WO2021197264A1

WO2021197264A1 - Interface display method and electronic device

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Publication number: WO2021197264A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/083587
Authority: WO
Inventors: 熊博
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2020-03-30
Filing date: 2021-03-29
Publication date: 2021-10-07
Also published as: CN111459356A

Abstract

An interface display method and an electronic device. The method comprises: an electronic device receiving a first input of a user for a first application icon on a desktop of the electronic device, wherein the first application icon comprises a first identifier; in response to the first input, the electronic device displaying M application icons, wherein each of the M application icons comprises the first identifier, the M application icons comprise the first application icon, and M is a positive integer; the electronic device receiving a second input of the user for a second application icon in the M application icons; and in response to the second input, the electronic device displaying an interface of an application indicated by the second application icon.

Description

Interface display method and electronic equipment

Cross-references to related applications

This application claims the priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 202010239102.4 filed in China on March 30, 2020, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communication technology, and in particular to an interface display method and electronic equipment.

Background technique

With the development of electronic devices (such as smart phones), electronic devices can install more and more applications (Application, App). In addition, the installed APPs will be arranged and displayed on the desktop of the electronic device in the form of icons.

In the related art, as the number of APPs installed in an electronic device increases, icons of the installed APPs will be displayed on multiple interfaces on the desktop of the electronic device. When the user searches for the icon of a certain APP, the user can search for the icon of the APP in the interface where the icon of the APP is displayed by switching various interfaces in the desktop. As such, the process of searching for the icon of the APP is cumbersome and time-consuming, and the searching efficiency is low.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the present invention provides an interface display method and electronic device, which can solve the problem of cumbersome and time-consuming process of searching for an APP icon and low searching efficiency.

In order to solve the above technical problems, this application is implemented as follows:

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an interface display method applied to an electronic device. The method includes: the electronic device receives a user's first input of a first application icon on the desktop of the electronic device. Including a first identifier; in response to the first input, the electronic device displays M application icons, each of the M application icons includes a first identifier, and the M application icons include the first application icon, M is a positive integer; the electronic device receives the user's second input to the second application icon among the M application icons; in response to the second input, the electronic device displays the interface of the application indicated by the second application icon.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention also provides an electronic device, which includes a receiving module and a display module; the above receiving module is configured to receive a user's first input of a first application icon on the desktop of the electronic device, The first application icon includes a first identifier; the display module is configured to display M application icons in response to the first input received by the receiving module, and each application icon of the M application icons includes the first identifier, The foregoing M application icons include the foregoing first application icon, and M is a positive integer; the foregoing receiving module is also used to receive a second input from a user to a second application icon of the M application icons; the foregoing display module is also used to respond In the second input received by the receiving module, the interface of the application indicated by the second application icon is displayed.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor. The computer program is executed by the processor to achieve the following On the one hand, the steps of the interface display method.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the interface display method as described in the first aspect are implemented. .

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the electronic device receives the user's first input of the first application icon on the desktop of the electronic device, it searches for and displays the first application icon on the first application icon according to the first identifier on the first application icon. M application icons containing the first identifier, and then, when the electronic device receives a second input from the user to the second application icon in the above M application icons, the electronic device can directly display the information indicated by the second application icon The interface of the application. In this way, the electronic device can trigger the display of multiple application icons in the same group through one application icon through the group marking method, which reduces the time for searching for application icons and improves the efficiency of searching for application icons.

Description of the drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a possible Android operating system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of an interface display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is one of the schematic diagrams of an interface applied by an interface display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a second schematic diagram of an interface applied by an interface display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a third schematic diagram of an interface applied by an interface display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a fourth schematic diagram of an interface applied by an interface display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a fifth schematic diagram of an interface applied by an interface display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a sixth schematic diagram of an interface applied by an interface display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a seventh schematic diagram of an interface applied by an interface display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a possible structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of this application.

It should be noted that the "/" in this article means or, for example, A/B can mean A or B; the "and/or" in this article is only an association relationship describing associated objects, indicating that there may be three A relationship, for example, A and/or B, can mean that: A alone exists, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone.

It should be noted that the "plurality" in this article refers to two or more than two.

It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used as examples, illustrations, or illustrations. Any embodiment or design solution described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present invention should not be construed as being more preferable or advantageous than other embodiments or design solutions. To be precise, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to present related concepts in a specific manner.

