CN115686338B

CN115686338B - Screen splitting method and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN115686338B
Application number: CN202211567500.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 段可
Original assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-12-07
Filing date: 2022-12-07
Publication date: 2023-05-05
Anticipated expiration: 2042-12-07
Also published as: CN115686338A

Abstract

The application provides a split screen method and electronic equipment. The method comprises the following steps: in the starting process of the first application, the first application sends a first query request to a system split screen characteristic module; the system split screen characteristic module receives a first query request and sends a second query request to an application split screen configuration module corresponding to the first application split screen; the application split screen configuration module receives a second query request and returns second response information to the system split screen characteristic module; the system split screen characteristic module generates first response information aiming at the first query request according to the second response information, and returns the first response information to the first application; and the first application determines a target interface for splitting the screen from the first interface and the second interface according to the first response information. Therefore, under the condition that the system provides the split-screen feature service function, the application is enabled to preferentially adopt the application split screen with stronger function for split-screen, and user experience is improved.

Description

Screen splitting method and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of terminal equipment, in particular to a split screen method and electronic equipment.

Background

With the widespread use of large-screen electronic devices (such as tablets), there is a greater demand for split screens. Currently, there are system level schemes that provide split functionality, known as application split. Meanwhile, some systems also provide a split screen function, and the split screen function provided by the system is called a split screen feature service of the system.

The split screen function of the application split screen is generally better than the split screen characteristic of the system split screen characteristic service, and the user experience is better. In a scenario where the third party application supports both the application split and the system split feature service, the third party application always uses the system split feature service to split the screen because the split service of the system (i.e., the system split feature service) is enabled by default, resulting in poor user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problems, the application provides a split screen method and electronic equipment, and under the condition that a split screen feature service function is provided by a system, applications are enabled to preferentially adopt application split screens with stronger functions for split screen, so that user experience is improved.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a split screen method. The method is applied to electronic equipment, a first application in the electronic equipment is configured with a first interface for connecting a first application split screen and a second interface for connecting a system split screen characteristic module, and the system split screen characteristic module is used for providing a system split screen characteristic service; the method comprises the following steps: in the starting process of the first application, the first application sends a first query request to a system split-screen characteristic module in the electronic equipment, wherein the first query request is used for querying whether a system split-screen characteristic service is available; the system split screen characteristic module receives a first query request, and sends a second query request to an application split screen configuration module corresponding to the first application split screen, wherein the second query request is used for querying whether the first application currently enables the first interface; the application split screen configuration module receives a second query request and returns second response information to the system split screen characteristic module; the system split screen characteristic module generates first response information aiming at the first query request according to the second response information, and returns the first response information to the first application; and the first application determines a target interface for splitting the screen from the first interface and the second interface according to the first response information. Therefore, under the condition that the system provides the split-screen feature service function, the application is enabled to preferentially adopt the application split screen with stronger function for split-screen, and user experience is improved.

According to the first aspect, the second response information includes first indication information for indicating that the first application has enabled the first interface currently; the system split screen characteristic module generates first response information aiming at a first query request according to the second response information, and the first response information comprises: the system split screen characteristic module generates first response information which is aimed at the first query request and comprises third indication information according to the first indication information included in the second response information, wherein the third indication information is used for indicating that the system split screen characteristic service is unavailable; the first application determines a target interface for splitting the screen from the first interface and the second interface according to the first response information, and the method comprises the following steps: and the first application determines the first interface as a target interface for split screen according to the third indication information in the first response information.

According to the first aspect, the second response information includes second indication information for indicating that the first application does not enable the first interface currently; the system split screen characteristic module generates first response information aiming at a first query request according to the second response information, and the first response information comprises: the system split screen characteristic module generates first response information which is aimed at the first query request and comprises fourth indication information according to second indication information included in the second response information, wherein the fourth indication information is used for indicating that the system split screen characteristic service is available; the first application determines a target interface for splitting the screen from the first interface and the second interface according to the first response information, and the method comprises the following steps: and the first application determines the second interface as a target interface for split screen according to fourth indication information in the first response information.

According to the first aspect, after the first application determines the first interface as the target interface for splitting according to the third indication information in the first response information, the method further includes: receiving a first instruction for opening a second page of the first application on a first page displayed in a full screen after the first application is started; responding to a first instruction, and calling a first application split screen by a first application through a first interface; the first application split screen displays a first page and a second page split screen on a screen of the electronic device.

According to a first aspect, after the first application split screen displays the first page and the second page split screen on the screen of the electronic device, the method further includes: receiving a second instruction for opening a third page of the first application on the first page displayed by the split screen; responding to a second instruction, and calling a first application split screen by the first application through a first interface; and the first application split screen switches the second page displayed by the split screen into a third page, and keeps the display of the first page unchanged, so that the first page and the third page are displayed on the screen of the electronic equipment in a split screen mode.

According to the first aspect, after the first application determines the second interface as the target interface for splitting according to the fourth indication information in the first response information, the method further includes: receiving a first instruction for opening a second page of the first application on a first page displayed in a full screen after the first application is started; responding to a first instruction, and calling a system split screen feature service by a first application through a second interface; the system split-screen feature service displays the first page and the second page on a screen of the electronic device.

