WO2018082289A1

WO2018082289A1 - Method and device for managing application and computer storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2018082289A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/085992
Authority: WO
Inventors: 葛安峰
Original assignee: 深圳市中兴微电子技术有限公司
Priority date: 2016-11-01
Filing date: 2017-05-25
Publication date: 2018-05-11
Also published as: CN108021372A

Abstract

A method and device for managing an application and a computer storage medium, comprising: when the startup of an installation program for an application is detected, constructing a virtual file system, running the installation program for the application to install the application in the virtual file system (001); when the application is installed, starting up the application in the virtual file system, or uninstalling the application and deleting the virtual file system corresponding to the application (002).

Description

Application management method, device and computer storage medium

Cross-reference to related applications

The present application is filed on the basis of the Chinese Patent Application No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of application of a mobile terminal, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, and a computer storage medium for managing an application.

Background technique

The generation of mobile terminals has brought great convenience and excellent entertainment experience to people. A variety of third-party applications can be downloaded and installed through the mobile terminal. Users can choose to install and uninstall applications according to their own needs and preferences. However, this highly free application management method also causes a series of problems, including the following two points:

1, storage space is not enough. Because third-party applications are not rigorously audited, a large number of residual files occupy system storage during the installation and uninstallation process. For non-professional users, it is impossible to distinguish which files are system files, which files are useless files, and whether these residual files can be deleted. After a long time, the available storage space of the system is getting less and less, and the system is getting slower and slower.

2. It is not possible to determine if the application leaks personal privacy files. Because third-party applications can access any file in the file system, there is no good rights management; for some malicious applications, the user's private files can be easily obtained. For personal mobile terminals, there are great security risks.

Summary of the invention

In order to solve the existing technical problems, the embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a computer storage medium for managing an application, which can limit the size of the storage space required by the application, the location of the storage space, and the access rights.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution of the present invention is achieved as follows:

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for managing an application, where the method includes:

After detecting the installer of the launch application, building a virtual file system, the installer running the application installs the application in the virtual file system;

After the application is installed, the application is started in the virtual file system, or the application is uninstalled and the virtual file system corresponding to the application is deleted.

In an embodiment, the constructing the virtual file system comprises:

Creating a disk file in the system storage space, formatting the disk file, and using the formatted disk file as the virtual file system of the application;

Mounting a virtual file system of the application, the virtual file system serving as a storage space of the application;

Unmount the file system of the formatted disk file itself.

In an embodiment, the installer running the application installs the application in the virtual file system, including:

Launching an installer of the application in the virtual file system, installing the application, and saving the program file generated after the installation into the virtual file system;

After the installation is completed, the installation information of the application is obtained, and the installation information is saved in the system storage space.

In an embodiment, the installation information includes: storage location information of the virtual file system of the application, and the launching the application in the virtual file system includes:

After detecting the request to start the application, querying the application in the system storage space The installation information of the program, acquiring storage location information of the virtual file system of the application according to the installation information;

Obtaining a virtual file system of the application according to storage location information of the virtual file system of the application;

Mounted to the virtual file system as a storage space for the application, the application is launched and executed within the virtual file system.

In an embodiment, the starting and running the application in the virtual file system further includes:

An external file system is mounted to the virtual file system to provide the application with an interface to access the external file system.

In an embodiment, the uninstalling the application and deleting the virtual file system corresponding to the application includes:

After detecting the request to uninstall the application, querying installation information of the application in the system storage space, and acquiring storage location information of the virtual file system of the application according to the installation information;

Deleting the virtual file system of the application and deleting installation information of the application in the system storage space.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a management device for an application, where the device includes: a building module and an application management module;

The application management module is configured to detect an installer that launches an application; after installing the application, detecting a request to start the application or a request to uninstall the application;

The building module is configured to, after detecting an installer that launches an application, build a virtual file system, and install an installer running the application in the virtual file system An application; after installing the application, launching the application in the virtual file system, or uninstalling the application and deleting a virtual file system corresponding to the application.

In an embodiment, the building module is configured to create a disk file in a system storage space, format the disk file, and use the formatted disk file as a virtual file system of the application; The virtual file system of the application, the virtual file system serving as a storage space of the application; and unmounting the file system of the formatted disk file itself.