It should be noted that, in order to facilitate the clear description of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, in the embodiments of the present invention, the words "first", "second", etc. are used for the same or similar items with basically the same function or effect. Distinguishing, those skilled in the art can understand that words such as "first" and "second" do not limit the quantity and execution order. For example, the first input and the second input are used to distinguish different inputs, not to describe a specific order of input.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the "application icon" is used to indicate an application program. Exemplarily, the above-mentioned application icon may be an icon of an application program indicated by the application icon, or may be another icon used to identify the application program. Further, the above-mentioned application program may be a third-party application program (for example, an application (App)) downloaded in the electronic device, or may be a functional application program pre-installed in the electronic device, etc. The embodiment of the present invention is this No restrictions.

The execution subject of the interface display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be an electronic device (including mobile electronic devices and non-mobile electronic devices), or may be a functional module and/or function in the electronic device that can implement the interface display method The entity can be specifically determined according to actual use requirements, and is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention. In the following, an electronic device is taken as an example to illustrate an interface display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the present invention may be a mobile electronic device or a non-mobile electronic device. Mobile electronic devices can be mobile phones, tablets, laptops, palmtops, in-vehicle electronic devices, wearable devices, ultra-mobile personal computers (UMPC), netbooks, or personal digital assistants (personal digital assistants, PDAs) The non-mobile electronic device may be a personal computer (PC), a television (television, TV), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, etc.; the embodiment of the present invention does not specifically limit it.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the present invention may be an electronic device with an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

The following uses the Android operating system as an example to introduce a software environment to which an interface display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, it is a schematic structural diagram of a possible Android operating system provided by an embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 1, the architecture of the Android operating system includes 4 layers, which are: application layer, application framework layer, system runtime library layer, and kernel layer (specifically, it may be the Linux kernel layer).

Among them, the application layer includes various applications (including system applications and third-party applications) in the Android operating system.

The application framework layer is the framework of the application. Developers can develop some applications based on the application framework layer while complying with the development principles of the application framework.

The system runtime layer includes a library (also called a system library) and an Android operating system runtime environment. The library mainly provides various resources needed by the Android operating system. The Android operating system operating environment is used to provide a software environment for the Android operating system.

The kernel layer is the operating system layer of the Android operating system and belongs to the lowest level of the Android operating system software level. The kernel layer is based on the Linux kernel to provide core system services and hardware-related drivers for the Android operating system.

Taking the Android operating system as an example, in the embodiment of the present invention, a developer can develop a software program that implements an interface display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention based on the system architecture of the Android operating system as shown in FIG. This interface display method can be run based on the Android operating system as shown in FIG. 1. That is, the processor or the electronic device can implement the interface display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention by running the software program in the Android operating system.

An interface display method and electronic device provided by embodiments of the present invention: The electronic device groups APP icons in the electronic device in advance, so that the same grouping identifier is displayed on each type of APP icon. In this way, when the user carries on the desktop When the APP icon of a certain group identification is input for the first time, the electronic device can display multiple APP icons carrying the group identification on the desktop, thereby displaying multiple APP icons in the group to the user, thereby facilitating the user to quickly find it later The APP icon in the group.

The solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a desktop application icon search scenario of an electronic device.

Take the desktop of an electronic device containing three desktop pages (such as desktop page 1, desktop page 2, and desktop page 3) as an example. Among them, desktop page 1 is the main desktop page of the desktop, and the APP icon A is displayed on desktop page 1. , The APP icon B is displayed on the desktop page 2, and the APP icon C and the APP icon D are displayed on the desktop page 3. In the related art, if the user wants to view these 4 APP icons, he needs to slide left and right to switch the desktop page to view, which makes the entire search process cumbersome and inefficient. According to the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device divides the aforementioned APP icon A, APP icon B, APP icon C, and APP icon D into one group in advance, and the aforementioned four APP icons all include the same group identifier. The displayed desktop page is the main desktop page. Therefore, the user can touch the APP icon A on the main desktop page to display the APP icon B, APP icon C, and APP icon on the other two desktop pages on the main desktop page. D, so that users can view APP icons in the same group on other desktop pages without switching desktop pages, thereby improving the search efficiency of APP icons.

Hereinafter, an interface display method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the following drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, an interface display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes steps 201 to 204:

Step 201: The electronic device receives a user's first input of a first application icon on the desktop of the electronic device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first application icon is at least one application icon on the desktop.

Exemplarily, the desktop of the above electronic device includes one or more desktop pages, and one or more application icons are displayed on each desktop page. For example, as shown in Figure 3, the desktop of the electronic device includes three desktop pages, namely desktop page 1 (Figure 3 (a), 31), and desktop page 2 (Figure 3 (b)) 32), desktop page 3 (33 in (c) in Figure 3). Among them, 5 APP icons are displayed on the desktop page 1 (app icon 1, APP icon 2, APP icon 3, APP icon 4, APP icon 5), and 2 APP icons are displayed on the desktop page 2 (respectively It is APP icon 6 and APP icon 7), and two APP icons (app icon 8 and APP icon 9 respectively) are displayed on the above-mentioned desktop page 3.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first input may be: a user's touch input on the first application icon on the desktop of the electronic device, or a voice command input by the user, or a specific gesture input by the user, which may be specifically It is determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention. Exemplarily, the aforementioned touch input may be a click input or a press input of the user.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first application icon includes a first identifier. That is, the above-mentioned first application icon is provided with a first identification.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned application icon may be an icon of an application program.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first application icon is one of all application icons of the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the foregoing first identifier is used to identify the group corresponding to the first application icon.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first identifier may be: geometric figures, pictures, characters, etc., which can be specifically set according to actual needs, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first identifier may be displayed at any position of the first application icon (for example, the upper left corner, upper right corner, lower left corner, lower right corner of the first application icon, etc.), specifically It can be set according to actual needs, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first identifier may include one or more group identifiers, and each group identifier corresponds to a group. It can be understood that, when the electronic device in the embodiment of the present invention groups application programs, the same application icon may be divided into one or more groups.

For example, in conjunction with FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 4, the desktop page 2 of the electronic device displays two APP icons, which are APP icon 6 and APP icon 7, respectively. Among them, the APP icon 6 shows the group identification 1 (34 in Figure 4), that is, the application corresponding to the APP icon 6 is divided into the group 1 corresponding to the group identification 1; two group identifications are displayed on the APP icon 7 , Respectively are group ID 2 (35 in Figure 4) and group ID 3 (36 in Figure 4), that is, the application corresponding to APP icon 7 is divided into group 2 and group ID 3 corresponding to group ID 2 at the same time Corresponding group 2.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, before receiving the first input, the electronic device can classify the application programs in the electronic device, thereby realizing the grouping of application icons, so that the user can subsequently search for application icons. Multiple application icons in the same group can be viewed at the same time, which improves the viewing efficiency of application icons.

Exemplarily, when the electronic device classifies the application program, it can be classified according to a predetermined classification rule. Further, the aforementioned predetermined classification rule includes at least one of the following: according to the usage frequency of the application, the application function corresponding to the application (for example, payment function, game function, video function, communication function, etc.), download time of the application, etc.

In an example, if the predetermined classification rule is to classify the application according to the frequency of use of the application, the electronic device divides a frequency range into multiple frequency intervals in advance, and each frequency interval corresponds to an application category. For example, if the usage frequency of a certain application program is in frequency range 1, the application program is classified into the application program category corresponding to frequency range 1.

In an example, if the predetermined classification rule is a classification rule that is classified according to the application function of the application, the electronic device can set the application type according to the application function. In this way, for any application, the electronic device can be classified according to the application function. The application functions contained in any application determine the application category of the application. For example, if the application program 1 includes a payment function and a communication function, the electronic device can simultaneously classify the application program 1 into the "finance" category corresponding to the payment function and the "chat" category corresponding to the communication function.

In an example, if the predetermined classification rule is a classification rule that is classified according to the download time of the application, the electronic device divides a plurality of time intervals in advance, and each time interval corresponds to an application category. For example, if the download time of a certain application program is in the time interval 1, the application program is divided into the application program category corresponding to the time interval 1. Generally, application categories divided by time zone may include: "recent download" application category, and "early download" application category.

Step 202: In response to the above-mentioned first input, the electronic device displays M application icons.

In the embodiment of the present invention, each of the above-mentioned M application icons includes a first identifier, that is, each of the above-mentioned M application icons is provided with a first identifier, and the above-mentioned M application icons include the above The first application icon, M is a positive integer.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above M application icons are application icons installed on the desktop page of the electronic device. Exemplarily, after the electronic device classifies the application programs in the electronic device, it groups the application icons of these applications, and the application icons in the same group are set with the same group identifier, so that the electronic device can subsequently have the The application icon identified by the group finds other application icons in the same group.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, in the case where the first application icon on the desktop page of the electronic device is set with the first identifier, in order to facilitate the user to find the application icon, the electronic device receives the user After the first input of an identified application icon, the application icons with the same group identification can be classified and displayed.

