with a target area, where the first application icons are deleted application icons that are historically displayed on the target area, and N is a positive integer;

a user input unit 1207, configured to receive a second input by the user to a first target application icon in the first application icons;

the display unit 1206 is used for responding to the second input and displaying the first target application icon in the first area of the desktop interface.

In the embodiment of the application, at least one application program is installed on the target area by the user history, so that the first application icon of the at least one application program is displayed on the target area history, and the first application icon is deleted on the target area by the user at present. The desktop interface comprises a target area, wherein the size of the target area is the size of at least one application icon. When a first input by a user to a target area on a desktop interface is received, a first application icon can be displayed in a first extended display area associated with the target area. The first application icon at least comprises a first target application icon. When a second input to the first target application icon by the user is received, the first target application icon is displayed in the first area of the desktop interface. Therefore, the user can restore the application program corresponding to the first application icon deleted by the user to the first area on the desktop interface, the user does not need to download and install the application program after searching the application program in other application programs, the application program can be downloaded and installed again only by restoring the application icon of the application program through one key, the operation is simple, convenient and quick, and the user experience degree is improved.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, in a case that N is greater than or equal to 2, the display unit 1206 is specifically configured to: and sequentially displaying the N first application icons in the first extended display area associated with the target area according to the sequence of the deletion time of the N first application icons from back to front.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, after receiving a first input by the user to the target area on the desktop interface, before displaying the N first application icons in the first extended display area associated with the target area in response to the first input, the processor 1210 is configured to determine a type of the target area to which the target area belongs; the target area type is one of area types, and the area type is determined according to the operation frequency of a user on different areas of the desktop interface;

the display unit 1206 is specifically configured to display the N first application icons in a target display manner associated with the target area type.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, the processor 1210 is configured to, when a duration after the first application icon is deleted is greater than a preset duration, move data of an application program corresponding to the first application icon to the server.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, the display unit 1206 is further configured to display a prompt message in response to the second input, where the prompt message is used to prompt a user whether to download the data of the first target application;

a user input unit 1207, further configured to receive a fourth input that the user confirms to download the data of the first target application;

a processor 1210 for downloading data of the first target application from the server in response to the fourth input.

a display unit 1206, in particular for displaying, in response to the first input, a third application icon in the extended display sub-area associated with each sub-target area; the third application icon displayed on each extended display sub-area is a deleted application icon that is historically displayed on the sub-target area corresponding to the extended display sub-area.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, each extended display sub-area is an independent sub-area, and the user input unit 1207 is further configured to receive a third input of the first application icon in the first extended display sub-area from the user;

the processor 1210 is further configured to move the first application icon into the second expanded display sub-area in response to a third input.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the application, in a case that the fourth application icon is displayed at a first position in the second extended display sub-area, and the position of the first application icon in the first extended display sub-area is a second position, the processor 1210 is specifically configured to move the first application icon to the first position in the second extended display sub-area, and move the third application icon to the second position in the first extended display sub-area.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, in a case that a fifth application icon is displayed on the first area and the first target application icon is displayed at the third display position of the first extended display area, the display unit 1206 is further configured to display the first target application icon in the first area of the desktop interface and display the fifth application icon at the third display position in response to the second input.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the embodiment of the display method for an application icon, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The processor is the processor in the electronic device described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and so on.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction to implement each process of the embodiment of the display method for an application icon, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the description is omitted here.

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

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. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

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 a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, 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. A method for displaying an application icon, comprising:

receiving a first input of a target area on a desktop interface by a user;

in response to the first input, displaying N first application icons in a first expansion display area associated with the target area, wherein the first application icons are deleted application icons which are displayed on the target area in a historical mode, and N is a positive integer;

receiving a second input of the user to a first target application icon in the N first application icons;

in response to the second input, displaying the first target application icon in a first area of the desktop interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after said receiving a first user input to a target area on a desktop interface, prior to said displaying N first application icons in a first extended display area associated with the target area in response to the first input, the method further comprises:

determining a target area type to which the target area belongs; the target area type is one of area types, and the area type is determined according to the operation frequency of a user on different areas of the desktop interface;

the displaying, in response to the first input, N first application icons in a first extended display area associated with the target area specifically includes:

and displaying the N first application icons according to a target display mode associated with the target area type.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein in a case where data of a target first application corresponding to the first target application icon is stored to a server, the method further comprises, after the responding to the second input:

responding to the second input, and displaying prompt information, wherein the prompt information is used for prompting a user whether to download data of the first target application program;

receiving a fourth input confirming downloading of the data of the first target application program by the user;

downloading data of the first target application from the server in response to the fourth input.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the target area comprises K sub-target areas, each sub-target area being of a size of one application icon; k is an integer greater than or equal to 2;

displaying a third application icon in the extended display sub-area associated with each of the sub-target areas in response to the first input; the third application icon displayed on each expansion display sub-area is a deleted application icon which is displayed on the sub-target area corresponding to the expansion display sub-area.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein each of the extended display sub-regions is a separate sub-region, and wherein after the displaying of the N first application icons in the first extended display region associated with the target region in response to the first input, prior to the receiving of the second input by the user to the first target application icon, the method further comprises:

receiving a third input of the first application icon in the first expansion display sub-area from the user;

in response to the third input, moving the first application icon into a second expanded display sub-area;

when the first application icon is displayed at the first position in the second expansion display sub-area, and the position of the first application icon in the first expansion display sub-area is the second position, the moving the first application icon into the second expansion display sub-area in response to the third input specifically includes:

moving the first application icon to a first position in the second extended display sub-area; moving the third application icon to a second position of the first extended display sub-region.

6. A display device for an application icon, comprising:

a display module, configured to display, in response to the first input, N first application icons in a first extended display area associated with the target area, where the first application icons are deleted application icons that are historically displayed on the target area;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a second input of the user to a first target application icon in the N first application icons;

the display module is further configured to display the first target application icon in a first area of the desktop interface in response to the second input.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein after said receiving a first user input to a target area on a desktop interface, prior to said displaying N first application icons in a first extended display area associated with the target area in response to the first input, the method further comprises:

8. The method of claim 6, wherein in a case where data of a target first application corresponding to the first target application icon is stored to a server, the method further comprises, after the responding to the second input:

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the target area comprises K sub-target areas, each sub-target area being of a size of one application icon; k is an integer greater than or equal to 2;

10. The method of claim 9, wherein each of the extended display sub-regions is a separate sub-region, and wherein after the displaying of the N first application icons in the first extended display region associated with the target region in response to the first input, prior to the receiving of the second input by the user to the first target application icon, the method further comprises: