CN116088726A

CN116088726A - Application icon display method and terminal equipment

Info

Publication number: CN116088726A
Application number: CN202210937985.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 惠凯迪
Original assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-05
Filing date: 2022-08-05
Publication date: 2023-05-09
Anticipated expiration: 2042-08-05
Also published as: CN116088726B

Abstract

The application provides a display method of application icons and terminal equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that first terminal equipment detects first operation, the first operation is used for triggering a multi-task interface, and the multi-task interface is used for displaying application icons of running applications; the first terminal equipment detects a second operation, wherein the second operation is used for indicating to switch the desktop theme of the first terminal equipment to a target desktop theme; the first terminal equipment responds to the second operation and loads desktop application icons of the target desktop theme; and the first terminal equipment responds to the first operation, and displays the application icon of the running application in the desktop application icon on the multi-task interface after the desktop application icon is loaded. According to the method, after the desktop application icons are loaded, the application icons of the applications in operation in the desktop application icons are displayed on the multi-task interface, so that the application icons in the multi-task interface are updated along with the updating of the desktop theme, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Application icon display method and terminal equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of terminals, in particular to a display method of application icons and terminal equipment.

Background

With popularization and development of the internet, the variety and number of terminal devices are increasing, and the use requirement of users for flexible switching between devices in a multi-device scene is also increasing. Currently, application connectivity can be supported between different devices. Application continuation may be understood as that when a user uses a certain application in a first device, the user may continue the use state of the application in a second device that satisfies a connection condition, and continue to use the application.

When a user uses an application in the first device, the second device meeting the connection condition can acquire an application icon of the application under the current desktop theme, and can display the application icon of the application on the multi-task interface.

In some scenarios, the user may initiate a change desktop theme operation before the second device obtains the application icon for the application, or within a period of time after the second device obtains the application icon for the application. When the user finds that the duration of the period of time is shorter in the use process, the second device still displays the application icon before changing the desktop theme on the multi-task interface, namely the phenomenon that the application icon is not changed along with the change of the desktop theme in the multi-task interface, and the experience of the user is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The application icon display method and the terminal equipment can be beneficial to enabling the application icons in the multi-task interface to be updated along with the updating of the desktop theme under the condition of updating the desktop theme, so that user experience is improved.

In a first aspect, a method for displaying an application icon is provided, including: the method comprises the steps that first terminal equipment detects first operation, the first operation is used for triggering a multi-task interface, and the multi-task interface is used for displaying application icons of running applications; the first terminal equipment detects a second operation, wherein the second operation is used for indicating to switch the desktop theme of the first terminal equipment to a target desktop theme; the first terminal equipment responds to the second operation and loads desktop application icons of the target desktop theme; and the first terminal equipment responds to the first operation, and displays the application icon of the running application in the desktop application icon on the multi-task interface after the desktop application icon is loaded.

The first terminal device may be a terminal device or a receiving device in an embodiment, as defined herein.

The order in which the first terminal device detects the first operation and the second operation is not limited in this application. If the first terminal equipment detects that the first operation is before the second operation, the first terminal equipment responds to the first operation, and an application icon of the running application can be obtained from the current desktop theme and displayed on the multi-task interface. It will be appreciated that the current desktop theme is different from the target desktop theme, as are the application icons of the running applications under different desktop themes. If the first terminal device detects that the first operation is performed after the second operation, the first terminal device responds to the first operation, after the desktop application icon is loaded, the application icon of the running application can be obtained from the desktop application icon, and the application icon of the running application in the desktop application icon is displayed on the multi-task interface. It will be appreciated that at this point, the application icon of the running application displayed in the multitasking interface is an icon under the target desktop theme.

The application icons of the running applications may include application icons of the applications running in the foreground or the background, and may also include application icons of the subsequent applications, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. The connection application is an application of the first terminal equipment meeting the connection condition connection. The number of application icons of the running application is not limited in the application.

According to the application icon display method, after the second operation (namely the operation of switching to the target desktop theme) is detected, the execution sequence of loading the desktop application icons and acquiring the application icons of the running application is limited, the desktop application icons of the target desktop theme are loaded first, and after loading is completed, the application icons of the running application are acquired from the desktop application icons, so that the acquired application icons of the running application are guaranteed to be application icons under the target desktop theme, the application icons after changing the desktop theme are displayed on the multi-task interface, the phenomenon that the application icons of the running application in the multi-task interface change along with the change of the desktop theme is facilitated, and the user experience is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the first terminal device includes a desktop starter, a starting module, and a loading module; the first terminal equipment responds to the second operation, and loads desktop application icons of the target desktop theme, and the method comprises the following steps: the desktop starter responds to the second operation and sends a first instruction to the starting module, wherein the first instruction is used for indicating the starting module to enter a loading mode; the starting module sends a second instruction to the loading module based on the first instruction, wherein the second instruction is used for indicating the loading module to load the desktop application icon; the loading module loads the desktop application icon based on the second instruction.

