WO2022242542A1

WO2022242542A1 - Application icon management method and electronic device

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Publication number: WO2022242542A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/092500
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王汉琦
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2021-05-19
Filing date: 2022-05-12
Publication date: 2022-11-24
Also published as: CN113268182A; CN113268182B

Abstract

The present application relates to the field of electronic devices. Disclosed are an application icon management method, and an electronic device. The method comprises: receiving a first input of a user for a first application icon; in response to the first input, adjusting the size of the first application icon from a first size to a second size, wherein the second size is greater than the first size, and in the case that the size of the first application icon is the second size, the first application icon has a folder icon attribute; receiving a second input of the user for a second application icon and the first application icon; and in response to the second input, displaying a first identifier at a target location of the first application icon, the first identifier being used for indicating a first folder, and the first folder comprising the second application icon.

Description

Application icon management method and electronic device

Cross References to Related Applications

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202110545619.0 filed in China on May 19, 2021, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

technical field

The present application belongs to the field of electronic equipment, and in particular relates to a method for managing application icons and electronic equipment.

Background technique

With the popularization of smart mobile terminals and the rapid development of the mobile Internet, more and more applications are installed in users' electronic devices, such as shopping, travel, clothing, film and television, etc. The number of application icons is also gradually increasing, so it is necessary to manage the various types and quantities of application icons.

The current management method for application icons usually uses the folder function on the desktop of the electronic device, and the user drags one or more application icons into the folder, and displays the folder icons on the desktop. When the user clicks on the folder icon, the app icons contained in the folder can be displayed. However, in this way, if there is an application icon corresponding to an application program frequently used by the user in a folder, the user needs to click to enter the folder and find the corresponding icon before starting the corresponding application program. It can be seen that in the existing method for managing application icons, the convenience of interactive operation of application icons is relatively low during the user's use process.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the embodiments of the present application is to provide a method for managing application icons and an electronic device, which can solve the problem that the existing method for managing application icons is less convenient for interactive operation of application icons during user use.

In the first aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a method for managing application icons, the method including:

receiving a user's first input on a first application icon;

In response to the first input, adjusting the size of the first application icon from a first size to a second size, wherein the second size is larger than the first size, and the size of the first application icon is In the case of the second size, the first application icon has a folder icon attribute;

receiving a second input from a user on a second application icon and the first application icon;

In response to the second input, a first logo is displayed at the target position of the first application icon, the first logo is used to indicate a first folder, and the first folder includes the second application icon .

In the second aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides an application icon management device, the device includes:

A first receiving module, configured to receive a user's first input to the first application icon;

A first adjustment module, configured to adjust the size of the first application icon from a first size to a second size in response to the first input, wherein the second size is larger than the first size, and in the When the size of the first application icon is the second size, the first application icon has a folder icon attribute;

A second receiving module, configured to receive a user's second input on the second application icon and the first application icon;

A first display module, configured to display a first logo at a target position of the first application icon in response to the second input, where the first logo is used to indicate a first folder, and in the first folder The second application icon is included.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, the electronic device includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and operable on the processor, and the program or instruction is The processor implements the steps of the method described in the first aspect when executed.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented .

In the fifth aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions, to achieve the first aspect the method described.

In this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may receive a first input to the first application icon, and in response to the first input, adjust the size of the first application icon from the first size to the second size, at the first When the size of the application icon is the second size, the first application icon has the folder icon attribute. In this way, when the electronic device receives a second input to the second application icon and the first application icon, it can respond to the second input by displaying the first logo indicating the folder at the target position of the first application icon, and the file The folder includes the second application icon, and the user can display the second application icon by inputting the first identification, so that by changing the size of the first application icon, the first application icon has the function of accommodating other application icons. While reducing the number of application icons on the system desktop, the hierarchical management of application icons is realized, and the convenience of interactive operation of application icons is improved.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for managing application icons provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a desktop of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 3A is one of the operation diagrams provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 3B is the second operation schematic diagram provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Figure 4A is the third schematic diagram of the operation provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 4B is the fourth operation schematic diagram provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Figure 4C is the fifth schematic diagram of the operation provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 5A is the sixth operation schematic diagram provided by the embodiment of this application;

Fig. 5B is the seventh operation schematic diagram provided by the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of a device for managing application icons provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is one of the structural diagrams of the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is the second structural diagram of the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the application will be clearly described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the application, not all of them. All other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in this application belong to the protection scope of this application.

The terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific sequence or sequence. It should be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that references to "first," "second," etc. distinguish Objects are generally of one type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, there may be one or more first objects. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally means that the related objects are an "or" relationship.

The method for managing application icons provided by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below through specific embodiments and application scenarios with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a flowchart of the steps of a method for managing application icons provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The method can be applied to electronic devices. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes:

Step 101. Receive a first input on a first application icon.

Step 102: Responding to the first input, adjust the size of the first application icon from the first size to a second size, wherein the second size is larger than the first size, and in the first application icon When the size of the icon is the second size, the first application icon has a folder icon attribute.

Step 103, receiving a second input from the user on the second application icon and the first application icon.

Step 104: In response to the second input, display a first logo at the target position of the first application icon, where the first logo is used to indicate a first folder, and the first folder includes the first application icon. Two application icons.

In the above step 101, the above-mentioned first input may be a touch input on the above-mentioned first application icon, including but not limited to single-click, double-click, long-press, slide or drag input and the like.

For example, in order to distinguish it from the existing touch input, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned first input may include a long press and a drag operation, and the user may first press and hold the first application icon to make the first application icon enter In the size adjustment mode, drag the edge of the first application icon, so that the size of the first application icon is adjusted from the first size to the second size.

Of course, in other optional embodiments, the above-mentioned first input can also be the voice input or gesture input of the user for the above-mentioned first application icon, and when the user is inconvenient to touch the electronic device, the above-mentioned steps are triggered in a non-contact manner 102.

Generally, in the usage scenarios of electronic devices, the sizes of the various application icons on the system desktop are often consistent. However, in the embodiment of the present application, the system desktop of the electronic device may have multiple application icons of different sizes as shown in Figure 2. By arranging the application icons of different sizes on the system desktop, a new visual effect can be created for the system desktop. effect, that is, it can enhance the aesthetics of the desktop display of the electronic device.

In this way, in some application scenarios, the user can increase the size of the application icon corresponding to the frequently used application program among the application icons on the system desktop, so as to facilitate the user to find and start the frequently used application program.

Specifically, in order to make the above application icons have a certain sense of hierarchy, if the size of the smallest application icon is defined as 1*1, then the size of other application icons can be 1*2, 2*1 or 2*2, etc. . Referring to Figure 2, if the size of application icons C to F in Figure 2 is defined as 1*1, then the size of application icons H and I can be 2*1, and the size of application icons A, B, G, and J The size can be 2*2. That is, there may be an integer multiple relationship between the size of the application icons of different sizes and the size of the smallest application icon, so as to increase the cleanliness and order of the system desktop.

The above-mentioned first size may be the size of the smallest application icon, for example, 1*1. The above-mentioned second size may be any size larger than the first size, such as 1*2, 2*1 or 2*2, etc., which may be set according to actual needs.

On this basis, the embodiment of the present application may propose a new application icon management method for application icons of different sizes. When the user adjusts the size of the first application icon from the first size to the second size through the first input, the above-mentioned first application icon may have a folder icon attribute.

It should be understood that the attribute of the folder icon may be understood as that the first application icon has a function of storing application icons in the folder icon. Specifically, for the above-mentioned first application icon, if its size is the second size, the electronic device may create a database associated with the above-mentioned first application icon, and the above-mentioned first application icon may be associated with at least one application icon , so that the icon information of the application icon is stored in the database corresponding to the first application icon.

