WO2019179296A1

WO2019179296A1 - Application program management method and electronic device

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Publication number: WO2019179296A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/076440
Authority: WO
Inventors: 覃宝强
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2018-03-19
Filing date: 2019-02-28
Publication date: 2019-09-26
Also published as: CN108459789A; CN108459789B

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are an application program management method and an electronic device. The method comprises: displaying identification information of all application programs run in an electronic device in an application management area comprising at least one sub area if a first operating instruction is received, and displaying the identification information of different application programs in different sub areas; and if receiving a target operation instruction associated with a first sub area, managing a target application program according to a target management mode corresponding to the target operation instruction, wherein the target application program is an application program corresponding to the identification information displayed in the first sub area, and the first sub area is at least one sub area among all of the sub areas in the application management area.

Description

Application management method and electronic device

Cross-reference to related applications

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201 810 225 385 7.8 filed on Jan. 19, 2018, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an application management method and an electronic device.

Background technique

With the development of mobile communication technologies, electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers have become indispensable in people's daily lives. Electronic devices can implement various functions by installing and running applications, such as running a live chat application for sending and receiving information, running an audio and video playback application to play audio and video, etc., to meet the functional requirements of electronic devices.

The electronic device can switch the application to the background process to run multiple applications at the same time, so that the application running in the foreground can interrupt the application running in the background. However, if the electronic device performs management such as calling up or closing the application running in the background, the user usually needs to find the icon of the application to be managed on the desktop of the electronic device, and click the found icon to apply the application to be managed. Calling up to the foreground and entering a close operation for the application to be managed running in the foreground to close the application is cumbersome and time consuming, especially if there are too many icons on the desktop and there are applications running in the foreground process.

It can be seen that when the electronic device manages the application running in the background, there is a problem that the operation is cumbersome and time consuming.

Summary of the invention

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide an application management method and an electronic device to solve the problem that the electronic device has a cumbersome and time-consuming operation when managing an application running in the background.

To solve the above technical problems, the present disclosure is implemented as follows:

In a first aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for managing an application, which is applied to an electronic device, including:

If the first operation instruction is received, the identification information of all the applications currently running by the electronic device is displayed in an application management area including at least one sub-area, wherein the identification information of different applications is displayed in different sub-ports. within the area;

And if the target operation associated with the first sub-area is received, the target application is managed according to a target management manner corresponding to the target operation instruction, wherein the target application is displayed in the first sub-area The identification information corresponds to the application; the first sub-area is at least one of all sub-areas in the application management area.

In a second aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an electronic device, including:

a first display module, configured to: display, after receiving the first operation instruction, identifier information of all applications currently running by the electronic device in an application management area including at least one sub-area, where different applications The identification information is displayed in different sub-areas;

a management module, configured to: if the target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area is received, manage the target application according to a target management manner corresponding to the target operation instruction, where the target application is the An application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the first sub-area; the first sub-area is at least one of all sub-areas in the application management area.

In a third aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an electronic device including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program being processed The steps of implementing the management method of the above application when the device is executed.

In a fourth aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer readable storage medium, where the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, implements the management method of the application program. step.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, if the first operation instruction is received, the identification information of all applications running by the electronic device is displayed in an application management area including at least one sub-area; The target operation instruction associated with the sub-area manages the target application according to the target management mode corresponding to the target operation instruction, so that the identification information of all the application programs can be displayed in the application management area, and according to the The operation instruction associated with a sub-area manages the application accordingly, and the operation is convenient and time-saving, and the user experience is better.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of some embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings used in the description of some embodiments of the present disclosure will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings according to the drawings without any inventive labor.

1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for managing an application provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for managing an application provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure;

3 is a schematic diagram of an interface when an electronic device displays a disc application management area according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

4 is another schematic diagram of an interface when an electronic device displays a disc application management area according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of still another interface when an electronic device displays a disc application management area according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of still another interface when an electronic device displays a disc application management area according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a first display module in an electronic device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is another schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

detailed description

The technical solutions in some embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in some embodiments of the present disclosure. It is apparent that the described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and not all of them. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without departing from the inventive scope are the scope of the disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for managing an application according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. The method is applied to an electronic device. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes the following steps:

Step 101: If the first operation instruction is received, the identification information of all applications currently running by the electronic device is displayed in an application management area including at least one sub-area.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when receiving the first operation instruction, the electronic device may display an application management area on its display interface, and display identification information of different applications in the application management area among all applications running the same. Within different sub-areas.

For example, when the first operation instruction is received, if the electronic device currently runs 4 applications, the electronic device can display the application management area in the form of four grids in its display interface, that is, the application management area includes four sub-areas. And the electronic device displays the identification information of each of the four applications that it runs in a sub-area within the application management area.

The first operation instruction is an operation instruction for indicating the display application management area preset in the electronic device. For example, the operation instruction obtained by the user pressing the operation of the main interface button exceeding the preset duration may be preset in the electronic device. The first operation command; or the preset operation of sliding from the bottom of the display screen to the top, and the operation of the sliding track exceeding the preset length is a first operation instruction or the like.

In addition, the identification information of the application may be an icon or a text that is associated with the application, for example, if an application is an instant messaging application, the identification information of the application may be “instant messaging” or the like.

It should be noted that all the applications running by the foregoing electronic device may be applications that only include running in the background, or may be applications including running in the foreground and applications running in the background, which are not limited herein. .

Step 102: If receiving a target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area, managing the target application according to a target management manner corresponding to the target operation instruction, where the target application is the first The application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the sub-area.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, if the electronic device displays the identification information of all applications that it currently runs in the application management area, when the electronic device receives the target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area, the electronic device may determine The target management mode corresponding to the target operation instruction, and managing the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the first sub-area according to the target management mode, where the first sub-area may be at least one of all sub-areas in the application management area Sub-area.

The target management manner corresponding to the target operation instruction may be that the electronic device acquires operation instruction information of the target operation instruction, and according to a preset rule between the preset operation instruction information and the management mode, the target operation instruction is The management instruction information satisfies the management method of the preset rule and is determined as the target management mode. The operation command information may include at least one of a touch frequency, a touch position, a touch duration, a touch force, and a touch track of the touch operation of the target operation command.

For example, if the electronic device currently runs 4 applications, and the identification information of the 4 applications is displayed in the application management area of the four-divided form including the four sub-areas, if the correspondence between the operation instruction information and the management mode in the electronic device The preset rule is: when the operation command is received, and the touch position of the touch operation obtained by the operation command is located in any sub-area, and the touch track of the touch operation in the sub-area exceeds the preset length When the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the sub-area is exited, if the electronic terminal determines that the target operation instruction is received, and the touch position of the target touch operation of the target operation instruction is located in a sub-area, and If the touch track of the target touch operation exceeds the preset length, the electronic device exits the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the sub-area; or if the electronic device determines the touch of the target touch operation The position is located in multiple sub-areas, and the touch track of the target touch operation in each of the plurality of sub-areas exceeds the pre-predetermined Length, the identification information of the electronic device out of service corresponding to the application program displayed in the plurality of sub-regions.

It should be noted that the target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area may be an operation instruction pre-set in the electronic device to be associated with the first sub-area, or the touch operation may be located in the first sub-area. The operation instruction or the like in the instruction; and the target operation instruction is a preset operation instruction for instructing the management target application, for example, the target operation instruction is an operation for instructing to close the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in a sub-area. The operation instruction obtained by the operation of the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the sub-area is preset as the target operation instruction.

In addition, after the foregoing step 101 displays the application management area, the electronic device may detect whether an operation instruction associated with any sub-area in the application management area is received within the preset time period, and if it is detected that the preset time is not received, When the operation instruction associated with any sub-area in the application management area is closed, the display application management area is closed, thereby reducing the power consumption of the electronic device, and facilitating the user to operate on the display interface not displaying the application management area.