The first instruction may be instruction B in the embodiment, and the second instruction may be instruction C in the embodiment. The desktop initiator is used for managing desktops, and can be started or called when the first terminal device detects desktop change. The starting module is used for starting the loading module to load the desktop application icons.

The application icon display method provided by the application icon multiplexing method is beneficial to popularization and use by only changing the execution sequence and changing the least.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the first terminal device includes a desktop initiator and an icon acquisition module; before the first terminal device displays the application icon of the running application in the desktop application icon in the multi-task interface, the method further comprises: the desktop starter sends a third instruction to the icon acquisition module, wherein the third instruction is used for indicating the icon acquisition module to acquire an application icon of the running application in the desktop application icons; the icon acquisition module acquires an application icon of the running application from the desktop application icons based on the third instruction.

The icon acquisition module is used for acquiring application icons of the application in use. If the application icon of the running application includes an application icon of a connection application, the icon obtaining module may be a connection management module, and at this time, the third instruction may be an instruction a in the embodiment.

The first terminal equipment responds to the first operation, and can acquire the application icon of the running application in the desktop application icons through the icon acquisition module, so that the application icon of the running application under the target desktop theme can be acquired.

The application icon display method is beneficial to the phenomenon that the application icons of the application in the operation in the multi-task interface change along with the change of the desktop theme, and improves the user experience.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the first terminal device includes a display module; the first terminal device displays an application icon of an application in operation in the desktop application icon on the multi-task interface, and the application icon comprises: the display module displays application icons of the running applications on the multi-task interface.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the running application includes a first application, the first application runs on a second terminal device, the first terminal device meets a connection condition, and the first terminal device includes connection information of the first application, where the connection information is used to represent a use state of the first application; the first terminal device displays an application icon of an application in operation in the desktop application icon on the multi-task interface, and the application icon comprises: the first terminal device displays an icon of the first application and connection information on the multi-task interface.

The first application may be a memo application in the embodiment, but the present application is not limited thereto. The continuation information of the first application may be continuation information of a memo application as in the embodiment, but the present application is not limited thereto. The first terminal device may display an icon of the first application and the connection information on the multi-tasking interface. If the first application is a memo application, the first terminal device may display an interface shown in b of fig. 8 in the embodiment.

The application icon display method provided by the application icon display method can be suitable for application continuing scenes.

In a second aspect, there is provided a first terminal device comprising: the processing module is used for detecting a first operation, the first operation is used for triggering a multi-task interface, and the multi-task interface is used for displaying application icons of the running applications; detecting a second operation, wherein the second operation is used for indicating that the desktop theme is switched to the target desktop theme; and, in response to the second operation, loading desktop application icons of the target desktop theme; and the display module is used for responding to the first operation, and displaying the application icon of the running application in the desktop application icons on the multi-task interface after the desktop application icons are loaded.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the running application includes a first application, the first application runs in a second terminal device, the first terminal device meets a connection condition, the first terminal device includes connection information of the first application, and the connection information is used for indicating a use state of the first application; the display module is also used for: and displaying the icon and the connection information of the first application on the multi-task interface.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a display device, which may also be referred to as an application icon, of a first terminal device, including a processor, coupled to a memory, and operable to execute instructions in the memory to implement a method according to any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect. Optionally, the first terminal device further comprises a memory. Optionally, the wearable device further comprises a transceiver, the processor being coupled to the transceiver.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a processor comprising: input circuit, output circuit and processing circuit. The processing circuitry is configured to receive signals via the input circuitry and to transmit signals via the output circuitry such that the processor performs the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect described above.

In a specific implementation process, the processor may be a chip, the input circuit may be an input pin, the output circuit may be an output pin, and the processing circuit may be a transistor, a gate circuit, a trigger, various logic circuits, and the like. The input signal received by the input circuit may be received and input by, for example and without limitation, a receiver, the output signal may be output by, for example and without limitation, a transmitter and transmitted by a transmitter, and the input circuit and the output circuit may be the same circuit, which functions as the input circuit and the output circuit, respectively, at different times. The specific implementation of the processor and various circuits is not limited in this application.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a processing device comprising a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to read instructions stored in the memory and to receive signals via the receiver and to transmit signals via the transmitter to perform the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

Optionally, the processor is one or more and the memory is one or more.

Alternatively, the memory may be integrated with the processor or the memory may be separate from the processor.

In a specific implementation process, the memory may be a non-transient (non-transitory) memory, for example, a Read Only Memory (ROM), which may be integrated on the same chip as the processor, or may be separately disposed on different chips, where the type of the memory and the manner of disposing the memory and the processor are not limited in this application.

It should be appreciated that the related data interaction process, for example, transmitting the indication information, may be a process of outputting the indication information from the processor, and the receiving the capability information may be a process of receiving the input capability information by the processor. Specifically, the data output by the processing may be output to the transmitter, and the input data received by the processor may be from the receiver. Wherein the transmitter and receiver may be collectively referred to as a transceiver.