Exemplarily, before the foregoing step 202, the interface display method provided in the embodiment of the present invention further includes the following step 202a:

Step 202a: The electronic device obtains M application icons with the first identification set on the desktop of the electronic device according to the above-mentioned first identification.

In an example, after receiving the first input, the electronic device will obtain the first identifier on the first application icon, and then use the first identifier as an index to search for all the first identifiers in the electronic device. Then, select M application icons from these application icons for display, or directly display all the above-mentioned application icons carrying the first identifier.

In this way, by adding a group identifier to the application, the electronic device can display one or more application icons belonging to the same group to the user at the same time.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the electronic device obtains the M application icons in the same group as the first application icon, the electronic device may simultaneously display the above M application icons on the same interface, displaying the above M application icons. Application icons.

Exemplarily, the foregoing step 202 may include step 202b:

Step 202b: In response to the above-mentioned first input, the electronic device displays a first interface on the above-mentioned desktop.

Exemplarily, the foregoing first interface includes M application icons.

Exemplarily, the first logo may or may not be displayed on the M application icons in the above-mentioned first interface. Specifically, it can be set according to actual needs, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned first interface may be displayed on the desktop page of the first electronic device in a floating manner. Exemplarily, the user can change the display position of the first interface by dragging the first interface. For example, the first interface will move on the desktop page of the first electronic device with the drag input of the user.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned first interface may be floating and displayed on the desktop page of the first electronic device with a preset transparency. For example, if the preset transparency is marked as T1, the value range of T1 may be 0%<T1<100 %. In addition, the first interface may also be displayed on the desktop page of the first electronic device with high brightness or low brightness, which is not limited in the present invention.

For example, in conjunction with Fig. 3, as shown in Fig. 5(a), the current desktop page of the electronic device is desktop page 1. When the user wants to view all APP icons grouped corresponding to APP icon 2 (that is, the above-mentioned first application icon) When the time, the user can long press the APP icon 2 (that is, the above-mentioned first input). At this time, as shown in Figure 5 (b), since the APP icon 6 in the desktop page 2 and the APP icon 9 in the desktop page 3 belong to the same group as the APP icon 2, the electronic device will be on the desktop page 1. The first interface (41 in Figure 5(b)) is superimposed and displayed, and the APP icon 2, the APP icon 6, and the APP icon 9 (that is, the above-mentioned M application icons) are displayed on the first interface 41.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned M application icons are also displayed on the desktop, and the above-mentioned first identifier is displayed on the M application icons on the desktop.

Exemplarily, the foregoing M application icons may be application icons on the same desktop page on the desktop, or may be application icons on different desktop pages on the desktop, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Exemplarily, before the electronic device receives the first input, the above M application icons are desktop icons displayed on the desktop, and corresponding group identifiers are set on the desktop icons. In this way, after the electronic device receives the user's first input to the first application icon, it can directly display one or more application icons in the same group as the first application icon to the user, which improves the efficiency of searching application icons.

Step 203: The electronic device receives the second input of the user on the second application icon among the above M application icons.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned second application icon is at least one of the above-mentioned M application icons.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned second input may be: the user’s touch input on the second application icon, or the user’s voice instruction, or the user’s specific gesture, which can be specifically determined according to actual usage requirements. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited.

Step 204: In response to the above-mentioned second input, the electronic device displays the interface of the application program indicated by the above-mentioned second application icon.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the interface of the application indicated by the second application icon may be the main interface of the application or any functional interface of the application, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the second input, the electronic device starts the application indicated by the second application icon and displays the interface of the application indicated by the second application icon.

For example, in conjunction with Figure 5, as shown in Figure 6 (a), if the user wants to open the application indicated by the APP icon 6 displayed in the first interface 41, the user can directly click on the APP icon 6 (that is, the above-mentioned first Two input). At this time, as shown in FIG. 6(b), the electronic device will display the main interface of the application indicated by the APP icon 6 (42 in FIG. 6(b)).