Of course, when the sub-areas in the application management area display the identification information of the application, the user may not be able to accurately input operations in each sub-area, especially the sub-areas included in the application management area, due to the limited display area of each sub-area. If the number of the touch operation is in the sub-area of the application management area after the application management area is displayed, the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or equal to the pre-detection. If the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or equal to the preset duration, the sub-region corresponding to the touch operation is enlarged, and the electronic device can reduce the error by displaying the sub-region corresponding to the touch operation. operating.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device may be any electronic device capable of running an application, such as a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a laptop computer, and a personal digital assistant. , referred to as PDA), mobile Internet devices (MID) or wearable devices (Wearable Device) and other electronic devices, as well as e-books and car smart terminals.

The management method of the application of the embodiment of the present disclosure, if receiving the first operation instruction, displaying the identification information of all the applications running by the electronic device in the application management area including the at least one sub-area; Receiving the target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area, managing the target application according to the target management mode corresponding to the target operation instruction, and displaying the identification information of all the application programs in the application management area, and The application is managed according to the operation instructions associated with the first sub-area, which is convenient and time-saving.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for managing an application according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following steps:

Step 201: If receiving the first operation instruction, determine whether the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is less than a preset number.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when the electronic device receives the first operation instruction, the electronic device may acquire the number of applications that it is currently running by detecting the number of processes of the application that it runs, and determine that it is currently running. Whether the number of applications is less than a preset number, wherein the preset number is a preset quantity value in the electronic device.

Step 202: If it is determined that the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is less than a preset number, display identification information of all applications running by the electronic device in an application management including the preset number of sub-areas within the area.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, if it is determined in the foregoing step 201 that the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is less than the preset number, the electronic device may display the identification information of all the applications running by the electronic device in a preset number of sub- The application management area of the area improves the aesthetics of the application management area displayed by the electronic device.

For example, if the preset number is 3, when the application currently running by the electronic device is only the application 1, the electronic device displays a disc application management area including 3 fan sub-regions in the display interface thereof, and the application The identification information "App1" of 1 is displayed in a sector sub-area in the disc application management area, as shown in FIG.

Step 203: If it is determined that the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is greater than or equal to the preset number, the identifier information of all applications running by the electronic device is displayed in an application including the first number of sub-regions. Within the management area.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, if it is determined in the foregoing step 201 that the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is greater than or equal to the preset number, the electronic device displays an application management area including the first number of sub-regions in the display interface thereof. The first quantity is the number of applications currently running by the electronic device, and the identification information of each application running in the application is displayed in a sub-area within the application management area, and the identification information of different applications is displayed in different sub-areas. within the area.

For example, if the preset number is 3, when the electronic device runs the application 1, the application 2, the application 3, the application 4, and the application 5, and a total of 5 applications, the electronic device displays in the display interface thereof. The disc application management area including the five sector sub-areas, and the identification information "App1" of the application 1, the identification information "App2" of the application 2, the identification information "App3" of the application 3, and the application 4 The identification information "App4" and the identification information "App5" of the application 5 are respectively displayed in the respective fan-shaped sub-areas of the disc application management area, as shown in FIG.

Step 204: If receiving a target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area, managing the target application according to a target management manner corresponding to the target operation instruction.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, after the application management area is displayed in step 202 or step 203, if the electronic device receives the target operation instruction associated with at least one sub-area in the application management area, the electronic device determines to correspond to the target operation instruction. The target management method and the target application management according to the target management method. The target application is an application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the first sub-area, and the first sub-area is at least one sub-area of all sub-areas in the application management area.

Optionally, the foregoing step 204 may include: if the second operation instruction associated with the second sub-area is received, running, in the foreground, an application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the second sub-area, where The second sub-area is any one of the at least one sub-area; or, if the third operation instruction associated with the second sub-area is received, the identification information displayed in the second sub-area is closed Corresponding application; or, if receiving the fourth operation instruction associated with all the sub-areas, closing the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in all the sub-areas, thereby satisfying the management of the application running by the user electronic device, and Make operation easier and less time consuming.

The electronic device may run an application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the sub-area in the foreground, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, if the target operation instruction is a second operation instruction associated with a sub-area in the application management area. As shown, when the electronic device receives an operation instruction obtained by a single click operation in the sector sub-area displaying "App5", the electronic device can run the application 5 corresponding to "App5" in the foreground.