According to a first aspect, after the system split-screen feature service displays the first page and the second page on the screen of the electronic device, the system split-screen feature service further includes: receiving a second instruction for opening a third page of the first application on the first page displayed by the split screen; responding to a second instruction, and calling a system split screen feature service by the first application through a second interface; the system split-screen characteristic service switches the second page displayed by split-screen into a third page, and keeps the display of the first page unchanged, so that the first page and the third page are displayed on the screen of the electronic equipment in split-screen mode.

According to the first aspect, the application split screen configuration module receives a second query request, returns second response information to the system split screen feature module, and includes: the method comprises the steps that an application split screen configuration module detects whether a first application is in a white list corresponding to a first application split screen, wherein the white list is used for recording applications with permission to use the first application split screen; if yes, the application split screen configuration module detects the current enabling state of the first interface in the first application; if the current enabling state of the first interface is enabled, generating second response information comprising first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the first application currently enables the first interface; and the application split screen configuration module sends the second response information to the system split screen characteristic module.

According to the first aspect, the application split screen configuration module receives a second query request, returns second response information to the system split screen feature module, and includes: the method comprises the steps that an application split screen configuration module detects whether a first application is in a white list corresponding to a first application split screen, wherein the white list is used for recording applications with permission to use the first application split screen; if yes, the application split screen configuration module detects the current enabling state of the first interface in the first application; if the current enabling state of the first interface is not enabled, generating second response information comprising second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the first application does not enable the first interface currently; and the application split screen configuration module sends the second response information to the system split screen characteristic module.

According to the first aspect, the application split screen configuration module receives a second query request, returns second response information to the system split screen feature module, and includes: the method comprises the steps that an application split screen configuration module detects whether a first application is in a white list corresponding to a first application split screen, wherein the white list is used for recording applications with permission to use the first application split screen; if not, generating second response information comprising second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the first application does not enable the first interface currently; and the application split screen configuration module sends the second response information to the system split screen characteristic module.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an electronic device, comprising: a memory and a processor, the memory coupled to the processor; the memory stores program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to perform the split-screen method of any of the first aspects.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium comprising a computer program which, when run on an electronic device, causes the electronic device to perform the split-screen method of any one of the preceding aspects.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an exemplary electronic device 100;

fig. 2 is a software architecture block diagram of an electronic device 100 of an embodiment of the present application, which is exemplarily shown;

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of an exemplary split screen method;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating interactions between modules in a split-screen process flow;

FIG. 5 is another schematic diagram illustrating interactions between modules in a split screen process flow;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating yet another interaction between modules in a split-screen method flow;

FIG. 7 (a) is a schematic diagram of a split result interface of a first exemplary split mode;

FIG. 7 (b) is a schematic diagram of a split result interface of the second exemplary split mode;

fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating still another flow example of the split screen method.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

The term "and/or" is herein merely an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, may represent: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone.

The terms first and second and the like in the description and in the claims of embodiments of the present application are used for distinguishing between different objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential order of objects. For example, the first target object and the second target object, etc., are used to distinguish between different target objects, and are not used to describe a particular order of target objects.

In the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations, or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete fashion.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" means two or more. For example, the plurality of processing units refers to two or more processing units; the plurality of systems means two or more systems.

The application split screen is a system-level scheme which supports the third party application split screen and is developed and developed, the split screen has powerful function and good user experience. With the upgrade of the system, the system after the upgrade may provide a system service having a split screen feature. Because the split-screen service of the system is enabled by default, the split-screen feature provided by the system may take precedence. However, the split screen function of the split screen characteristic provided by the system is weaker, so that the user experience is poorer, but the user cannot change the split screen mode into the split screen mode of adopting the split screen through operation.

For example, android13 (Android 13) introduces a system split-screen feature service activation function, which can split a task window of an application between activities, and simultaneously display 2 activities on a large-screen device, which is similar to a split-screen function of an application split screen, but is weaker in function than the split-screen function of the application split screen, so that user experience is poor.

The embodiment of the application provides a split screen method, which can enable an application to preferentially adopt an application split screen with stronger function to split screens under the condition that a split screen feature service function is provided by a system, so that user experience is improved.

The split screen method in the embodiment of the application can be applied to electronic equipment, and the electronic equipment can be a mobile phone, a tablet and the like.

The structure of the electronic device in this embodiment may be as shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary illustrated electronic device 100. It should be understood that the electronic device 100 shown in fig. 1 is only one example of an electronic device, and that the electronic device 100 may have more or fewer components than shown in the figures, may combine two or more components, or may have a different configuration of components. The various components shown in fig. 1 may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software, including one or more signal processing and/or application specific integrated circuits.