In an embodiment, the building module is further configured to: after detecting an installation program of the startup application, launch an installation program of the application in the virtual file system, install the application, and install the application The generated program file is saved in the virtual file system; after the installation is completed, the installation information of the application is obtained, and the installation information is sent to the application management module;

After detecting the request to uninstall the application, obtaining a virtual file system of the application according to storage location information of the virtual file system of the application; deleting the virtual file system of the application, and deleting the system storage space The installation information of the application; and,

After detecting the request to start the application, obtaining a virtual file system of the application according to storage location information of the virtual file system of the application, and mounting the virtual file system as a storage space of the application; The application is launched and run within the virtual file system.

In an embodiment, the application management module is configured to: acquire the installation information, and save the installation information in the system storage space.

In an embodiment, the installation information includes: storage location information of the virtual file system of the application;

The application management module is configured to: after detecting the request to start the application or the request to uninstall the application, query the installation of the application in the system storage space And acquiring information, according to the installation information, storage location information of the virtual file system of the application, and sending storage location information of the virtual file system of the application.

In an embodiment, the building module is further configured to: mount an external file system to the virtual file system, and provide an interface for the application to access the external file system.

An application management method, apparatus, and computer storage medium provided by an embodiment of the present invention, after detecting an installation program of an application startup, constructing a virtual file system, and installing an installation program of the application program in the virtual file system Installing the application; after installing the application, launching the application in the virtual file system, or uninstalling the application and deleting a virtual file system corresponding to the application. The embodiment of the present invention can limit the storage space size and location of the application by installing and starting the application in the virtual file system; when the application is uninstalled, the virtual file system corresponding to the deleted application is deleted, which is simple and convenient, and does not generate junk files, There will be an unclean uninstallation issue.

DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for managing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for managing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for installing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for starting an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for uninstalling an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

In various embodiments of the present invention, after detecting an installer that launches an application, a virtual file system is built, an installer running the application installs the application in the virtual file system; and the application is installed After the program, the application is started in the virtual file system, or the application is uninstalled and the virtual file system corresponding to the application is deleted.

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for managing an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 1 , the method for managing the application program includes:

Step 001: After detecting the installation program of the startup application, construct a virtual file system, and the installer running the application installs the application in the virtual file system.

Specifically, the constructing the virtual file system includes:

The mobile terminal creates a disk file in the system storage space, formats the disk file, and uses the formatted disk file as the virtual file system of the application;

Unmount the file system of the formatted disk file itself.

Here, the mobile terminal is mounted to the virtual file system, and the virtual file system can be used as a storage space private to the application.

The file system of the formatted disk file itself is the file system of the mobile terminal itself, and is represented by an external file system. The mobile terminal uninstalls the file system of the formatted disk file itself, and can uninstall the permission of the application to access the external file system of the mobile terminal, thereby preventing the virtual file system and the external file system from accessing each other.

The virtual file system is: a logical file system established in the mobile terminal, and the logical file system is a file system private to its corresponding application.

The mobile terminal may include devices such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet computer (PAD), a portable multimedia player (PMP), and the like, the mobile terminal being equipped with a basic Linux operating system.

It should be noted that the mobile terminal can virtualize a common file into a disk file as a virtual file system for the user in the Linux system. In this embodiment, a storage space of an ordinary file in the system storage space is planned as a storage space of the application. Each application's storage space corresponds to a disk file, and the disk file can be formatted. A standard file system is obtained, and the mobile terminal uses the standard file system as a virtual file system of an application. After obtaining the virtual file system, the mobile terminal uninstalls the original file system on the standard file system, so that the application does not have access to other files in the mobile terminal, and all operations are restricted to the disk file, correspondingly The other files also cannot access the disk file.

The mobile terminal includes a desktop launcher, and the mobile terminal detects a user's operation and performs a corresponding operation by using the desktop launcher, and the operations include: installing an application, starting an application, and uninstalling the application.

The mobile terminal may further include: a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, an external memory, and the like; the memory may use a double rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR), the outer Save large area scanning hardware (FLASH, Fast Large Area Scan Hardware). The file included in the application of the mobile terminal is stored in the external storage device, and is implemented by adding or deleting a corresponding file in the external storage when the application is installed and the application is uninstalled.

Specifically, the installer running the application installs the application in the virtual file system, including:

The mobile terminal starts an installer of the application in the virtual file system, installs the application, and saves the program file generated after the installation into the virtual file system;

After the application is installed, the mobile terminal acquires installation information of the application, and saves the installation information in the system storage space.

It should be noted that the mobile terminal constructs a virtual file system in the external file system, and needs to be switched from the external file system of the mobile terminal to the virtual file system after the construction, that is, the mobile terminal is mounted to the virtual file system; in the virtual file system After the application is installed, the program file generated after the application is installed is saved in the virtual file system.