Alternatively, if the target operation instruction is a third operation instruction associated with a sub-area in the application management area, the electronic device may also exit the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the sub-area, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 As shown, when the electronic device receives an operation instruction obtained by a touch operation of displaying a fan-shaped sub-area of "App5" to an area outside the disc application management area, the electronic device exits the application corresponding to the "App5" operation. 5.

Of course, if the target operation instruction is the fourth operation instruction associated with all the sub-areas in the application management area, the electronic device may also close the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in all the sub-areas, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 The electronic device can simultaneously exit the running application 1, the application 2, the application 3, and the application when the electronic device receives the operation instruction obtained by the operation in the "X" shaped area at the center of the disc application management area. Program 4 and application 5 are easy to operate.

It should be noted that the second operation instruction, the third operation instruction or the fourth operation instruction may be an operation instruction obtained by any one of a touch operation, a sliding operation, a pressing operation, and a gesture operation, and is not Limited.

Further, optionally, after receiving the third operation instruction associated with the second sub-area, the step of closing the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the second sub-area may further include: applying all the applications The identification information of all the applications except the exiting running application in the program is displayed in the application management area including the second number of sub-areas, wherein the second quantity comprises: receiving the second operation Before the instruction, the difference between the number of sub-areas in the application management area and the value 1 is.

In this embodiment, when the electronic device exits running an application, the electronic device can adjust the number of sub-regions in the application management area in time, so that the adjusted application management area includes a second number of sub-areas, wherein the second quantity includes adjustment The difference between the number of sub-areas in the previous application management area and the value 1 is convenient for the user to subsequently manage the application running on the electronic device.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, if the electronic device exits the application 5 corresponding to the operation of "App5", the disc application management area of the electronic device is adjusted from five sector sub-regions to four fan-shaped sub-regions as shown in FIG. And the identification information "App1" of the application 1 running by the electronic device, the identification information "App2" of the application 2, the identification information "App3" of the application 3, and the identification information "App4" of the application 4 are respectively displayed in the The discs of the above four sector sub-areas are applied within the management area.

Of course, when the electronic device determines that all of its running applications exit, the electronic device can close the display application management area.

Optionally, after the application management area is displayed in the foregoing step 202 or the foregoing step 203, the electronic device may determine whether an operation instruction associated with any sub-area in the application management area is received within the preset duration, if the preset duration is If the operation instruction associated with any sub-area in the application management area is not received, the display application management area is closed, thereby reducing the power consumption of the electronic device, and facilitating the user to operate on the display interface not displaying the application management area.

In addition, when the sub-areas in the application management area display the identification information of the application, since the display area of each sub-area is limited, the user may not be able to accurately input operations in each sub-area, especially the sub-areas included in the application management area. When the number is large, the user's misoperation increases.

Optionally, after the application management area is displayed in the foregoing step 202 or step 203, if the touch operation in any one of the application management areas is received, determining whether the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or If the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or equal to the preset duration, the sub-region corresponding to the touch operation and the identification information displayed in the sub-region are displayed in an enlarged manner, and the electronic device zooms in and out Control the sub-area corresponding to the operation to reduce misoperation.

For example, if the preset touch duration is 1 s, when the electronic device receives the touch operation in the fan-shaped sub-area of the display “App4”, and the touch operation duration of the touch operation is greater than 1 s, the electronic device may display “ The fan-shaped sub-area of App4" is enlarged, as shown in FIG. 6.

The method for managing an application of the embodiment of the present disclosure, if receiving the first operation instruction, determining whether the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is less than a preset number; if determining an application currently running by the electronic device And displaying the identification information of all applications running by the electronic device in an application management area including the preset number of sub-areas; and determining an application currently running by the electronic device The identification information of all applications running by the electronic device is displayed in an application management area including a first number of sub-areas, where the number is greater than or equal to the preset quantity, and the first quantity is the electronic device. The number of currently running applications, so that the number of sub-areas within the displayed application management area can be adjusted according to the number of currently running applications, and the aesthetics of the displayed application management area can be improved.