Referring to fig. 1, an electronic device 100 may include: processor 110, internal memory 121, universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface 130, charge management module 140, power management module 141, battery 142, antenna 1, antenna 2, mobile communication module 150, wireless communication module 160, audio module 170, speaker 170A, receiver 170B, microphone 170C, headset interface 170D, sensor module 180, indicator 192, camera 193, etc.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units, such as: the processor 110 may include an application processor (application processor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (image signal processor, ISP), a controller, a memory, a video codec, a digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural network processor (neural-network processing unit, NPU), etc. Wherein the different processing units may be separate devices or may be integrated in one or more processors.

The controller may be a neural hub and a command center of the electronic device 100, among others. The controller can generate operation control signals according to the instruction operation codes and the time sequence signals to finish the control of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may also be provided in the processor 110 for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in the processor 110 is a cache memory.

The electronic device 100 implements display functions through a GPU, a display screen 194, an application processor, and the like. The GPU is a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to the display 194 and the application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. Processor 110 may include one or more GPUs that execute program instructions to generate or change display information.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, videos, and the like. The display 194 includes a display panel. The display panel may employ a liquid crystal display (liquid crystal display, LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or the like. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include 1 or N display screens 194, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The sensor module 180 in the electronic device 100 may include a pressure sensor 180A, a gyroscope sensor 180B, an air pressure sensor 180C, a magnetic sensor 180D, an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, a proximity light sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperature sensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient light sensor 180L, a bone conduction sensor 180M, and the like.

The touch sensor 180K, also referred to as a "touch panel". The touch sensor 180K may be disposed on the display screen 194, and the touch sensor 180K and the display screen 194 form a touch screen, which is also called a "touch screen". The touch sensor 180K is for detecting a touch operation acting thereon or thereabout. The touch sensor may communicate the detected touch operation to the application processor to determine the touch event type. Visual output related to touch operations may be provided through the display 194. In other embodiments, the touch sensor 180K may also be disposed on the surface of the electronic device 100 at a different location than the display 194.

The software system of the electronic device 100 may employ a layered architecture, an event driven architecture, a micro-core architecture, a micro-service architecture, or a cloud architecture. In this embodiment, taking an Android (Android) system with a hierarchical architecture as an example, a software structure of the electronic device 100 is illustrated.

Fig. 2 is a software structural block diagram of the electronic device 100 of the embodiment of the present application, which is exemplarily shown.

The layered architecture of the electronic device 100 divides the software into several layers, each with a distinct role and division of labor. The layers communicate with each other through a software interface. In some embodiments, the Android system may include an application layer, an application framework layer, a system library, a kernel layer, and the like.

The application layer may include a series of application packages.

As shown in fig. 2, the application package may include applications such as cameras, phone calls, gallery, WLAN, music, short messages, navigation, video, glowing split screens, third party applications, etc.

The glowing split screen is an application split screen, can provide powerful function split screens and provides good split screen experience for users.

The third party application is an application supporting the glowing split screen and the split screen characteristic of the system. The third party application includes an interface 1 and an interface 2. The interface 1 is used for connecting the glory application split screen, and the interface 2 is used for connecting the system split screen characteristic module in the application program framework layer. When the split screen is needed, if the third party application calls the interface 1, split screen is carried out by using the split screen function provided by the glory application split screen; if the third party application invokes the interface 2, the system split feature service provided by the system split feature module is used for split.

It should be noted that the third party application may be any application having a split screen requirement.

The application framework layer provides an application programming interface (application programming interface, API) and programming framework for application programs of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions.

As shown in fig. 2, the application framework layer may include a window manager, a resource manager, an application split configuration module, an application split service module, a system split feature module, and the like.

Wherein the window manager is used for managing window programs. The window manager can acquire the size of the display screen, judge whether a status bar exists, lock the screen, intercept the screen and the like.

The resource manager provides various resources for the application program, such as localization strings, icons, pictures, layout files, video files, and the like.

The application split screen configuration module is used for configuring the permission of each third party application to use the glowing application split screen, and recording the current enabling state of an interface for connecting the glowing application split screen in the third party application with the glowing application split screen using permission. If the current enabling state is enabled, the current third party application can call an interface for connecting the glowing application split screen, and split the screen by using the glowing application split screen. If the current enabling state is not enabled, the current third party application cannot call an interface for connecting the glowing application split screen, and the glowing application split screen cannot be used for split screen.

The application split screen service module is used for realizing the split screen function of glowing application split screens.

The system split-screen characteristic module is used for providing system split-screen characteristic service. The system split-screen characteristic module can also be used for receiving a request sent by the third party application for inquiring whether the system split-screen characteristic service is available or not and returning response information to the third party application aiming at the inquiry request.

Android Runtime (Android run) includes a core library and virtual machines. Android run time is responsible for scheduling and management of the Android system.

The core library consists of two parts: one part is a function which needs to be called by java language, and the other part is a core library of android.

The application layer and the application framework layer run in a virtual machine. The virtual machine executes java files of the application program layer and the application program framework layer as binary files. The virtual machine is used for executing the functions of object life cycle management, stack management, thread management, security and exception management, garbage collection and the like.

The system library may include a plurality of functional modules. For example: surface manager (surface manager), media Libraries (Media Libraries), three-dimensional graphics processing Libraries (e.g., openGL ES), 2D graphics engines (e.g., SGL), etc.