The processing means in the fifth aspect may be a chip, and the processor may be implemented by hardware or by software, and when implemented by hardware, the processor may be a logic circuit, an integrated circuit, or the like; when implemented in software, the processor may be a general-purpose processor, implemented by reading software code stored in a memory, which may be integrated in the processor, or may reside outside the processor, and exist separately.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program (which may also be referred to as code, or instructions) which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising: a computer program (which may also be referred to as code, or instructions) which, when executed, causes a computer to perform the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

It should be understood that, the second aspect to the seventh aspect of the present application correspond to the technical solutions of the first aspect of the present application, and the beneficial effects obtained by each aspect and the corresponding possible embodiments are similar, and are not repeated.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an interface for application connectivity;

FIG. 2 is an interface schematic diagram of a theme switch;

FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of an interface for another application splice;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a method of updating desktop themes;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart diagram of a method for updating desktop themes provided by an embodiment of the application;

fig. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a display method of an application icon provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a multi-tasking interface provided by embodiments of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of another terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

For a better understanding of embodiments of the present application, terms related to embodiments of the present application will first be described.

1. Desktop starter (Launcher)

The desktop User Interface (UI) of the android system is collectively referred to as a host. The Launcher is one of main program components in the android system, if the android desktop cannot be started without the Launcher, when the Launcher makes an error, the android system can generate a prompt window of 'the desktop frequently stops running', and the Launcher needs to be restarted.

2. Start-up mode (Launcher model)

The location of the countermodel in the counter corresponds to the data center, and can provide the required data for the desktop and application menu of the counter, such as information of desktop widgets, shortcut information, file information, and information of some specific desktop pages.

3. Loading task (LoaderTask)

LoaderTask is a core task of the Launcher model for loading data of the Launcher model. When LoaderTask runs as a task in a thread, that is, the thread invokes the run method of LoaderTask, that is, loaderTask run.

LoaderTask run is mainly to load desktop data (load workspace) and load all applications (load all apps).

4. Connection (Handoff) function

When the device turns on the Handoff function, the user can immediately use the device account to continue the same operation from another device after a certain device starts to operate, that is, the Handoff function is an application continuation function.

The device may include a plurality of modules to support the implementation of the Handoff function. The HandofTipsManager is a management class of the connection function, and can realize operations of displaying the connection icon, canceling the display of the connection icon, updating the connection icon and the like. The recentHandofTipsViews is a custom display class of the last task's continuation icon, and can perform operations such as initialization operation of the continuation icon, measurement (onMessage) operation of the continuation icon, display of the continuation icon, and refresh.

The continuous development of communication technology drives the possibility of interconnection and interworking between devices, and the application connection between devices becomes an important function in the subsequent multi-device scene. The application connection may be understood as that when a user uses an application in a first device, the user may connect a use state of the application in a second device that satisfies a connection condition, and continue to use the application. Wherein, the connection condition may include: the device account number registered with the first device (or produced by the same manufacturer as the first device) is the same as the communication network used by the first device (e.g., wireless communication technology WIFI), and is connected to the first device via bluetooth. Wherein the same connection conditions as the communication network used by the first device are optional, embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto. The first device may also be referred to as a source device or a transmitting device, and the second device may also be referred to as a receiving device or a sink device, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Illustratively, the first device may be a cell phone and the second device may be a tablet. And the user uses the memo to apply a new memo in the mobile phone, and if the user leaves in the editing process by using the mobile phone, the user uses the tablet to watch the video. The flat plate meets the connection condition, and the flat plate is connected with the use state of the memo application, namely, the flat plate can synchronize the information edited by the user in the mobile phone in the editing process. When the user does not watch the video and wants to continue editing the memo, the user can continue editing the newly added memo in the tablet, and the mobile phone can synchronize the information edited by the user in the tablet.

Illustratively, the first device may be a cell phone and the second device may be a tablet. Fig. 1 shows an interface schematic of an application connection. When the mobile phone detects the operation of adding a memo to the memo application by the user, the mobile phone can display an interface shown as a in fig. 1. An interface as shown in a of fig. 1, which may include: the topic of the memo "hello", the content of the memo "today is good weather", a control for indicating completion of the memo editing, a control for exiting the memo editing, and the like.

Further, the tablet satisfies a continuation condition, and when the mobile phone displays the memo content in the memo application as shown in a of fig. 1 and the memo application has a continuation function, the tablet may include continuation information of the memo application, for example, the continuation information of the memo application may include an application icon of the memo, a theme of the memo, a device name of the transmitting end, and a device type of the transmitting end.

When the tablet detects operation of the user triggering the multi-tasking interface, an interface as shown at b in fig. 1 may be displayed. The interface shown as b in fig. 1, the multitasking interface may include: setting application interface running in foreground or background and WeChat running in foreground or background

Application interface, memo->

Application icon, memo->

The theme "hello" of the transmitting end, the device name "Magic3 Pro" of the transmitting end, an icon for indicating that the device type of the transmitting end is a mobile phone, a control for ending the application running, and the like. The icon comprising a vertical line in the circle is used for indicating that the equipment type of the sending end is a mobile phone.