Referring to FIG. 7 , FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7 , the electronic device 700 includes a first display module 701 and a management module connected to the first display module 701. 702:

The first display module 701 is configured to display, after receiving the first operation instruction, identification information of all applications running by the electronic device in an application management area including at least one sub-area, where different applications The identification information is displayed in different sub-areas;

The management module 702 is configured to: if the target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area is received, manage the target application according to a target management manner corresponding to the target operation instruction, where the target application is An application corresponding to the identifier information displayed in the first sub-area; the first sub-area is at least one of all sub-areas in the application management area.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 8, the first display module 701 includes:

The determining unit 7011 is configured to determine, if the first operation instruction is received, whether the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is less than a preset number;

The first display unit 7012 is configured to: if it is determined that the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is less than a preset number, display identification information of all applications running by the electronic device to include the preset number Within the application management area of the sub-area;

The second display unit 7013 is configured to: if it is determined that the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is greater than or equal to the preset number, the identifier information of all applications running by the electronic device is displayed in the first quantity Within the application management area of the sub-area, wherein the first number is the number of applications currently running by the electronic device.

Optionally, the management module 702 is further configured to: if the second operation instruction associated with the second sub-area is received, run the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the second sub-area in the foreground, where The second sub-area is any one of the at least one sub-area; or

If the third operation instruction associated with the second sub-area is received, the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the second sub-area is closed; or

If the fourth operation instruction associated with all the sub-areas is received, the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in all the sub-areas is closed.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 9, the electronic device 700 further includes:

a second display module 703, configured to display, in an application management area including a second number of sub-areas, identification information of an application other than the exiting application in all applications, wherein the second quantity The method includes: before the receiving the second operation instruction, the difference between the number of sub-areas in the application management area and the value 1.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 10, the electronic device 700 further includes:

The first detecting module 704 is configured to determine whether an operation instruction associated with any one of the application management areas is received within a preset time period;

The exiting display module 705 is configured to exit the display of the application management area if an operation instruction associated with any one of the application management areas is not received within the preset time period.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 11, the electronic device 700 further includes:

The second detecting module 706 is configured to determine whether the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or equal to a preset duration when receiving a touch operation in any one of the application management areas;

The zoom display module 707 is configured to zoom in and display the sub-region corresponding to the touch operation if the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or equal to the preset duration.

The electronic device 700 can implement various processes implemented by the electronic device in the method embodiments of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, and details are not described herein again to avoid repetition.

The electronic device 700 of some embodiments of the present disclosure, if receiving the first operation instruction, displaying the identification information of all applications running by the electronic device in an application management area including at least one sub-area; The target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area manages the target application according to the target management mode corresponding to the target operation instruction, and may display the identification information of all the application programs in the application management area, and according to The operation instructions associated with the first sub-area manage the application accordingly, which is convenient and time-saving.

12 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device that implements various embodiments of the present disclosure. The electronic device 1200 includes, but is not limited to, a radio frequency unit 1201, a network module 1202, an audio output unit 1203, an input unit 1204, a sensor 1205, and a display unit. 1206, a user input unit 1207, an interface unit 1208, a memory 1209, a processor 1210, and a power supply 1211. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the electronic device structure shown in FIG. 12 does not constitute a limitation on the electronic device, and the electronic device may include more or less components than those illustrated, or combine some components, or different components. Arrangement. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, electronic devices include, but are not limited to, cell phones, tablets, laptops, PDAs, car terminals, wearable devices, pedometers, and the like.

The processor 1210 is configured to display, after receiving the first operation instruction, identifier information of all applications running by the electronic device in an application management area including at least one sub-area, where different applications The identification information is displayed in different sub-areas; if the target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area is received, the target application is managed according to a target management manner corresponding to the target operation instruction, wherein the target The application is an application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the first sub-area; the first sub-area is at least one of all sub-areas in the application management area.

Optionally, the processor 1210 is further configured to: if the first operation instruction is received, determine whether the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is less than a preset number; if the application that is currently running by the electronic device is determined And displaying the identification information of all applications running by the electronic device in an application management area including the preset number of sub-areas; and determining an application currently running by the electronic device The identification information of all applications running by the electronic device is displayed in an application management area including a first number of sub-areas, where the quantity is greater than or equal to the preset quantity, wherein the first quantity is the The number of applications that the electronic device is currently running.