The surface manager is used to manage the display subsystem and provides a fusion of 2D and 3D layers for multiple applications.

Media libraries support a variety of commonly used audio, video format playback and recording, still image files, and the like. The media library may support a variety of audio and video encoding formats, such as MPEG4, h.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, etc.

The three-dimensional graphic processing library is used for realizing three-dimensional graphic drawing, image rendering, synthesis, layer processing and the like.

The 2D graphics engine is a drawing engine for 2D drawing.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software.

As shown in fig. 2, the kernel layer may include modules such as display drivers, audio drivers, bluetooth drivers, wi-Fi drivers, sensor drivers, and the like.

It will be appreciated that the layers and components contained in the layers in the software structure shown in fig. 2 do not constitute a specific limitation on the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the present application, electronic device 100 may include more or fewer layers than shown, and more or fewer components may be included in each layer, as the present application is not limited.

The present application will be described in detail with reference to examples.

In this embodiment, taking an electronic device as a mobile phone, an application split screen as a glowing application split screen, a system service with split screen characteristics provided by a system as an activityleedeoding (a system split screen characteristic service), and a third party application with split screen requirements as an application a as examples, a split screen method of the present application is described. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that, besides glowing application split screens and activityleedeoding, other application split screens and other system services with split screen characteristics may implement the split screen method according to the principles of the present application. The following split screen method can also be applied to other electronic devices such as a tablet in addition to a mobile phone.

To use the split screen method of the present embodiment, the following pre-use processing is required:

(1) When the application a is installed on the mobile phone, a package manager (also referred to as a software package management system) in the mobile phone notifies the application split screen configuration module to read a whitelist of rights to use the glowing application split screen.

The whitelist is used for applications that have recorded rights to use the glory application split screen. Therefore, according to the white list, whether a third party application has the permission of using the glowing application split screen or not can be judged. That is, if a third party application is in the list, the third party application has the right to use the glowing application split screen; if a third party application is not in the list, the third party application does not have the right to use the glory application split screen.

For a third party application having the authority to use the glowing application split screen, an interface for connecting the glowing application split screen is configured during the installation of the third party application.

And, for a third party application having authority to use the glory application split screen, setting information for determining whether to enable the interface according to a user instruction may be included in setting contents of the third party application. For example, the setting information may be a switch, and the interface is determined to have been enabled when the switch state is on, and is determined not to be enabled when the switch state is off. Of course, the setting information may also be other manners, which are not limited in this embodiment.

The application split screen configuration module stores the white list after reading the white list with the authority to use the glowing application split screen, for example, the application split screen configuration module may store the white list locally in the application split screen configuration module.

It should be noted that the white list may be determined by the mobile phone manufacturer, and the white list is stored in the mobile phone when the mobile phone leaves the factory.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that, in the whitelist, an application a is installed, an interface 1 (as shown in fig. 2) for connecting the glowing application split screen is configured in the installed application a, and in the setting application, the setting content corresponding to the application a includes an enable switch of the interface 1, and the user may enable the application a to support the glowing application split screen by turning on the enable switch, or disable the application a to support the glowing application split screen by turning off the enable switch.

(2) After the application a is installed, if the user operates the enabling switch of the interface 1 (turns on the enabling switch or turns off the enabling switch) by an instruction, the application split screen configuration module records the enabling state (enabled or not) of the enabling switch of the interface 1, that is, records whether the application a supports glowing application split screens currently.

If the user turns on the enabling switch of the interface 1 through an instruction, the enabling state of the enabling switch of the interface 1 recorded by the application split screen configuration module is enabled. If the user turns off the enabling switch of the interface 1 by an instruction, the enabling state of the enabling switch of the interface 1 recorded by the application split screen configuration module is not enabled.

(3) The operating system of the mobile phone installed with the application a provides actigineedding, for example, the operating system of the mobile phone is Android13. In this case, an interface 2 (shown in fig. 2) for connecting activitylembereding is also provided in the application a.

Thus, the application A can use the ActivityEmbeddding to split the screen, and can use the glory application to split the screen.

After the application A is installed, in the starting process of the application A, the application A can inquire whether the ActivityEmbedding is available or not from the system split screen characteristic module. If the system split screen characteristic module returns TRUE to the application A, the application A can perceive that the ActivityEmbedding is available; if the system split screen feature module returns FALSE to the application A, the application A perceives that ActivityEmbeddding is not available.

Under the condition that the pretreatment is finished, the application A can split the screen by adopting the split-screen method. The flow of the split screen method of the present application is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The application A in the mobile phone is provided with an interface 1 for connecting a glowing application split screen and an interface 2 for connecting a system split screen characteristic module, wherein the glowing application split screen is used for providing a split screen function, the system split screen characteristic module is used for providing a system split screen characteristic service activityleededing, and on the basis, the application A in the mobile phone can split screens according to a split screen method flow shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary screen splitting method. Referring to fig. 3, in an embodiment of the present application, the flow of the split screen method may include the following steps:

s301, in the starting process of the application A, the application A sends a first query request to a system split-screen characteristic module in the mobile phone, wherein the first query request is used for querying whether a system split-screen characteristic service is available.