The installation information includes: storage location information of the virtual file system of the application And related information of the application, the related information includes: access rights of the application, icon information, a developer of the application, a software size and a occupied space of the application, and the like.

The installation information may be saved in the system storage space in different manners, such as a document format.

The application is a third-party application; the third-party application is a software written by the non-mobile terminal itself for the purpose of achieving an application purpose, and can provide services such as office and entertainment for the user.

The third-party application is generally developed and distributed by a third-party operator, and the user downloads the installation program of the application to the mobile terminal, and the installation program is installed, and the format of the installation program of the application includes, for example, ipa. , pxl, deb, apk and other formats.

After detecting the installer of the application, the mobile terminal constructs a virtual file system for each application to install the application and launch the application.

Step 002: After the application is installed, start the application in the virtual file system, or uninstall the application and delete a virtual file system corresponding to the application.

Specifically, the launching the application in the virtual file system includes:

The mobile terminal detects a request to start the application, and after the user clicks the operation of the application, queries the installation information of the application in the system storage space, and acquires the application according to the installation information. Storage location information of the virtual file system;

Mounting the virtual file system as a storage space of the application; launching and running the application within the virtual file system.

Here, after the virtual file system is mounted as the storage space of the application, when the mobile terminal mounts an external file system, the virtual file system may access other external files; when the mobile terminal is uninstalled The external file system can be uninstalled to access the external Access to other files.

If the application needs to access other files in the system storage space, the mobile terminal mounts a file system of other files that need to be accessed to the virtual file system of the application, and the application can access the system storage. The file in space.

Specifically, the uninstalling the application and deleting the virtual file system corresponding to the application includes:

After the mobile terminal detects the request to uninstall the application, such as the operation of the user to uninstall the application, querying the installation information of the application in the system storage space, and acquiring the application according to the installation information. Storage location information of the program's virtual file system;

Obtaining the virtual file system of the application according to storage location information of the virtual file system of the application;

The mobile terminal deletes the virtual file system of the application and deletes the installation information of the application in the system storage space.

Here, the mobile terminal deletes the disk file corresponding to the virtual file system, and the virtual file system can be deleted. At the same time, the mobile terminal also deletes the installation information saved in the system storage space, thereby ensuring that the application is uninstalled after the application is uninstalled. No related files of the application will remain, and the storage space of the mobile terminal will not be wasted.

Further explanation of the external file system of the virtual file system and the mobile terminal:

In the embodiment of the present invention, the application program that the mobile terminal comes with runs in the external file system of the mobile terminal, and the related file is saved in the system storage space. Each third-party application corresponds to construct a virtual file system, the third-party application runs in the corresponding virtual file system, and the related program files are saved in the virtual file system. When the application that comes with the mobile terminal needs to access a file in the virtual file system corresponding to the third-party application, or the third-party application needs to access the file of the external file system, the mobile terminal mounts the external file system to the virtual file. In the system, an access interface is provided, which can implement an application that is provided by the mobile terminal. Mutual access between programs and third-party applications.

Here, the mobile terminal comes with an application such as an album software, a third-party application such as a photographing software of any third party, and the like.

In the prior art, the application generates a corresponding file during the installation process, and the mobile terminal may still have a large number of cache files after being used for a long time, which may cause file access protection. The method provided by the embodiment of the present invention constructs a virtual file system, installs and starts a third-party application, and provides a third-party application with its own independent storage space for storing its own internal files, and the applications cannot access each other. On the basis of ensuring the normal operation of the application, the access rights of the application can be restricted to the greatest extent, and the internal information of the mobile terminal is protected; at the same time, the file generated by the application is saved in the disk file corresponding to the virtual file system; When the application is uninstalled, the mobile terminal deletes the disk file and the installation information of the application corresponding to the virtual file system, thereby deleting all information related to the application in the system storage space, and limiting the residual file generated by the application.

2 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for managing an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the management apparatus of the application program includes: a building module 11 and an application management module 12;

The application management module 12 is configured to detect an installation program that launches an application; after installing the application, detecting a request to start the application or a request to uninstall the application;

The building module 11 is configured to, after the application management module 12 detects the installation program of the startup application, construct a virtual file system, and the installer running the application installs the application in the virtual file system And, after installing the application, launching the application in the virtual file system, or uninstalling the application and deleting a virtual file system corresponding to the application.