The above-mentioned database is used to store the icon information of the application icon, and there is a one-to-one correspondence between the database and the first folder, which means that the application icon is added to the first folder corresponding to the first application icon. When the user input is received, the electronic device may invoke the above database to obtain application icon information in the database corresponding to the first application icon, so as to display the application icons contained in the folder.

At the same time, the electronic device may also perform related processing corresponding to the first application icon according to user input, such as running the application program of the first application icon, uninstalling the application program of the first application icon, and so on.

In a word, when the above-mentioned first application icon has the second size, the above-mentioned first application icon has both the application icon attribute and the folder icon attribute, and the user can implement the first application icon through different inputs to the above-mentioned first application icon. The operation of the corresponding application program or the first folder corresponding to the first application icon.

In the above step 103 and step 104, the user may associate the second application icon with the first application icon through a second input on the second application icon and the first application icon. The above-mentioned second input may be a user's touch input, voice input or gesture input, etc., which may be set according to actual conditions. Exemplarily, referring to FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B or FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B , the user can move the second application icon to the above-mentioned first application icon to realize the above-mentioned second application icon and the above-mentioned first application icon association. To avoid misoperation, the electronic device may add the second application icon to the first folder when it detects that the overlapping area of the second application icon and the first application icon is greater than or equal to a preset area.

In the above case, the second application icon originally located on the system desktop can be stored in the first folder corresponding to the first application icon, so that the user can perform a second input on the second application icon and the first application icon to organize the system desktop. In this way, the first application icon can still be displayed on the system desktop, and the second application icon is stored in the first folder corresponding to the first application icon, reducing the number of application icons on the system desktop.

After that, in order to remind the user that there is a second application icon in the first folder corresponding to the first application icon, the electronic device may display a first logo on the first application icon, and the first logo indicates that the first folder . It can be understood that the above-mentioned first identifier may be an interactive control, and indicates the first folder corresponding to the first application icon. In this way, when the user inputs the first identifier, the electronic device can display the application icons included in the first folder, so that the user can acquire the second application icons in the first folder.

It should be noted that the electronic device may also add other application icons to the first folder corresponding to the first application icon according to the user performing the same input as the second application icon on the other application icons.

The above-mentioned target location may be a preset location. For example, referring to FIG. 3A , the above-mentioned first logo may be displayed at the upper right corner of the application icon J in FIG. 3A .

In some application scenarios, the user can determine the application icon with higher frequency of use among multiple application programs of the same type as the above-mentioned first application icon through user input according to the frequency of use, and the other application icons with lower frequency of use It is determined as the second application icon, so that application icons of other similar application programs can be acquired through the second input to the first application icon. While reducing the number of application icons on the system desktop, it is convenient for the user to perform operations on the application program corresponding to the first application icon, making the management of application icons more layered and improving user experience.

In this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may receive a first input to the first application icon, and in response to the first input, adjust the size of the first application icon from the first size to the second size, at the first When the size of the application icon is the second size, the first application icon has the folder icon attribute. In this way, when the electronic device receives a second input on the second application icon and the first application icon, in response to the second input, the first logo indicating the first folder can be displayed at the target position of the first application icon , the first folder includes the second application icon, and the user can display the second application icon by inputting the first identification, so that the first application icon can accommodate other application icons by changing the size of the first application icon Function, while reducing the number of application icons on the system desktop, it realizes hierarchical management of application icons and improves the convenience of interactive operation of application icons.

Optionally, after the above step 104, the method may further include:

receiving a third input from the user on the first identification;

In response to the third input, a list of application icons is displayed, the list of application icons including the second application icon.

In the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned third input is similar to the above-mentioned first input and second input, and may be a touch input, or may be a voice input or a gesture input. In a specific implementation manner, the above-mentioned third input may be a user's click operation on the above-mentioned first identification. When the electronic device receives the third input, the application icon list may be displayed, and the application icon list may include the second application icon in the folder indicated by the first identifier. Taking a specific implementation as an example, if the size of the above-mentioned first application icon is the second size, the electronic device may create a database associated with the first application icon, and after the user performs the above-mentioned second input, the above-mentioned second application icon The icon information of can be stored in the above-mentioned database. After the user performs the third input, the electronic device may call the database, and display the list of application icons according to the icon information stored in the database. When the user clicks the target icon in the application icon list, the application program corresponding to the target icon can be run.