According to the interface display method provided by the implementation of the present invention, after the electronic device receives the user's first input of the first application icon on the desktop of the electronic device, it searches for and displays the electronic device according to the first identifier on the first application icon. The device contains M application icons with the first identification. Then, when the electronic device receives a second input from the user to the second application icon among the M application icons, the electronic device can directly display the second application icon The interface of the indicated application. In this way, the electronic device can trigger the display of multiple application icons in the same group through one application icon through the group marking method, which reduces the time for searching for application icons and improves the efficiency of searching for application icons.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when multiple application icons are displayed on the desktop page of the electronic device, in order to facilitate the user to find the application icons, the application icons can be grouped by setting a group identifier for the application icons. .

Exemplarily, before the above step 201, the interface display method provided in the embodiment of the present invention further includes steps 201c1 to 201c4:

Step 201c1: The electronic device receives the third input of the user on the third application icon on the desktop.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned third application icon is one of M application icons.

Step 201c2: In response to the aforementioned third input, the electronic device displays an identity setting interface.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned identity setting interface is used to set a group identity for at least the aforementioned third application icon.

Step 201c3: The electronic device receives the user's fourth input on the aforementioned identity setting interface.

Step 201c4: In response to the foregoing fourth input, the electronic device sets the foregoing first identifier for at least one application icon.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the at least one application icon includes a third application icon, and the at least one application icon is an application icon among the M application icons.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned third input may be: the user's touch input on the third application icon on the desktop of the electronic device, or a voice command input by the user, or a specific gesture input by the user, which can be specifically determined according to actual usage requirements. , The embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Exemplarily, the aforementioned logo setting interface may set a group logo for the third application icon.

Exemplarily, when the electronic device sets the group logo for the third application icon, it can select the position, size and style of the group logo to be added in the logo setting interface. It should be noted that the style of the group logo can be a style preset in the logo setting interface, or a user-defined style. For example, taking a user-defined style as an example, the logo setting interface displays a control to open the local gallery. After the user triggers the control, the local gallery will be displayed. The user can select a picture in the local gallery as the group logo.

Exemplarily, the aforementioned identity setting interface may be an identity setting interface dedicated to setting a group identity for the third application icon, that is, after receiving the third input, the electronic device can directly set the group identity for the third application icon; and/ Or, the above-mentioned identification setting interface can set a general identification setting interface for group identification of application icons, that is, after receiving the third input, the electronic device can directly set the group identification for all or part of the application icons in the electronic device. The implementation of the present invention The example does not limit this.

For example, in conjunction with Figure 3, as shown in Figure 7 (a), when the user wants to set a grouping identifier for the APP icon 9, the user can double-click the APP icon 9 (that is, the third input above), as shown in Figure 7 (b) As shown in ), the electronic device will display an identification setting interface (51 in Figure 7 (b)), wherein the identification setting interface 51 displays a group identification list, and the group identification list contains at least one group identification. Next, if the user wants to divide the application corresponding to the APP icon 9 into the group corresponding to the group ID 1, the user can click on the group ID 1 on the ID setting interface 51 (that is, the fourth input above, as shown in Figure 7 (b) 52) in ). At this time, as shown in (c) in FIG. 7, the electronic device can display the group identifier 1 in the lower left corner of the APP icon 9 (52 in (c) in FIG. 7).

In this way, the electronic device can set the group identification for the application icons in the electronic device through the identification setting interface, so that the user can quickly distinguish the belonging group of the application program, thereby improving the search efficiency of the application icon.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, in the case where the above-mentioned first identifier includes multiple group identifiers, in order to improve the search efficiency of application icons, the user may select part of the group identifiers to display the associated application icons.

In an example, if the first identifier set by the first application icon includes N group identifiers, the above step 202 may include the following steps 202d1 to 202d3:

Step 202d1: In response to the first input, the electronic device displays a second interface.

Wherein, the foregoing N group identifiers are displayed on the foregoing second interface.

Step 202d2: The electronic device receives the user's fifth input of the target group identifier among the above-mentioned N group identifiers.

Exemplarily, the foregoing target group identifier is at least one of the foregoing N group identifiers.

Step 202d3: In response to the fifth input, the electronic device displays M application icons.

Wherein, the foregoing M application icons are application icons indicated by the target group identifier.

For example, in conjunction with FIG. 4, there are two group identifiers set on the APP icon 7, which are group identifier 2 and group identifier 3. At this time, as shown in Figure 8 (a), if the user only wants to view the application icon of the group corresponding to the group identifier 3, he can press and hold the APP icon 7 (that is, the first input above). At this time, as shown in Figure 8 As shown in (b), the electronic device displays a second interface (61 in FIG. 8(b)), and the group identifier 2 and the group identifier 3 are displayed on the second interface 61. Then, the user can click the group identifier 3 (that is, the above-mentioned fifth input), so that the electronic device displays the application icon indicated by the group identifier 3.