In this embodiment, the building module 11 is configured to create a disk in the system storage space. a file, formatting the disk file, using the formatted disk file as a virtual file system of the application; mounting a virtual file system of the application, the virtual file system serving as a storage space of the application ; Unmount the file system of the formatted disk file itself.

As an implementation manner, the building module 11 is further configured to: after the application management module 12 detects the installation program of the startup application, start the installation program of the application in the virtual file system, and install The application saves the program file generated after the installation to the virtual file system; after the application is installed, the installation information of the application is obtained, and the installation information is sent to the application management module.

As an implementation manner, the building module 11 is further configured to: after the application management module 12 detects the request to uninstall the application, obtain the application according to the storage location information of the virtual file system of the application. a virtual file system; deleting the virtual file system of the application and deleting installation information of the application in the system storage space.

As an implementation manner, the building module 11 is further configured to: after the application management module 12 detects the request to start the application, obtain the application according to the storage location information of the virtual file system of the application. a virtual file system that mounts the virtual file system as a storage space for the application; the application is launched and executed within the virtual file system.

In this embodiment, the application management module 12 is configured to: after the installation is completed, obtain the installation information from the building module 11 and save the installation information in the system storage space.

The installation information includes: storage location information of the virtual file system of the application and related information of the application, the related information includes: permission information of the application, icon information, and developer of the application , the software size and footprint of the application.

In this embodiment, the application management module 12 is further configured to uninstall the application and delete the application. In addition to the virtual file system corresponding to the application.

In this embodiment, the application management module 12 is configured to: after detecting the request to uninstall the application, query the installation information of the application in the system storage space, and obtain the information according to the installation information. The storage location information of the virtual file system of the application, and the storage location information of the virtual file system of the application.

Here, after the application management module 12 sends the storage location information of the virtual file system of the application, the building module 11 obtains the virtuality of the application according to the stored storage location information of the virtual file system of the application. The file system deletes the virtual file system corresponding to the application; after completion, the building module notifies the application management module 12.

Here, the building module deletes the disk file corresponding to the virtual file system, and the virtual file system of the application program may be deleted; the installation information saved in the system storage space may also be deleted, and at this time, the uninstallation of the application is completed, and Any other files about the application will remain, without wasting the storage space of the mobile terminal.

As an implementation manner, the application management module 12 is further configured to launch the application within the virtual file system.

In this embodiment, the application management module 12 is configured to: after detecting the request to start the application, query the installation information of the application in the system storage space, and obtain the information according to the installation information. The storage location information of the virtual file system of the application, and the storage location information of the virtual file system of the application.

Here, after the application management module 12 sends the storage location information of the virtual file system of the application, before the application is started, the application module 11 obtains the application according to the stored storage location information of the virtual file system of the application. a virtual file system of the program, the virtual file system being mounted as a storage space of the application; the application is launched and executed within the virtual file system.

As an implementation manner, the building module 11 is further configured to: hang an external file system Loading to the virtual file system to provide the application with an interface to access the external file system.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for installing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 3, a method for installing an application by a mobile terminal includes:

Step 101: The mobile terminal detects a user input through a desktop launcher, and starts an installer of the application according to the user input.

Step 102: The application management module starts, and the application management module determines that the opened program is an installation program of the application, and then calls the building module to install.

Here, the application management module determines whether the format of the opened file is any one of ipa, pxl, deb, and apk; if the format of the opened file is any one of them, it is determined that the opened file is an installer of the application.

Step 103: The building module initializes the running environment, including: determining an operating environment of the building module, where the running environment is an external file system of the mobile terminal, and the building module runs in the external file system.

Step 104: The building module creates a disk file in a system storage space of the mobile terminal.

Step 105: The building module formats the disk file into a standard file system, where the standard file system is used as a virtual file system of the application, and the virtual file system is used to install and start an application.

Step 106: The building module mounts the virtual file system and uses it as a storage space private to the application.

Step 107: The building module uninstalls the file system of the standard file system itself.

Here, after the step 107 is completed, the building module has completely obtained the private storage space, and cannot access other spaces outside the mobile terminal. At this point, you can pass this access to the application.

Step 108: The building module starts the application installation program, and passes the access permission to the application. Use the program's installer.

Step 109: The installation program of the application is initialized, including: acquiring storage location information of the virtual file system, and determining a virtual file system that can be accessed.

Step 110: The installer of the application enters the installation process.

Step 111: The installer of the application saves the installed program file to the virtual file system.

Step 112: After the installation process completes the installation process, the installation module sends a notification message to complete the installation.