S302, the system split screen characteristic module receives a first query request, and sends a second query request to an application split screen configuration module corresponding to the glowing application split screen, wherein the second query request is used for querying whether the application A currently enables the interface 1.

S303, the application split screen configuration module receives a second query request and returns second response information to the system split screen characteristic module.

S304, the system split screen characteristic module generates first response information aiming at the first query request according to the second response information, and returns the first response information to the application A.

S305, the application A determines a target interface for split screen from the interface 1 and the interface 2 according to the first response information.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating interactions between modules in a split-screen process. Referring to fig. 4, in the embodiment of the present application, the interaction process between each module in the split-screen method flow may include the following steps:

S401, clicking an application icon of the application A on the mobile phone desktop by a user.

S402, in response to the operation of clicking the application icon of the application A by the user, the application A is started.

S403, in the starting process of the application A, the application A sends a first query request to the system split-screen characteristic module, wherein the first query request is used for querying whether the system split-screen characteristic service is available.

S404, the system split screen characteristic module receives the first query request, and sends a second query request to the application split screen configuration module corresponding to the glowing application split screen, wherein the second query request is used for querying whether the application A currently enables the interface 1.

S405, the application split screen configuration module receives a second query request, detects whether the application A is in a white list corresponding to the glowing application split screen, and the white list is used for recording the application with the authority of using the glowing application split screen.

S406, if the application A is in the white list corresponding to the glowing application split screen, the application split screen configuration module detects the current enabling state of the interface 1 in the application A.

As described above, the application split screen configuration module records the enabled state of the enabled switch of the interface 1, and thus, the application split screen configuration module may learn the current enabled state of the interface 1 in the application a by querying the current record of the enabled state of the enabled switch of the interface 1.

S407, if the current enabling state of the interface 1 is enabled, the application split screen configuration module generates second response information comprising first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the application A currently enables the interface 1.

S408, the application split screen configuration module returns second response information to the system split screen characteristic module.

S409, the system split screen characteristic module receives the second response information, and generates first response information which is aimed at the first query request and comprises third indication information according to the first indication information included in the second response information, wherein the third indication information is used for indicating that the system split screen characteristic service is unavailable.

S410, the system split screen characteristic module returns the first response information to the application A.

S411, the application A determines that the interface 1 is a target interface for split screen according to the third indication information in the first response information.

In other embodiments, step S411 may also be described as: and the application A determines that the system split-screen characteristic service corresponding to the interface 2 is unavailable according to the third indication information in the first response information.

S412, clicking the link 1 on the first page by the user on the first page displayed in full screen after the application A is started.

S413, responding to clicking operation of the link 1 on the first page by a user, and receiving a first instruction of opening a second page corresponding to the link 1 by the application A.

The content in link 1 belongs to application a, and therefore, the second page corresponding to link 1 is the page of application a.

S414, responding to the first instruction, and calling glowing application split screen by the application A through the interface 1.

S415, the glowing application split screen calls an application split screen service module corresponding to the glowing application split screen.

S416, the application split screen service module displays the first page and the second page on the screen of the mobile phone in a split screen mode.

S417, on the first page displayed by the split screen, the user clicks the link 2 on the first page.

And S418, responding to clicking operation of the link 2 by a user, and receiving a second instruction of opening a third page corresponding to the link 2 by the application A.

The content in link 2 belongs to application a, so the third page corresponding to link 2 is the page of application a.

And S419, responding to a second instruction, and calling glowing application split screen by the application A through the interface 1.

S420, glowing an application split screen to call an application split screen service module.

S421, the split screen service module switches the second page displayed by the split screen into a third page, and keeps the display of the first page unchanged, so that the first page and the third page are displayed on the screen of the mobile phone in a split screen mode.

After this split, the first page may be on the left side of the screen and the third page may be on the right side of the screen.

It should be noted that, if the user continues to click on the link 3 on the third page, the content in the link 3 belongs to the application a, and the fourth page corresponding to the link 3 is the page of the application a, at this time, the glowing application split screen switches the first page displayed by the split screen to the fourth page, and keeps the display of the third page unchanged, i.e. after the split screen, the fourth page is displayed on the left side of the screen, and the third page is displayed on the right side of the screen.

Fig. 5 is another interaction schematic diagram between modules in the exemplary split-screen method flow. Referring to fig. 5, in the embodiment of the present application, the interaction process between each module in the split-screen method flow may include the following steps:

s501, clicking an application icon of an application A on a mobile phone desktop by a user.

S502, responding to the operation of clicking the application icon of the application A by a user, and starting the application A.

S503, in the starting process of the application A, the application A sends a first query request to the system split-screen characteristic module, wherein the first query request is used for querying whether the system split-screen characteristic service is available.

S504, the system split screen characteristic module receives the first query request, and sends a second query request to the application split screen configuration module corresponding to the glowing application split screen, wherein the second query request is used for querying whether the application A currently enables the interface 1.