In another example, in the case where the first identifier set on the first application icon includes N group identifiers, if each group identifier set on the first application icon can be touched, the first input It is: the user's first input of the target group identifier among the N group identifiers. In this way, after receiving the user's first input of the target group identifier among the N group identifiers, the electronic device can directly display the application icon indicated by the target group identifier.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the application icons in the electronic device may also be grouped by setting a grouping folder. That is, each group folder corresponds to a group, and all application icons contained in each group folder belong to the same group.

Exemplarily, the electronic device may set multiple grouped folders, and then, the user may drag each application icon on the desktop of the electronic device to the folder icon of the corresponding grouped folder to complete the grouping.

Further optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the folder icon of the grouped folder includes: a first sub-icon and a second sub-icon, and the second sub-icon is the original folder icon corresponding to the grouped folder.

In an example, the above-mentioned first sub-icon is at least one application icon in the group folder, or the above-mentioned first sub-icon may be a user-defined icon.

In an example, the folder icon of the grouped folder further includes a third sub-icon, and the third sub-icon is a circular mark surrounding the first sub-icon and the second sub-icon.

It should be noted that the aforementioned first sub-icon is usually set as an icon that can reflect the grouping category of the grouped folder, that is, the aforementioned first sub-icon can usually be regarded as the "cover" of the grouped folder. In this way, the user can intuitively understand the grouping category of the grouping folder through the "cover" of the grouping folder.

Exemplarily, the application icon in any group folder is provided with the group identifier of any group folder. It should be noted that, in addition to the group identifier of any group folder, other group identifiers can be set on the application icon in any of the above grouped folders, that is, the application icon in any grouped folder can be set to one Or multiple group identifiers, which are not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

For example, in conjunction with Figure 3 above, as shown in Figure 9(a), if the user wants to set the APP icon 1, APP icon 4, and APP icon 5 displayed on the desktop page 1 to the same group, the user can set the APP icon 4 Drag to the display position of the APP icon 1. At this time, the electronic device will create a folder on the desktop page 2, and then drag the APP icon 5 to the folder, as shown in Figure 9 (b) As shown, the folder contains APP icon 1, APP icon 4, and APP icon 5 (71 in Figure 9 (b)). The display size of APP icon 1 occupies half of the folder, and the user can follow The APP icon 1 determines the grouping type of the folder, and then can view other application icons in the folder.

In this way, the electronic device can not only group application icons by creating a folder, but also set group identification for the application icons in the folder. The combination of the above multiple grouping methods improves the search efficiency of application icons. .

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present invention, the interface display methods shown in the drawings of the above methods are all exemplified in conjunction with a drawing in the embodiment of the present invention. In specific implementation, the interface display methods shown in the figures of the above methods can also be implemented in combination with any other figures that can be combined as illustrated in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a possible structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, the electronic device 600 includes a receiving module 601 and a display module 602, wherein:

The receiving module 601 is configured to receive a user's first input of a first application icon on the desktop of the electronic device 600. The first application icon includes a first identifier; the display module 602 is configured to respond to the first application icon received by the receiving module 601. Input and display M application icons, each of the M application icons includes a first identifier, the M application icons include the above-mentioned first application icon, and M is a positive integer; the receiving module 601 is also used for receiving The user's second input to the second application icon in the above M application icons; the display module 602 is further configured to display the interface of the application indicated by the above second application icon in response to the second input received by the receiving module 601.

Optionally, the display module 602 is specifically configured to display a first interface on the above-mentioned desktop, and the first interface includes the above-mentioned M application icons.

Optionally, the foregoing M application icons are also displayed on the foregoing desktop, and the foregoing first identifier is displayed on the M application icons on the desktop.

Optionally, the above-mentioned electronic device 600 further includes a setting module 603; the receiving module 601 is further configured to receive a third input from the user to the third application icon in the above-mentioned desktop, and the third application icon is one of the above-mentioned M application icons. One; the display module 602, which is also used to display the logo setting interface in response to the third input received by the receiving module 601, the logo setting interface is used to set the logo for at least the third application icon; the receiving module 601 is also used to receive the user The fourth input on the above-mentioned identification setting interface; the setting module 603 is configured to respond to the fourth input received by the receiving module 601 and set a first identification for at least one application icon, the at least one application icon includes a third application icon, the The at least one application icon is an application icon in the above M application icons.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 10, the modules that must be included in the electronic device 600 are indicated by solid lines, such as the receiving module 601; the modules that may or may not be included in the electronic device 600 are indicated by dashed frames, such as the setting module 603.