Step 113: The building module acquires installation information of the application, including: storage location information of the virtual file system of the application, related icons, access rights, and the like.

Step 114: The building module sends the installation information to the application management module.

Step 115: The application management module records a binding relationship between the application and the installation information, and stores the installation information in a system storage space for querying when the application is started.

Step 116, completing the installation of the application.

4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for starting an application according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 4, a method for a mobile terminal to start an application includes:

Step 201: After detecting, by the desktop startup manager, the request for starting the application, the mobile terminal starts the application and the application management module according to the request of the startup application.

Step 202: The application management module queries the installation information of the application.

Step 203: After the application management module acquires the installation information of the application, the installation information is sent to the building module.

Step 204: The building module initializes the running environment, including: determining an operating environment of the building module, where the operating environment is an external file system of the mobile terminal, and the building module runs in the external file system.

Step 205: The building module searches for a disk file corresponding to the virtual file system of the application.

Step 206: The building module mounts the virtual file system of the application.

Step 207: The building module mounts an external file system, and the application can access other external files.

Step 208: The building module uninstalls the original file system, that is, uninstalls the permissions of accessing other external files.

Here, in step 207, the application can access other files of the mobile terminal, and in step 208, the application is prohibited from accessing other files of the mobile terminal, thereby implementing management of the access rights of the application; and completing the configuration of the operating environment through

steps

207 and 208.

Step 209: After the building module running environment is ready, start the application.

Step 210: The application inherits the file system last mounted by the build module and initializes it.

Step 211: The application starts running the application and enters the running state.

Step 212: After the building module starts the application, it returns immediately, and sends a notification message that the startup is completed to the building module.

Step 213: The application management module receives the notification message and completes the startup of the application.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for uninstalling an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 5, a method for uninstalling an application program by a mobile terminal includes:

Step 301: After the mobile terminal detects the request to uninstall the application by using the desktop launcher, the application management module is started.

Step 302: The application management module queries the installation information of the application.

Step 303: After the application management module obtains the installation information of the application, the installation information is sent to the building module, and the building module is started.

Step 304: The building module starts initialization and is mounted to the external file system of the mobile terminal.

Step 305: The building module searches the storage location information of the virtual file system of the application according to the installation information, that is, the storage location information of the disk file corresponding to the virtual file system, and obtains the virtual file system according to the storage location information.

Step 306: The building module deletes the disk file corresponding to the virtual file system of the application, that is, deletes the virtual file system of the application.

Step 307: After the completion, the building module notifies the application management module.

Step 308: Complete the uninstallation of the application.

The application management module in the first embodiment, the second embodiment, and the third embodiment is used to manage all applications of the system, and is responsible for monitoring installation, operation, and uninstallation of the application. In actual use, when the application is installed, run, and uninstalled through the desktop launcher of the mobile terminal, the application management module can be embedded in the desktop launcher of the mobile terminal. The actions of the third-party application are monitored by an application management module that manages installation information for all applications, including icons, storage locations, and the like. The above information is stored in the system storage space, and the building module can obtain relevant information.

The building module is configured to set a running environment of the third-party application, that is, a virtual file system of the application, and set a private storage space for the application that is only visible to the application and cannot be accessed by other spaces. The application accesses this virtual file system, no difference from accessing the external file system. If the application needs to access other address spaces, it can be set by the building module. For example, the building module can mount the external file system to the application's virtual file system, and then the application can be reserved to access the external file system. The application's own independent address space can also access the external address space.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer executable instructions, and the computer executable instructions are used to execute the management method of the application program according to the embodiment of the invention.

In the several embodiments provided by the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed method and apparatus may be implemented in other manners. The device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the modules is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner, for example, multiple modules or components may be combined, or Can be integrated into another system, Or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the communication connections between the various components shown or discussed may be indirect coupling or communication connections through some interfaces, devices or modules, and may be electrical, mechanical or otherwise.

The modules described above as separate components may or may not be physically separated. The components displayed as modules may or may not be physical modules, that is, may be located in one place or distributed to multiple network modules; Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, each functional module in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing module, or each module may be separately used as one module, or two or more modules may be integrated into one module; The module can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of hardware plus software function modules.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps of implementing the foregoing method embodiments may be performed by hardware related to program instructions. The foregoing program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when executed, the program includes The foregoing steps of the method embodiment; and the foregoing storage medium includes: a removable storage device, a read-only memory (ROM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like, which can store program codes.