S505, the application split screen configuration module receives a second query request, detects whether the application A is in a white list corresponding to the glowing application split screen, and the white list is used for recording the application with the authority of using the glowing application split screen.

S506, if the application A is in the white list corresponding to the glowing application split screen, the application split screen configuration module detects the current enabling state of the interface 1 in the application A.

S507, if the current enabling state of the interface 1 is not enabled, the application split screen configuration module generates second response information including second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the application A does not enable the interface 1 currently.

S508, the application split screen configuration module returns second response information to the system split screen characteristic module.

S509, the system split screen characteristic module receives the second response information, and generates first response information which is aimed at the first query request and comprises fourth indication information according to second indication information included in the second response information, wherein the fourth indication information is used for indicating that the system split screen characteristic service is available.

S510, the system split screen characteristic module returns the first response information to the application A.

S511, the application A determines that the interface 2 is a target interface for split screen according to fourth indication information in the first response information.

In other embodiments, step S511 may also be described as: and the application A determines that the system split-screen characteristic service corresponding to the interface 2 is available according to the fourth indication information in the first response information.

S512, clicking the link 1 on the first page which is displayed in a full screen after the application A is started.

S513, responding to clicking operation of the link 1 on the first page by a user, and receiving a first instruction of opening a second page corresponding to the link 1 by the application A.

S514, in response to the first instruction, the application A calls a system split screen characteristic module through the interface 2.

S515, the system split screen characteristic module uses the system split screen characteristic service to split screen display the first page and the second page on the screen of the mobile phone.

S516, clicking the link 2 on the first page by the user on the first page displayed by the split screen.

S517, responding to clicking operation of a user on the link 2, and receiving a second instruction of opening a third page corresponding to the link 2 by the application A.

S518, in response to the second instruction, the application A calls the system split screen characteristic module through the interface 2.

S519, the system split screen characteristic module switches the second page displayed by the split screen into a third page, and keeps the display of the first page unchanged, so that the first page and the third page are displayed on the screen of the mobile phone in a split screen mode.

It should be noted that, if the user continues to click on the link 3 on the third page, the content in the link 3 belongs to the application a, the fourth page corresponding to the link 3 is the page of the application a, at this time, the system split-screen characteristic module switches the first page displayed by the split screen to the fourth page, and keeps the display of the third page unchanged, i.e. after the split-screen, the fourth page is displayed on the left side of the screen, and the third page is displayed on the right side of the screen.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating still another interaction between modules in a split-screen method flow. Referring to fig. 6, in the embodiment of the present application, the interaction process between each module in the split-screen method flow may include the following steps:

S601, clicking an application icon of an application A on a mobile phone desktop by a user.

S602, in response to the operation of clicking the application icon of the application A by a user, the application A is started.

S603, in the starting process of the application A, the application A sends a first query request to the system split-screen characteristic module, wherein the first query request is used for querying whether the system split-screen characteristic service is available.

S604, the system split screen characteristic module receives a first query request, and sends a second query request to an application split screen configuration module corresponding to the glowing application split screen, wherein the second query request is used for querying whether the application A currently enables the interface 1.

S605, the application split screen configuration module receives the second query request, detects whether the application A is in a white list corresponding to the glowing application split screen, and the white list is used for recording the application with the authority of using the glowing application split screen.

S606, if the application A is not in the white list corresponding to the glowing application split screen, the application split screen configuration module generates second response information comprising second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the application A does not enable the interface 1 currently.

S607, the application split screen configuration module returns second response information to the system split screen characteristic module.

S608, the system split screen characteristic module receives the second response information, and generates first response information which is aimed at the first query request and comprises fourth indication information according to the second indication information included in the second response information, wherein the fourth indication information is used for indicating that the system split screen characteristic service is available.

S609, the system split screen characteristic module returns the first response information to the application A.

And S610, the application A determines that the interface 2 is a target interface for split screen according to fourth indication information in the first response information.

In other embodiments, step S610 may also be described as: and the application A determines that the system split-screen characteristic service corresponding to the interface 2 is available according to the fourth indication information in the first response information.

S611, clicking a link 1 on a first page on the first page displayed in a full screen after the application A is started.

And S612, responding to clicking operation of the link 1 on the first page by a user, and receiving a first instruction of opening a second page corresponding to the link 1 by the application A.

S613, in response to the first instruction, the application A calls a system split screen characteristic module through the interface 2.

S614, the system split screen characteristic module uses the system split screen characteristic service to split screen display the first page and the second page on the screen of the mobile phone.

S615, clicking a link 2 on the first page by a user on the first page displayed by the split screen.

And S616, responding to the clicking operation of the user on the link 2, and receiving a second instruction of opening a third page corresponding to the link 2 by the application A.

S617, in response to the second instruction, the application A calls the system split screen feature module through the interface 2.

S618, the system split screen characteristic module switches the second page displayed by split screen into a third page, and keeps the display of the first page unchanged, so that the first page and the third page are displayed on the screen of the mobile phone in split screen.