According to the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the user's first input of the first application icon on the desktop of the electronic device, the electronic device will search for and display the electronic device according to the first identifier on the first application icon. The device contains M application icons with the first identification. Then, when the electronic device receives a second input from the user to the second application icon among the M application icons, the electronic device can directly display the second application icon The interface of the indicated application. In this way, the electronic device can trigger the display of multiple application icons in the same group through one application icon through the group marking method, which reduces the time for searching for application icons and improves the efficiency of searching for application icons.

The electronic device provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the electronic device in the foregoing method embodiment. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device implementing various embodiments of the present invention. The electronic device 100 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 101, a network module 102, an audio output unit 103, an input unit 104, a sensor 105, and a display unit 106, a user input unit 107, an interface unit 108, a memory 109, a processor 110, and a power supply 111 and other components. Those skilled in the art can understand that the structure of the electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 11 does not constitute a limitation on the electronic device. The electronic device 100 may include more or less components than those shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or Different component arrangements. In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 100 includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, and a pedometer.

The user input unit 107 is configured to receive a user's first input of a first application icon on the desktop of the electronic device, the first application icon includes a first identifier; the processor 110 is also configured to respond to the user input unit 107 The received first input displays M application icons, each of the above-mentioned M application icons includes a first identifier, the above-mentioned M application icons include the above-mentioned first application icon, and M is a positive integer; the user input unit 107 , Used to receive a second input from the user to the second application icon in the above M application icons; the processor 110 is also used to display the application indicated by the second application icon in response to the second input received by the user input unit 107 Interface.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 101 can be used for receiving and sending signals in the process of sending and receiving information or talking. Specifically, the downlink data from the base station is received and processed by the processor 110; in addition, Uplink data is sent to the base station. Generally, the radio frequency unit 101 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 frequency unit 101 can also communicate with the network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The electronic device 100 provides users with wireless broadband Internet access through the network module 102, such as helping users to send and receive emails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit 103 can convert the audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output it as sound. Moreover, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the electronic device 100 (for example, call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 104 is used to receive audio or video signals. The input unit 104 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the graphics processor 1041 is configured to monitor images of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. Data is processed. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 106. The image frame processed by the graphics processor 1041 may be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or sent via the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102. The microphone 1042 can receive sound, and can process such sound into audio data. The processed audio data can be converted into a format that can be sent to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 101 for output in the case of a telephone call mode.

The electronic device 100 further includes at least one sensor 105, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor. The ambient light sensor can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of the ambient light. The proximity sensor can close the display panel 1061 and the display panel 1061 when the electronic device 100 is moved to the ear. / Or backlight. As a kind of motion sensor, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in various directions (usually three axes), and can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and 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, percussion), etc.; sensor 105 can also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, Infrared sensors, etc., will not be repeated here.

The display unit 106 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, and the display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), etc.

The user input unit 107 may be used to receive input numeric or character information, and generate key signal input related to user settings and function control of the electronic device 100. Specifically, the user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071, also called a touch screen, can collect the user's touch operations on or near it (for example, the user uses any suitable objects or accessories such as fingers, stylus, etc.) on the touch panel 1071 or near the touch panel 1071. operate). The touch panel 1071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Among them, the touch detection device detects the user's touch position, detects the 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 it into contact coordinates, and then sends it To the processor 110, the command sent by the processor 110 is received and executed. In addition, the touch panel 1071 can be implemented in multiple types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 1071, the user input unit 107 may also include other input devices 1072. Specifically, other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control buttons, switch buttons, etc.), trackball, mouse, and joystick, which will not be repeated here.

Further, the touch panel 1071 can be overlaid on the display panel 1061. When the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation on or near it, it transmits it to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 determines the type of touch event according to the touch. The type of event provides corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061. Although in FIG. 11, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are used as two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device 100, but in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 can be combined. The input and output functions of the electronic device 100 are realized by integration, which is not specifically limited here.

The interface unit 108 is an interface for connecting an external device with the electronic device 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power source (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device with an identification module, audio input/output (I/O) port, video I/O port, headphone port, etc. The interface unit 108 can be used to receive input (for example, data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements in the electronic device 100 or can be used to connect to the electronic device 100 and the external device. Transfer data between devices.