Optionally, the processor 1210 is further configured to: if receiving the second operation instruction associated with the second sub-area, running an application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the sub-area in the foreground; or, if receiving And the third operation instruction associated with the second sub-area closes the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the second sub-area; or, if the fourth operation instruction associated with all the sub-areas is received, all the sub-operations are closed The application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the area.

Optionally, the processor 1210 is further configured to: display, in an application management area that includes a second number of sub-areas, identifier information of an application other than the exiting application in all applications, where The second number includes a difference between the number of sub-areas in the application management area and the value 1 before receiving the second operation instruction.

Optionally, the processor 1210 is further configured to: determine whether an operation instruction associated with any one of the application management areas is received within a preset duration; if the preset time is not received within the preset duration The operation instruction associated with any sub-area in the application management area exits displaying the application management area.

Optionally, the processor 1210 is further configured to: if the touch operation in any one of the application management areas is received, determine whether the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or equal to a preset duration If the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or equal to the preset duration, the sub-region corresponding to the touch operation is displayed in an enlarged manner.

The electronic device 1200 can implement various processes implemented by the electronic device in the foregoing embodiments. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

The electronic device 1200 of some embodiments of the present disclosure, if receiving the first operation, displaying identification information of all applications running by the electronic device in an application management area including at least one sub-area; The target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area manages the target application according to the target management mode corresponding to the target operation instruction, and may display the identification information of all the application programs in the application management area, and according to the The operation instructions associated with a sub-area manage the application accordingly, which is convenient and time-saving.

It should be understood that, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the radio frequency unit 1201 may be configured to receive and transmit signals during or after receiving or transmitting information, and specifically, after receiving downlink data from the base station, processing the processor 1210; Send the uplink data to the base station. In general, radio frequency unit 1201 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio unit 1201 can also communicate with the network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The electronic device provides the user with wireless broadband Internet access through the network module 1202, such as helping the user to send and receive emails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit 1203 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 1201 or the network module 1202 or stored in the memory 1209 into an audio signal and output as sound. Moreover, the audio output unit 1203 can also provide audio output (eg, call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) associated with a particular function performed by the electronic device 1200. The audio output unit 1203 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 1204 is for receiving an audio or video signal. The input unit 1204 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 12041 and a microphone 12042, and the graphics processor 12041 images an still picture or video obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The data is processed. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 1206. The image frames processed by the graphics processor 12041 may be stored in the memory 1209 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 1201 or the network module 1202. The microphone 12042 can receive sound and can process such sound as audio data. The processed audio data can be converted to a format output that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 1201 in the case of a telephone call mode.

Electronic device 1200 also includes at least one type of sensor 1205, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor, wherein the ambient light sensor can adjust the brightness of the display panel 12061 according to the brightness of the ambient light, and the proximity sensor can close the display panel 12061 when the electronic device 1200 moves to the ear. / or backlight. As a kind of motion sensor, the accelerometer sensor can detect the acceleration of each direction (usually three axes). When it is stationary, it can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity. It can be used to identify the posture of electronic devices (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games). , magnetometer attitude calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), etc.; sensor 1205 may also include pressure sensor, iris sensor, molecular sensor, gyroscope, barometer, hygrometer, thermometer, infrared sensor, etc. , will not repeat them here.

The display unit 1206 is for displaying information input by the user or information provided to the user. The display unit 1206 can include a display panel 12061. The display panel 12061 can be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or the like.

It should be noted that the sensor 1205 includes at least a fingerprint sensor disposed on the non-display side of the display panel 12061, and the display side of the display panel 12061 is provided with a fingerprint identification area of the fingerprint sensor, so that the electronic device has the screen fingerprint recognition function. .

The user input unit 1207 can be configured to receive input numeric or character information and to generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the electronic device. Specifically, the user input unit 1207 includes a touch panel 12071 and other input devices 12072. The touch panel 12071, also referred to as a touch screen, can collect touch operations on or near the user (such as the user using a finger, a stylus, or the like on the touch panel 12071 or near the touch panel 12071. operating). The touch panel 12071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Wherein, the touch detection device detects the touch orientation of the user, and detects a signal brought by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives the touch information from the touch detection device, converts the touch information into contact coordinates, and sends the touch information. The processor 1210 receives commands from the processor 1210 and executes them. In addition, the touch panel 12071 can be implemented in various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic waves. In addition to the touch panel 12071, the user input unit 1207 can also include other input devices 12072. Specifically, other input devices 12072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as a volume control button, a switch button, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described herein.