As can be seen from the above examples, during a startup process, the application a determines a target interface, and after startup, before exiting the application a, the application a invokes the determined target interface to split the screen each time a split is required. After exiting application a, application a is started again, requiring the target interface to be redefined using any of the examples described above.

In this embodiment, the glory application split screen adopts a first split screen mode to split the screen, and the system split screen feature service adopts a second split screen mode to split the screen, where the split screen result interface of the first split screen mode is different from the split screen result interface of the second split screen mode. The split result interface of the first split mode is shown in fig. 7 (a), and the split result interface of the second split mode is shown in fig. 7 (b). Fig. 7 (a) is a schematic diagram of a split result interface of the first exemplary split mode. Fig. 7 (b) is a schematic diagram of a split result interface of the second exemplary split method. In fig. 7 (a) and 7 (b), the page 1 contains a link a, the page where the content of the link a is located is page 2, and the page 1 and the page 2 are displayed in a split screen mode.

According to the embodiment, the split screen method enables the application to preferentially adopt the application split screen with stronger function for split screen under the condition that the system provides the split screen feature service function, and user experience is improved.

The above example is based on the application a in the handset being configured with an interface 1 for connecting the glowing application split screen and an interface 2 for connecting the system split screen feature module. When the application a in the mobile phone is only configured with the interface 1 and does not support the system split-screen feature service (for example, activitylembereding), the application a in the mobile phone may split the screen according to the split-screen method flow shown in fig. 8.

Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating still another flow example of the split screen method. Referring to fig. 8, in an embodiment of the present application, the flow of the split screen method may include the following steps:

s801, a user clicks an application icon of an application A on a mobile phone desktop.

S802, in response to the operation of clicking the application icon of the application A by the user, the application A is started.

S803, after the application A is started, displaying the first page of the application A in a full screen mode.

S804, clicking the link 1 on the first page by the user on the first page displayed in full screen after the application A is started.

S805, in response to a click operation of a user on a link 1 on a first page, the application A receives a first instruction of opening a second page corresponding to the link 1.

S806, in response to a request for opening a second page of the application A, the application A sends a third query request to an application split screen configuration module corresponding to the glowing application split screen, wherein the third query request is used for querying whether the application A currently enables the interface 1.

S807, the application split screen configuration module receives the third query request and returns third response information to the application A.

The application split screen configuration module determines whether the returned third response information comprises the first indication information or the second indication information according to the white list and the enabling state of the interface 1 in the application A recorded in the application record currently supporting the glowing application split screen. When the application A is in the white list and the application A enables the interface 1, returning third response information comprising the first indication information; when the application a is in the white list but the application a does not enable the interface 1, or the application a is not in the white list, third response information including the second indication information is returned.

S808, determining whether the third response information includes the first indication information for indicating that the application a has enabled the interface 1 currently, if so, executing step S809, otherwise executing step S810.

S809, the application A calls the glowing application split screen through the interface 1, the glowing application split screen calls the application split screen service module, and the application split screen service module displays the first page and the second page split screen on the screen of the mobile phone, and the process is finished.

S810, displaying the second page on the mobile phone screen in a full screen mode.

The embodiment of the application also provides an electronic device, which comprises a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is coupled with the processor, and stores program instructions, and when the program instructions are executed by the processor, the electronic device can execute the split screen method executed by the electronic device.

It will be appreciated that the electronic device, in order to achieve the above-described functions, includes corresponding hardware and/or software modules that perform the respective functions. The steps of an algorithm for each example described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied in hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Those skilled in the art may implement the described functionality using different approaches for each particular application in conjunction with the embodiments, but such implementation is not to be considered as outside the scope of this application.

The present embodiment also provides a computer storage medium having stored therein computer instructions which, when executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the above-described related method steps to implement the split-screen method in the above-described embodiments.

The present embodiment also provides a computer program product which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the above-mentioned related steps to implement the split-screen method in the above-mentioned embodiments.

In addition, the embodiment of the application also provides a device, which can be a chip, a component or a module, and the device can comprise a processor and a memory which are connected; the memory is used for storing computer-executable instructions, and when the device is operated, the processor can execute the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the chip executes the split screen method in each method embodiment.

The electronic device, the computer storage medium, the computer program product, or the chip provided in this embodiment are used to execute the corresponding methods provided above, so that the beneficial effects thereof can be referred to the beneficial effects in the corresponding methods provided above, and will not be described herein.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-described division of the functional modules is illustrated, and in practical application, the above-described functional allocation may be performed by different functional modules according to needs, i.e. the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional modules to perform all or part of the functions described above.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of modules or units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another apparatus, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts shown as units may be one physical unit or a plurality of physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed in a plurality of different places. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units.

Any of the various embodiments of the application, as well as any of the same embodiments, may be freely combined. Any combination of the above is within the scope of the present application.