The application icon of the memo, the theme "hello" of the memo, the device name "Magic3 Pro" of the sender, and the icon for indicating that the device type of the sender is a mobile phone may form a control, which may be called a continuous contact, but the embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto. When the tablet receives the triggering operation of the control by the user, the tablet can display a memo interface, the content of the memo interface can be the content of the interface shown as a in fig. 1, and meanwhile, the mobile phone exits the memo interface. It will be appreciated that the memo interface is displayed on only one device. When the tablet displays the memo interface, the handset is in an exit state.

The second device may be a tablet, for example. Fig. 2 shows an interface schematic for theme switching. The main interface of the flat panel display, shown as a in fig. 2, includes icons of a plurality of applications, the desktop subject of the flat panel being the first desktop subject. When the tablet detects an operation of the user to switch the desktop theme to the second desktop theme, an interface as shown in b of fig. 2 may be displayed. The interface shown as b in fig. 2, the second desktop theme is different from the icon of the application of the first desktop theme.

Fig. 3 shows an interface schematic of an application connection. The interface shown as a in fig. 3 may be displayed as b in fig. 3 when the tablet detects a triggering operation of the user on the multi-task interface in the state of the second desktop theme. The interface shown in b in fig. 3, the icons of the memo application are still the icons of the memos in the first desktop theme, and are not updated according to the update of the desktop theme, affecting the user experience.

In order to solve the above problems, research is conducted on the internal implementation of the second device by the research personnel, and it is found that when the second device detects the operation of switching the desktop theme and detects the triggering operation of the user on the multitasking interface, the icon acquisition module is instructed to acquire the application icon of the application in use and instruct the loading module to load the desktop application icon after theme switching to be synchronously executed, and the completion sequence cannot be guaranteed. The multi-task interface is used for displaying application icons of the application in operation, and the icon acquisition module is used for acquiring the application icons of the application in operation. The loading module is used for loading desktop application icons.

If some of the running applications run in the first device, the second device satisfies the connection condition, and the second device may obtain the application icons of the applications and display the application icons of the applications on the multi-task interface. If the loading module does not load the desktop application icons after the theme switching is completed, the application icons of the applications acquired by the icon acquisition module are application icons before the theme switching, which can cause the application icons not to be updated according to the updating of the desktop theme, and influence the experience of the user. The second device may include a connection management module, where the connection management module may be configured to obtain an application icon of the connection application. The connection application is an application in which the second device meets the connection condition. It is understood that the icon acquisition module is a generic concept of the connection management module.

Illustratively, FIG. 4 shows a schematic flow chart of a method 400 of updating desktop topics. As shown in fig. 4, the method 400 may include the steps of:

s401, when the second device detects that the user is about to switch the desktop theme, the second device can send an instruction A to the connection management module through the desktop starter, wherein the instruction A is used for instructing the connection management module to acquire an application icon of the connection application so as to be conveniently displayed on the multi-task interface.

When the second device detects the operation of switching the desktop theme of the user, the second device can send an instruction A to the connection management module through the desktop starter to instruct the connection management module to acquire the application icon of the connection application so as to display the application icon after detecting the triggering operation of the user on the multi-task interface. The application icon of the continuation application is not limited to the memo icon of the memo application, and may be an application icon of any application supporting the continuation function. The connection management module may be a HandoffTipsManager, but embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto. The connection management module may obtain the application icon of the connection application through the getappiconfo function, but the embodiment of the application is not limited thereto.

S402, the second device can send an instruction B to the starting module through the desktop starter, wherein the instruction B is used for indicating the starting module to enter a loading mode. The launch module receives instruction B and may enter a load mode based on instruction B.

The start-up module may be a launcher model and the second device may instruct the start-up module to begin loading via a desktop launcher. Instruction B may be a startLoader, but embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

S403, the second device can send an instruction C to the loading module through the starting module, wherein the instruction C is used for instructing the loading module to load the desktop application icon, and correspondingly, the loading module receives the instruction C.

The loading module can load the icon through the LoaderTask. The second device may call the LoaderTask run program through the launcher model to run LoaderTask to load the desktop application icon. For example, all desktop application icons in the interface shown in b in fig. 2 above.

It can be appreciated that the desktop application icon is a desktop application icon after switching desktop topics. For example, the desktop application icon before switching the desktop theme may be an interface as shown by a in fig. 2, i.e., the desktop application icon of the first desktop theme. The desktop application icon after switching the desktop theme may be an interface as shown in b in fig. 2, that is, the desktop application icon of the second desktop theme.

S404, the second device can load the desktop application icon through the loading module.

The loading module may load all desktop application icons through load all apps or load rest apps.

When the connection management module acquires the application icon of the connection application in S401, the loading module does not complete the loading of the desktop application icon, and the application icon of the connection application acquired by the connection management module is still the application icon before switching the desktop theme, at this time, if the triggering operation of the user on the multi-task interface is detected, the displayed application icon of the connection application is the application icon before switching the desktop theme, which results in that the application icon is not updated according to the update of the desktop theme, and affects the user experience.