Alternatively, the above-described integrated module of the embodiment of the present invention may be stored in a computer readable storage medium if it is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a stand-alone product. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product in essence or in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including a plurality of instructions. A computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) is caused to perform all or part of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. The foregoing storage medium includes various media that can store program codes, such as a mobile storage device, a ROM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The memory switching method and apparatus described in the embodiments of the present invention are only exemplified by the above embodiments. However, it is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or replacements are not The essence of the corresponding technical solutions is deviated from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

The technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention can limit the storage space size and location of the application by installing and starting the application in the virtual file system; when the application is uninstalled, the virtual file system corresponding to the deleted application is deleted, which is simple and convenient, and does not generate garbage. The file does not appear to be unclean and unclean.

Claims

An application management method, the method comprising:

After detecting the installer of the launch application, building a virtual file system, the installer running the application installs the application in the virtual file system;

After the application is installed, the application is started in the virtual file system, or the application is uninstalled and the virtual file system corresponding to the application is deleted.
The method of claim 1 wherein said constructing a virtual file system comprises:

Creating a disk file in the system storage space, formatting the disk file, and using the formatted disk file as the virtual file system of the application;

Mounting a virtual file system of the application, the virtual file system serving as a storage space of the application;

Unmount the file system of the formatted disk file itself.
The method of claim 2, wherein the installer running the application installs the application in the virtual file system, comprising:

Launching an installer of the application in the virtual file system, installing the application, and saving the program file generated after the installation into the virtual file system;

After the application is installed, the installation information of the application is obtained, and the installation information is saved in the system storage space.
The method of claim 3, wherein the installation information comprises: storage location information of the virtual file system of the application, the launching the application in the virtual file system, comprising:

After detecting the request to start the application, querying installation information of the application in the system storage space, and acquiring storage location information of the virtual file system of the application according to the installation information;

Obtaining the application according to storage location information of the virtual file system of the application Virtual file system;

Mounted to the virtual file system as a storage space for the application, the application is launched and executed within the virtual file system.
The method of claim 4, wherein the launching and running the application within the virtual file system further comprises:

An external file system is mounted to the virtual file system to provide the application with an interface to access the external file system.
The method of claim 3, wherein the uninstalling the application and deleting the virtual file system corresponding to the application comprises:

After detecting the request to uninstall the application, querying installation information of the application in the system storage space, and acquiring storage location information of the virtual file system of the application according to the installation information;

Obtaining a virtual file system of the application according to storage location information of the virtual file system of the application;

Deleting the virtual file system of the application and deleting installation information of the application in the system storage space.
An application management device, the device comprising: a building module and an application management module; wherein

The application management module is configured to detect an installer that launches an application; after installing the application, detecting a request to start the application or a request to uninstall the application;

The building module is configured to, after the application management module detects an installer that launches an application, build a virtual file system, and install an application that runs the application to install the application in the virtual file system; After installing the application, launching the application in the virtual file system, or uninstalling the application and deleting a virtual file system corresponding to the application.
The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the building module is configured to create a disk file in a system storage space, format the disk file, and use the formatted disk file as a virtual file of the application. a system; mounting a virtual file system of the application, the virtual file system as a storage space of the application; and unmounting the file system of the formatted disk file itself.
The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the building module is further configured to: after the application management module detects an installer that launches an application, launch an installer of the application in the virtual file system And installing the application, saving the program file generated after the installation into the virtual file system; after the application is installed, acquiring installation information of the application, and sending the installation information to the application management Module

After detecting the request for uninstalling the application, the application management module obtains a virtual file system of the application according to storage location information of the virtual file system of the application; deletes the virtual file system of the application, and deletes the The installation information of the application in the system storage space;

After detecting the request for starting the application, the application management module obtains a virtual file system of the application according to storage location information of the virtual file system of the application, and mounts the virtual file system as the application. Storage space; the application is launched and executed within the virtual file system.
The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the application management module is configured to: acquire the installation information, and save the installation information in the system storage space.
The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said installation information comprises: storage location information of a virtual file system of said application;

The application management module is configured to: after detecting the request to start the application or the request to uninstall the application, query the installation information of the application in the system storage space, and obtain the installation information according to the installation information. Storage location letter of the virtual file system of the application Information, the storage location information of the virtual file system of the application is sent.
The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the building block is further configured to: mount an external file system to the virtual file system to provide the application with an interface to access the external file system.
A computer storage medium storing computer executable instructions for executing the management method of the application according to any one of claims 1 to 6.