Further, the touch panel 12071 can be overlaid on the display panel 12061. When the touch panel 12071 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel 12071 transmits to the processor 1210 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 1210 according to the touch. The type of event provides a corresponding visual output on display panel 12061. Although in FIG. 12, the touch panel 12071 and the display panel 12061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 12071 and the display panel 12061 may be integrated. The input and output functions of the electronic device are implemented, and are not limited herein.

The interface unit 1208 is an interface in which an external device is connected to the electronic device 1200. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, and an audio input/output. (I/O) port, video I/O port, headphone port, and more. The interface unit 1208 can be configured to receive input from an external device (eg, data information, power, etc.) and transmit the received input to one or more components within the electronic device 1200 or can be used at the electronic device 1200 and externally Data is transferred between devices.

Memory 1209 can be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 1209 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application required for at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may be stored according to Data created by the use of the mobile phone (such as audio data, phone book, etc.). Moreover, memory 1209 can include high speed random access memory, and can also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 1210 is a control center for the electronic device that connects various portions of the entire electronic device using various interfaces and lines, by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 1209, and recalling data stored in the memory 1209. , performing various functions and processing data of the electronic device to perform overall monitoring of the electronic device. The processor 1210 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1210 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, an application, etc., and a modulation solution The processor mainly handles wireless communication. It will be appreciated that the above described modem processor may also not be integrated into the processor 1210.

The electronic device 1200 can also include a power source 1211 (such as a battery) for powering various components. Alternatively, the power source 1211 can be logically coupled to the processor 1210 through a power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. Management and other functions.

In addition, the electronic device 1200 includes some functional modules not shown, and details are not described herein again.

Optionally, some embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an electronic device, including a processor 1210, a memory 1209, a computer program stored on the memory 1209 and executable on the processor 1210, the computer program being processed by the processor The process of implementing the above-mentioned application management method embodiment is implemented in the process of 1210, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, the computer program being executed by a processor to implement various processes of the management method embodiment of the application program, and capable of To achieve the same technical effect, to avoid repetition, we will not repeat them here. The computer readable storage medium, such as a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. The computer readable storage medium can be volatile or non-volatile.

It is to be understood that the term "comprises", "comprising", or any other variants thereof, is intended to encompass a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or device comprising a series of elements includes those elements. It also includes other elements that are not explicitly listed, or elements that are inherent to such a process, method, article, or device. An element that is defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not exclude the presence of additional equivalent elements in the process, method, item, or device that comprises the element.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the foregoing embodiment method can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be through hardware, but in many cases, the former is better. Implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure, which is essential or contributes to the related art, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, CD-ROM). The instructions include a number of instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a cell phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in various embodiments of the present disclosure.

The embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above with reference to the drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and the specific embodiments described above are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and those skilled in the art In the light of the present disclosure, many forms may be made without departing from the scope of the disclosure and the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

An application management method for an electronic device, including:

If the first operation instruction is received, the identification information of all the applications currently running by the electronic device is displayed in an application management area including at least one sub-area, wherein the identification information of different applications is displayed in different sub-ports. within the area;

And if the target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area is received, the target application is managed according to a target management manner corresponding to the target operation instruction, wherein the target application is in the first sub-area An application corresponding to the displayed identification information; the first sub-area is at least one of all sub-areas in the application management area.
The method according to claim 1, wherein if the first operation instruction is received, the identification information of all applications currently running by the electronic device is displayed in an application management area including at least one sub-area. Steps, including:

If the first operation instruction is received, determining whether the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is less than a preset number;

If it is determined that the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is less than a preset number, displaying, by using the application management area of the preset number of sub-areas, the identification information of all applications running by the electronic device;