In view of this, the embodiments of the present application provide a method and a terminal device for displaying application icons, which may display application icons of running applications in a desktop application icon on a multi-task interface after the desktop application icon is loaded under the condition of updating a desktop theme (the application icons of the running applications may include application icons of successive applications), so as to facilitate updating the application icons in the multi-task interface along with updating of the desktop theme, so as to improve user experience.

It should be noted that, the method provided in the embodiment of the present application is not only applicable to application icons of subsequent applications, but also applicable to application icons of any application that needs to display icons on a multitasking interface, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The embodiment of the application can be applied to terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment can be receiving equipment supporting a connection function. For example, the first device described above. The terminal device may be a wearable electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a smart watch, etc., or may be various teaching aids (e.g., learning machine, early education machine), smart toys, a portable robot, a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) device, a Virtual Reality (VR) device, etc.

In order to better understand the embodiments of the present application, the following describes a hardware structure of the terminal device of the embodiments of the present application. Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal device may include a processor 110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface 130, a charge management module 140, a power management module 141, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 150, a wireless communication module 160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a microphone 170B, a microphone 170C, a sensor module 180, keys 190, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display 194, and the like.

Alternatively, the sensor module 180 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 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.

It is to be understood that the structure illustrated in the embodiments of the present application does not constitute a specific limitation on the terminal device. In other embodiments of the present application, the terminal device may include more or less components than illustrated, or certain components may be combined, or certain components may be split, or different arrangements of components. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

Processor 110 may include one or more processing units. Wherein the different processing units may be separate devices or may be integrated in one or more processors. A memory may also be provided in the processor 110 for storing instructions and data. The desktop initiator, the initiation module, the loading module, and the connection management module described above may be implemented by the processor 110.

The USB interface 130 is an interface conforming to the USB standard specification, and may specifically be a Mini USB interface, a Micro USB interface, a USB Type C interface, or the like. The USB interface 130 may be used to connect a charger to charge a terminal device, or may be used to transfer data between the terminal device and a peripheral device. And can also be used for connecting with a headset, and playing audio through the headset. The interface may also be used to connect other terminal devices, such as AR devices, etc.

The charge management module 140 is configured to receive a charge input from a charger. The charger can be a wireless charger or a wired charger. The power management module 141 is used for connecting the charge management module 140 and the processor 110.

The wireless communication function of the terminal device may be implemented by the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobile communication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, a modem processor, a baseband processor, and the like.

The antennas 1 and 2 are used for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave signals. Antennas in the terminal device may be used to cover single or multiple communication bands. Different antennas may also be multiplexed to improve the utilization of the antennas.

The mobile communication module 150 may provide a solution for wireless communication including 2G/3G/4G/5G or the like applied on a terminal device. The mobile communication module 150 may include at least one filter, switch, power amplifier, low noise amplifier (low noise amplifier, LNA), etc. The mobile communication module 150 may receive electromagnetic waves from the antenna 1, perform processes such as filtering, amplifying, and the like on the received electromagnetic waves, and transmit the processed electromagnetic waves to the modem processor for demodulation.

The wireless communication module 160 may provide solutions for wireless communication including wireless local area network (wirelesslocal area networks, WLAN) (e.g., wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, wi-Fi) network), bluetooth (BT), global navigation satellite system (global navigation satellite system, GNSS), frequency modulation (frequency modulation, FM), etc. as applied on a terminal device.

The terminal device 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.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, videos, and the like. The display 194 includes a display panel. In some embodiments, the terminal device may include 1 or N display screens 194, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The terminal device may implement photographing functions through an ISP, a camera 193, a video codec, a GPU, a display screen 194, an application processor, and the like.

The camera 193 is used to capture still images or video. In some embodiments, the terminal device may include 1 or N cameras 193, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The external memory interface 120 may be used to connect an external memory card, such as a Micro SD card, to realize expansion of the memory capability of the terminal device. The external memory card communicates with the processor 110 through an external memory interface 120 to implement data storage functions. For example, files such as music, video, etc. are stored in an external memory card.

The internal memory 121 may be used to store computer-executable program code that includes instructions. The internal memory 121 may include a storage program area and a storage data area.

The terminal device may implement audio functions through an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, an application processor, and the like. Such as music playing, recording, etc.

The audio module 170 is used to convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal output and also to convert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The speaker 170A, also referred to as a "horn," is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals. The terminal device can listen to music through the speaker 170A or listen to hands-free calls. A receiver 170B, also referred to as a "earpiece", is used to convert the audio electrical signal into a sound signal. When the terminal device picks up a call or voice message, the voice can be picked up by placing the microphone 170B close to the human ear. Microphone 170C, also referred to as a "microphone" or "microphone", is used to convert sound signals into electrical signals.