The memory 109 can be used to store software programs and various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc.; Data created by the use of mobile phones (such as audio data, phone book, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory 109 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage devices.

The processor 110 is the control center of the electronic device 100, which uses various interfaces and lines to connect the various parts of the entire electronic device 100, runs or executes the software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 109, and calls the storage in the memory 109 , Execute various functions of the electronic device 100 and process data, so as to monitor the electronic device 100 as a whole. The processor 110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, where the application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface, and application programs, etc. The adjustment processor mainly deals with wireless communication. It can be understood that the foregoing modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The electronic device 100 may also include a power source 111 (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components. Optionally, the power source 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. Management and other functions.

In addition, the electronic device 100 includes some functional modules not shown, which will not be repeated here.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and running on the processor 110. The computer program implements the foregoing one when executed by the processor. Each process of the embodiment of the interface display method can achieve the same technical effect. In order to avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium. In order to avoid repetition, I won’t repeat them here. Wherein, the computer-readable storage medium, such as read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM for short), random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM for short), magnetic disk, or optical disk, etc.

It should be noted that in this article, the terms "include", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, It also includes other elements that are not explicitly listed, or elements inherent to the process, method, article, or device. If there are no more restrictions, the element defined by the sentence "including a..." does not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or device that includes the element.

Through the description of the above implementation manners, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment method can be implemented by means of software plus the necessary general hardware platform, of course, it can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is better.的实施方式。 Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this application essentially or the part that contributes to the existing technology can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, The optical disc) includes several instructions to make an electronic device (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) execute the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the application are described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiments. The above-mentioned specific embodiments are only illustrative and not restrictive. Those of ordinary skill in the art are Under the enlightenment of this application, many forms can be made without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims, all of which fall within the protection of this application.

Claims

An interface display method, applied to an electronic device, the method including:

Receiving a user's first input on a first application icon on the desktop of the electronic device, where the first application icon includes a first identifier;

In response to the first input, M application icons are displayed, each of the M application icons includes the first identifier, the M application icons include the first application icon, and M is Positive integer

Receiving a second input from a user to a second application icon in the M application icons;

In response to the second input, the interface of the application indicated by the second application icon is displayed.
The method according to claim 1, wherein said displaying M application icons comprises:

A first interface is displayed on the desktop, and the first interface includes the M application icons.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the M application icons are also displayed on the desktop, and the M application icons on the desktop are all displayed with the first identifier.
The method according to claim 1, wherein before the receiving the first input of the user to the first application icon, the method further comprises:

Receiving a third input from a user to a third application icon in the desktop, where the third application icon is one of the M application icons;

In response to the third input, a logo setting interface is displayed, where the logo setting interface is used to set a logo for the third application icon;

Receiving a user's fourth input on the logo setting interface;

In response to the fourth input, the first identifier is set for at least one application icon, the at least one application icon includes the third application icon, and the at least one application icon is an application among the M application icons icon.
An electronic device including a receiving module and a display module;

The receiving module is configured to receive a user's first input of a first application icon on the desktop of the electronic device, the first application icon including a first identifier;

The display module is configured to display M application icons in response to the first input received by the receiving module, each of the M application icons includes the first identifier, and the M Each application icon includes the first application icon, and M is a positive integer;

The receiving module is further configured to receive a second input of a user to a second application icon in the M application icons;

The display module is further configured to display the interface of the application program indicated by the second application icon in response to the second input received by the receiving module.
The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the display module is specifically configured to display a first interface on the desktop, and the first interface includes the M application icons.
7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the M application icons are also displayed on the desktop, and the first identification is displayed on the M application icons on the desktop.
The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the electronic device further comprises a setting module;

The receiving module is further configured to receive a third input from a user to a third application icon in the desktop, where the third application icon is one of the M application icons;

The display module is further configured to display a logo setting interface in response to the third input received by the receiving module, where the logo setting interface is used to set a logo for at least the third application icon;

The receiving module is further configured to receive a fourth input of the user on the identity setting interface;

The setting module is configured to, in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module, set the first identifier for at least one application icon, the at least one application icon includes the third application icon, and the at least One application icon is an application icon among the M application icons.
An electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and capable of running on the processor. The computer program is executed by the processor to implement any of claims 1 to 4 One of the steps of the interface display method.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the interface display method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 are realized.