If it is determined that the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is greater than or equal to the preset number, displaying identification information of all applications running by the electronic device in an application management area including the first number of sub-areas The first number is the number of applications currently running by the electronic device.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, if the target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area is received, the target application is managed according to a target management manner corresponding to the target operation instruction. Steps, including:

If the second operation instruction associated with the second sub-area is received, the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the second sub-area is run in the foreground, wherein the second sub-area is the at least one sub-area Any of the sub-areas; or,

If the third operation instruction associated with the second sub-area is received, the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the second sub-area is closed; or

If the fourth operation instruction associated with all the sub-areas is received, the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in all the sub-areas is closed.
The method according to claim 3, wherein, if the third operation instruction associated with the second sub-area is received, the step of closing the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the second sub-area is further include:

Displaying, in all application applications, identification information of all applications except the exiting running application in an application management area including a second number of sub-areas, wherein the second quantity comprises: receiving the Before the second operation instruction, the application management area has a difference between the number of sub-areas and the value 1.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the identification information of all applications running by the electronic device in an application management area including at least one sub-area if the first operation instruction is received After that, it also includes:

Determining whether an operation instruction associated with any sub-area in the application management area is received within a preset time period;

If the operation instruction associated with any sub-area in the application management area is not received within the preset duration, the application management area is exited.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the identification information of all applications running by the electronic device in an application management area including at least one sub-area if the first operation instruction is received After that, it also includes:

Determining whether the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or equal to a preset duration when receiving a touch operation in any one of the application management areas;

If the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or equal to the preset duration, the sub-region corresponding to the touch operation is displayed in an enlarged manner.
An electronic device comprising:

a first display module, configured to: display, after receiving the first operation instruction, identifier information of all applications currently running by the electronic device in an application management area including at least one sub-area, where different applications The identification information is displayed in different sub-areas;

a management module, configured to: if the target operation instruction associated with the first sub-area is received, manage the target application according to a target management manner corresponding to the target operation instruction, where the target application is the An application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the first sub-area; the first sub-area is at least one of all sub-areas in the application management area.
The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the first display module comprises:

a determining unit, configured to determine, if the first operation instruction is received, whether the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is less than a preset number;

a first display unit, configured to: if it is determined that the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is less than a preset number, display identification information of all applications running by the electronic device to include the preset number of sub- Within the application management area of the area;

a second display unit, configured to: if it is determined that the number of applications currently running by the electronic device is greater than or equal to the preset number, the identifier information of all applications running by the electronic device is displayed in the first quantity Within the application management area of the sub-area, wherein the first quantity is the number of applications currently running by the electronic device.
The electronic device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the management module is further configured to: if the second operation instruction associated with the second sub-area is received, run the identifier displayed in the second sub-area in the foreground An application corresponding to the information, wherein the second sub-area is any one of the at least one sub-area; or

If the third operation instruction associated with the second sub-area is received, the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in the second sub-area is closed; or

If the fourth operation instruction associated with all the sub-areas is received, the application corresponding to the identification information displayed in all the sub-areas is closed.
The electronic device of claim 9, further comprising:

a second display module, configured to display, in an application management area including a second number of sub-areas, identification information of all applications except the exiting running application in all applications, wherein the second quantity The method includes: before the receiving the second operation instruction, the difference between the number of sub-areas in the application management area and the value 1.
The electronic device of claim 7, further comprising:

a first detecting module, configured to determine whether an operation instruction associated with any one of the application management areas is received within a preset time period;

And exiting the display module, if the operation instruction associated with any sub-area in the application management area is not received within the preset time period, exiting displaying the application management area.
The electronic device of claim 7, further comprising:

The second detecting module is configured to determine whether the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or equal to a preset duration when receiving a touch operation in any one of the application management areas;

The zoom display module is configured to zoom in and display the sub-region corresponding to the touch operation if the touch duration of the touch operation is greater than or equal to the preset duration.
An electronic device comprising: a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, the processor executing the computer program to implement any of claims 1 to 6 A step in the management method of the described application.
A computer readable storage medium comprising: programs and data stored on the computer readable storage medium, wherein the processor implements any of claims 1 to 6 when the processor executes the program and data A step in the management method of the described application.