The pressure sensor 180A is used to sense a pressure signal, and may convert the pressure signal into an electrical signal. In some embodiments, the pressure sensor 180A may be disposed on the display screen 194. The gyro sensor 180B may be used to determine a motion gesture of the terminal device. The air pressure sensor 180C is used to measure air pressure. The magnetic sensor 180D includes a hall sensor. The acceleration sensor 180E may detect the magnitude of acceleration of the terminal device in various directions (typically three axes). A distance sensor 180F for measuring a distance. The proximity light sensor 180G may include, for example, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) and a light detector, such as a photodiode. The ambient light sensor 180L is used to sense ambient light level. The fingerprint sensor 180H is used to collect a fingerprint. The temperature sensor 180J is for detecting temperature. The touch sensor 180K, also referred to as a "touch device". 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 bone conduction sensor 180M may acquire a vibration signal.

The keys 190 include a power-on key, a volume key, etc. The keys 190 may be mechanical keys. Or may be a touch key. The terminal device may receive key inputs, generating key signal inputs related to user settings of the terminal device and function control. The indicator 192 may be an indicator light, may be used to indicate a state of charge, a change in charge, a message indicating a missed call, a notification, etc.

The software system of the terminal device can adopt a layered architecture, an event driven architecture, a microkernel architecture, a microservice architecture or a cloud architecture. The layered architecture may employ an Android (Android) system or other operating systems, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In order to clearly describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, in the embodiments of the present application, the words "first", "second", etc. are used to distinguish the same item or similar items having substantially the same function and effect. It will be appreciated by those of skill in the art that the words "first," "second," and the like do not limit the amount and order of execution, and that the words "first," "second," and the like do not necessarily differ.

In this application, the terms "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. 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.

Furthermore, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or", describes an association relationship of an association object, and indicates that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may indicate: a alone, a and B together, and B alone, wherein a, B may be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship. "at least one of" or the like means any combination of these items, including any combination of single item(s) or plural items(s). For example, at least one (one) of a, b, and c may represent: a, b, or c, or a and b, or a and c, or b and c, or a, b and c, wherein a, b and c can be single or multiple.

Illustratively, FIG. 6 shows a schematic flow chart of a method 600 of updating desktop themes. The method 600 may be performed by a terminal device, which may be a receiving device supporting a splicing function, e.g. the second device described above. The method 600 may be applied to the communication scenario shown in fig. 1 and described above, but embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

As shown in fig. 6, the method 600 may include the steps of:

s601, when the terminal equipment detects that the user is about to switch the desktop theme, the terminal equipment can send an instruction B to the starting module through the desktop starter, wherein the instruction B is used for indicating the starting module to enter a loading mode. The launch module receives instruction B and may enter a load mode based on instruction B.

The start module may be a countermodel, and the terminal device may instruct the start module to start loading through a desktop initiator.

S602, the terminal equipment can send an instruction C to the loading module through the starting module, wherein the instruction C is used for indicating the loading module to load the desktop application icon, and correspondingly, the loading module receives the instruction C.

The loading module can load the icon through the LoaderTask. The terminal device may call the LoaderTask run program through the launcher model to run LoaderTask to load the desktop application icon.

S603, the terminal equipment can load desktop application icons through a loading module.

The loading module may load all desktop application icons after switching desktop theme through load all apps or load rest apps based on the instruction C. For example, all desktop application icons in the interface shown in b in fig. 2 above.

S604, after the loading module is loaded, the terminal equipment can send an instruction A to the connection management module through the desktop starter, wherein the instruction A is used for instructing the connection management module to acquire an application icon of the connection application so as to be conveniently displayed on the multi-task interface.

When the terminal equipment detects that the user is about to switch the desktop theme, the terminal equipment can send an instruction A to the connection management module through the desktop starter to instruct the connection management module to acquire the application icon of the connection application so as to display the application icon after detecting the triggering operation of the user on the multi-task interface. The application icon of the continuation application is not limited to the memo icon of the memo application, and may be an application icon of any application supporting the continuation function. The connection management module may be a HandoffTipsManager, but embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto. The connection management module may obtain the application icon of the connection application through the getappiconfo function, but the embodiment of the application is not limited thereto.

It can be understood that the loading module loads all desktop application icons, and the connection management module can acquire application icons of the connection applications from the loading module, and at this time, the acquired application icons of the connection applications are icons after desktop theme switching.

According to the method for updating the desktop theme, after the operation of switching the desktop theme is detected, the desktop application icon after switching the desktop theme is loaded through the loading module, and then the connection management module is instructed to acquire the application icon of the connection application, at the moment, the application icon acquired by the connection management module is the updated application icon of the connection application, so that subsequent display is facilitated, the application icon is updated along with updating of the desktop theme, and user experience is improved.

It should be noted that, the multitasking interface may also display application icons other than the application icons of the successive applications, or display the application icons after loading all desktop application icons, which is beneficial to ensuring that the application icons are updated along with the update of the desktop theme, and improving the user experience.

The embodiment of the application also provides a schematic flow chart of the display method 700 of the application icon. The method 700 may be performed by a terminal device, for example, the second device described above. The method 700 may be applied to the communication scenario shown in fig. 1 and described above, but embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

As shown in fig. 7, the method 700 may include the steps of:

s701, detecting a first operation by the terminal equipment, wherein the first operation is used for triggering a multi-task interface, and the multi-task interface is used for displaying application icons of running applications.