The integrated units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application may be essentially or a part contributing to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions to cause a device (may be a single-chip microcomputer, a chip or the like) or a processor (processor) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods of the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read Only Memory (ROM), a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are also within the protection of the present application.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the disclosure of the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied in hardware, or may be embodied in software instructions executed by a processor. The software instructions may be comprised of corresponding software modules that may be stored in random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), flash Memory, read Only Memory (ROM), erasable programmable Read Only Memory (Erasable Programmable ROM), electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a compact disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that in one or more of the examples described above, the functions described in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, these functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.

Claims

1. The split screen method is characterized by being applied to electronic equipment, wherein a first application in the electronic equipment is provided with a first interface for connecting a split screen of the first application and a second interface for connecting a split screen characteristic module of a system, and the split screen characteristic module of the system is used for providing split screen characteristic service of the system; the method comprises the following steps:

In the starting process of the first application, the first application sends a first query request to a system split-screen characteristic module in the electronic equipment, wherein the first query request is used for querying whether the system split-screen characteristic service is available or not;

the system split screen characteristic module receives the first query request, and sends a second query request to an application split screen configuration module corresponding to the first application split screen, wherein the second query request is used for querying whether the first interface is enabled by the first application currently;

the application split screen configuration module receives the second query request and returns second response information to the system split screen characteristic module;

the system split screen characteristic module generates first response information aiming at the first query request according to the second response information, and returns the first response information to the first application;

and the first application determines a target interface for split screen from the first interface and the second interface according to the first response information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second response information includes first indication information for indicating that the first application has currently enabled the first interface;

The system split screen characteristic module generates first response information aiming at the first query request according to the second response information, and the first response information comprises: the system split screen characteristic module generates first response information which is aimed at the first query request and comprises third indication information according to the first indication information contained in the second response information, wherein the third indication information is used for indicating that the system split screen characteristic service is unavailable;

the first application determines a target interface for splitting a screen from the first interface and the second interface according to the first response information, and the method comprises the following steps: and the first application determines the first interface as a target interface for split screen according to the third indication information in the first response information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second response information includes second indication information for indicating that the first application does not currently enable the first interface;

the system split screen characteristic module generates first response information aiming at the first query request according to the second response information, and the first response information comprises: the system split screen characteristic module generates first response information which is aimed at the first query request and comprises fourth indication information according to the second indication information included in the second response information, wherein the fourth indication information is used for indicating that the system split screen characteristic service is available;

The first application determines a target interface for splitting a screen from the first interface and the second interface according to the first response information, and the method comprises the following steps: and the first application determines the second interface as a target interface for split screen according to the fourth indication information in the first response information.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein after the first application determines the first interface as the target interface for splitting according to the third indication information in the first response information, the method further comprises:

receiving a first instruction for opening a second page of the first application on a first page which is displayed in a full screen after the first application is started;

responding to the first instruction, and calling the first application split screen by the first application through the first interface;

and the first application split screen displays the first page and the second page on a screen of the electronic equipment.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein after the first application split screen displays the first page and the second page on the screen of the electronic device, further comprising:

Receiving a second instruction for opening a third page of the first application on the first page displayed by the split screen;

responding to the second instruction, and calling the first application split screen by the first application through the first interface;

and the first application split screen switches the second page displayed by split screen into the third page, and keeps the display of the first page unchanged, so that the first page and the third page are split screen displayed on the screen of the electronic equipment.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the first application, after determining the second interface as the target interface for splitting according to the fourth indication information in the first response information, further comprises:

responding to the first instruction, and calling the system split screen feature service by the first application through the second interface;

the system split-screen feature service displays the first page and the second page on a screen of the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the system split feature service, after displaying the first page and the second page on the screen of the electronic device, further comprises:

responding to the second instruction, and calling the system split screen feature service by the first application through the second interface;

and the system split-screen characteristic service switches the second page displayed by split-screen into the third page, and keeps the display of the first page unchanged, so that the first page and the third page are displayed on the screen of the electronic equipment in split-screen mode.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the application split screen configuration module receiving the second query request returns second response information to the system split screen feature module, comprising:

the application split screen configuration module detects whether the first application is in a white list corresponding to the first application split screen, wherein the white list is used for recording applications with permission to use the first application split screen;

If yes, the application split screen configuration module detects the current enabling state of the first interface in the first application;

generating second response information comprising first indication information if the current enabling state of the first interface is enabled, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the first application currently enables the first interface;

and the application split screen configuration module sends the second response information to the system split screen characteristic module.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the application split screen configuration module receiving the second query request returns second response information to the system split screen feature module, comprising:

generating second response information comprising second indication information if the current enabling state of the first interface is not enabled, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the first application does not enable the first interface currently;

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the application split screen configuration module receiving the second query request returns second response information to the system split screen feature module, comprising:

if not, generating second response information comprising second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the first application does not enable the first interface currently;

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application split is split in a first split mode, the system split feature service is split in a second split mode, and a split result interface of the first split mode is different from a split result interface of the second split mode.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory and a processor, the memory coupled with the processor;

the memory stores program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to perform the split-screen method of any one of claims 1-11.

13. A computer readable storage medium comprising a computer program, characterized in that the computer program, when run on an electronic device, causes the electronic device to perform the split-screen method according to any of claims 1-11.