The terminal device may be referred to as a first terminal device, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. The application icons of the running applications may include application icons of subsequent applications, and may also include application icons of applications running in the foreground or in the background, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

S702, the terminal equipment detects a second operation, wherein the second operation is used for indicating to switch the desktop theme of the terminal equipment to the target desktop theme.

The target desktop theme is used to represent a desktop theme switched by the user, for example, the target desktop theme may be the second desktop theme described above.

S703, the terminal equipment responds to the second operation and executes the starting operation of the desktop starter.

The terminal device may launch a desktop launcher, e.g., the terminal device initializes variables through an OnCreate () function, and may update desktop application icons through OnResume.

S704, the terminal equipment control loading module loads desktop application icons of the target desktop theme.

Specifically, the terminal device may send an instruction B to the start module through the desktop starter, where the instruction B is used to instruct the start module to enter the loading mode. The launch module receives instruction B and may enter a load mode based on instruction B. The terminal device can send an instruction to the loading module through the starting module, wherein the instruction is used for instructing the loading module to load the desktop application icon of the target desktop theme. The loading module may receive the instruction C and load a desktop application icon of the target desktop theme based on the instruction C. It is to be appreciated that the loading module can load all desktop application icons of the target theme.

S705, the terminal equipment responds to the first operation, and the desktop starter indicates the icon acquisition module to acquire the application icon of the running application.

The loading module loads all desktop application icons of the target desktop theme, and the application icons of the running application acquired by the icon acquisition module are application icons of the target desktop theme.

Optionally, the application icons of the running applications include application icons of the continuous applications, and the terminal device may instruct the continuous management module to obtain the application icons of the continuous applications through the desktop starter. For example, the desktop initiator may send instruction a to the connection management module to instruct the connection management module to obtain an application icon of the connection application.

S706, displaying application icons of the running applications on the multi-task interface.

The terminal device may display an application icon of the running application through the display module. The display module may be the display screen of fig. 5 described above.

Illustratively, FIG. 8 shows a schematic diagram of a multi-tasking interface. The interface shown as a in fig. 8 may be a tablet, and the tablet detects a triggering operation of the user on the multi-task interface in a state of the target desktop theme, and may display the interface shown as b in fig. 8. The interface shown in b in fig. 8, the multitasking interface may include: setting application interface running in foreground or background and WeChat running in foreground or background

Application interface, memo under target desktop theme->

The application icons of (1), the theme of memo "hello", hairThe device name "Magic3 Pro" of the transmitting end, an icon for indicating that the device type of the transmitting end is a mobile phone, and the like.

According to the application icon display method, after the operation of switching the desktop theme is detected and the triggering operation of the user on the multi-task interface is detected, the desktop application icon after switching the desktop theme is loaded through the loading module, and then the icon acquisition module is instructed to acquire the application icon of the running application, at the moment, the application icon of the running application acquired by the icon acquisition module is the updated application icon, the application icon of the target desktop theme can be displayed, and the application icon is updated along with the updating of the desktop theme, so that user experience is improved.

It should be noted that, the operation of switching the desktop theme detected by the terminal device and the triggering operation of the user on the multi-task interface, that is, the first operation and the second operation, are not simultaneously operated by the user, but have a certain time interval, and the time interval of the two operations is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the sequence of execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its functions and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

The method provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above with reference to fig. 1 to 8, and the apparatus provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 9 and 10.

Fig. 9 shows a schematic flow chart of a terminal device 900 provided in an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device 900 includes: a processing module 99 and a display module 920. The terminal device 900 may be configured to perform the various methods described above. For example, terminal device 900 can be configured to perform at least one of method 600 and method 700 described above.

It should be understood that the terminal device 900 herein is embodied in the form of functional modules. The term module herein may refer to an application specific integrated circuit (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor (e.g., a shared, dedicated, or group processor, etc.) and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, a combinational logic circuit, and/or other suitable components that support the described functionality. In an alternative example, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the terminal device 900 may be specifically a terminal device in the foregoing method embodiment, or the functions of the terminal device in the foregoing method embodiment may be integrated in the terminal device 900, and the terminal device 900 may be configured to execute each flow and/or step corresponding to the terminal device in the foregoing method embodiment, which is not repeated herein for avoiding repetition.

The terminal device 900 has a function of implementing the corresponding steps executed by the terminal device in the method embodiment; the above functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.

In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal device 900 in fig. 9 may also be a chip or a chip system, for example: system on chip (SoC).

Fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of another terminal device 1000 provided in an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device 1000 includes a processor 1010, a transceiver 1020, and a memory 1030. Wherein the processor 1010, the transceiver 1020 and the memory 1030 are in communication with each other via an internal connection, the memory 1030 is configured to store instructions, and the processor 1020 is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory 1030 to control the transceiver 1020 to transmit signals and/or receive signals.

It should be understood that terminal device 1000 may be specifically a terminal device in the above-described method embodiment, or the functions of the terminal device in the above-described method embodiment may be integrated in terminal device 1000, and terminal device 1000 may be configured to perform each step and/or flow corresponding to the terminal device in the above-described method embodiment. The memory 1030 may optionally include read-only memory and random access memory, and provide instructions and data to the processor. A portion of the memory may also include non-volatile random access memory. For example, the memory may also store information of the device type. The processor 1010 may be configured to execute instructions stored in the memory, and when the processor executes the instructions, the processor may perform steps and/or flows corresponding to the terminal device in the above-described method embodiments.

It is to be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the processor 1010 may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), which may also be other general purpose processors, digital Signal Processors (DSPs), application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or by instructions in the form of software. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be embodied directly in a hardware processor for execution, or in a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor for execution. The software modules may be located in a random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc. as well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor executes instructions in the memory to perform the steps of the method described above in conjunction with its hardware. To avoid repetition, a detailed description is not provided herein.

The application also provides a computer readable storage medium for storing a computer program, where the computer program is used to implement a method corresponding to the terminal device in the above method embodiment.

The application also provides a chip system, which is used for supporting the terminal equipment to realize the functions shown in the embodiment of the application in the embodiment of the method.

The present application also provides a computer program product comprising computer program code (which may also be referred to as code, or instructions) which, when run on a computer, is capable of executing the method corresponding to the terminal device shown in the above method embodiments.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative modules and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described system, apparatus and module may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the modules is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, for example, multiple modules or components may be combined or integrated into another system, 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 modules, which may be in electrical, mechanical, or other forms.

The modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and components shown as modules may or may not be physical modules, i.e., may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network modules. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional module in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing module, or each module may exist alone physically, or two or more modules may be integrated into one module.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional modules and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in 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 foregoing is merely specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the embodiments of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art may easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the embodiments of the present application, and the changes or substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the embodiments of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. The display method of the application icon is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the method comprises the steps that first terminal equipment detects first operation, wherein the first operation is used for triggering a multi-task interface, and the multi-task interface is used for displaying application icons of running applications;

the first terminal equipment detects a second operation, wherein the second operation is used for indicating that the desktop theme of the first terminal equipment is switched to a target desktop theme;

the first terminal equipment responds to the second operation and loads desktop application icons of the target desktop theme;

and the first terminal equipment responds to the first operation, and displays an application icon of an application running in the desktop application icons on the multi-task interface after the desktop application icons are loaded.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first terminal device comprises a desktop initiator, a start module, and a load module;

the first terminal device responds to the second operation, and loads desktop application icons of the target desktop theme, and the desktop application icons comprise:

the desktop starter responds to the second operation and sends a first instruction to the starting module, wherein the first instruction is used for indicating the starting module to enter a loading mode;

The starting module sends a second instruction to the loading module based on the first instruction, wherein the second instruction is used for indicating the loading module to load the desktop application icon;

and the loading module loads the desktop application icon based on the second instruction.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first terminal device comprises a desktop initiator and an icon acquisition module;

before the first terminal device displays the application icon of the running application in the desktop application icons in the multitasking interface, the method further comprises:

the desktop starter sends a third instruction to the icon acquisition module, wherein the third instruction is used for indicating the icon acquisition module to acquire the application icon of the running application in the desktop application icons;

and the icon acquisition module acquires the application icon of the running application from the desktop application icon based on the third instruction.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first terminal device comprises a display module;

the first terminal device displays an application icon of an application in operation in the desktop application icons on the multi-task interface, and the application icon comprises:

And the display module displays the application icon of the running application on the multi-task interface.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the running application comprises a first application running on a second terminal device, the first terminal device satisfying a connection condition, the first terminal device comprising connection information of the first application, the connection information being used to represent a usage status of the first application;

and the first terminal equipment displays the icon of the first application and the connection information on the multi-task interface.

6. A first terminal device, comprising:

the processing module is used for detecting a first operation, the first operation is used for triggering a multi-task interface, and the multi-task interface is used for displaying application icons of running applications; detecting a second operation, wherein the second operation is used for indicating that the desktop theme is switched to the target desktop theme; and, in response to the second operation, loading desktop application icons of the target desktop theme;

And the display module is used for responding to the first operation, and displaying application icons of running applications in the desktop application icons on the multi-task interface after the desktop application icons are loaded.

7. The first terminal device of claim 6, wherein the running application comprises a first application running on a second terminal device, the first terminal device satisfying a connection condition, the first terminal device comprising connection information of the first application, the connection information being used to represent a usage status of the first application;

the display module is further configured to:

and displaying the icon of the first application and the connection information on the multi-task interface.

8. A first terminal device, comprising: a processor coupled to a memory for storing a computer program which, when invoked by the processor, causes the first terminal device to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 5.

9. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program comprising instructions for implementing the method of any one of claims 1 to 5.

10. A computer program product comprising computer program code embodied therein, which when run on a computer causes the computer to implement the method of any of claims 1 to 5.