It should be noted that the electronic device can detect in real time whether there is application icon information in the corresponding database for each application icon with the second size, and if there is application icon information, the corresponding application icon with the second size can be If there is no application icon information, the logo will not be displayed.

It can be understood that, when the electronic device receives the user's input on the first application icon, except for the first logo, it can perform an operation associated with the input on the above-mentioned first application icon, such as starting the second application icon. An application program corresponding to an application icon or a mobile first application icon, etc.

It can be known from the above content that the electronic device may also add other application icons to the folder corresponding to the first application icon according to the user performing the same input on the other application icons as the second application icon.

Therefore, while the above application icon list includes the second application icon, it may also include other application icons added to the folder corresponding to the above first application icon, which may be displayed together according to the third input of the user.

The display manner of the above application icon list may be set according to actual needs. For example, in a specific implementation manner, referring to FIG. 3B , the list of application icons may be displayed below the first identifier in a drop-down list. In other optional implementation manners, the above list of application icons may also be displayed on a newly created page of the electronic device.

It can be understood that the above application icon list may include icon information of the second application icon, and may also include information such as the name of the application program corresponding to the second application icon, so that the user can determine the application that needs to be operated in the application icon list. Second app icon.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device receives the third input of the first identifier, it may display the second application icon in the form of a list of application icons. In this way, when the electronic device receives input on the first application icon, except for the first logo, it can perform operations on the first application icon by dividing different interaction areas on the first application icon. to implement different operations on the first application icon or the second application icon respectively, which can improve the convenience of interaction. At the same time, displaying the above-mentioned second application icon in the form of an application icon list can make the display of the application icon more convenient, and at the same time, the application icon list can also contain more information, so that the user can confirm the second application icon to be operated.

Optionally, the above step 104 may specifically include:

detecting sizes of the first application icon and the second application icon in response to the second input;

If the size of the first application icon is greater than or equal to a preset threshold and the size of the second application icon is smaller than the preset threshold, display the first application icon at the target position of the first application icon. indicates that the preset threshold is less than or equal to the second size.

In this embodiment of the application, due to the size of the first application icon, the size of the second application icon can be smaller than the size of the first application icon, and the user can drag the small icon to the large icon to drag the small icon Icons are stored in folders corresponding to large icons.

Specifically, the electronic device may first detect the sizes of the first application icon and the second application icon when receiving a second input from the user on the second application icon and the first application icon. When the size of the first application icon is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, and the size of the second application icon is smaller than the preset threshold, adding the second application icon to the first folder corresponding to the first application icon , and display the first logo at the target position of the first application icon.

The preset threshold may be smaller than or equal to the second size. For example, if the second size is 2*2, the preset threshold may also be 2*2. When the electronic device detects that the size of the first application icon is larger than or equal to 2*2, and the size of the second application icon is smaller than 2*2, the above-mentioned second application icon can be added to the first folder corresponding to the above-mentioned first application icon, and in the above-mentioned first application icon The target position of the icon displays the above-mentioned first logo.

And if the size of the first application icon is smaller than 2*2, the electronic device may execute the existing process of creating a folder and storing the first application icon and the second application icon in the folder. If the size of the second application icon is greater than or equal to 2*2, the electronic device may further detect whether there is an application icon in the folder corresponding to the second application icon, and then perform subsequent operations.

In this way, in this embodiment of the present application, after the electronic device receives the second input, it detects the size of the first application icon and the second application icon, so as to store the small icon in the folder corresponding to the large icon, so that the user can use the Adjust the size of application icons to realize the management of application icons of different sizes, further improving the convenience of interaction.

Optionally, after the above step 104, the method may further include:

receiving a user's fourth input on a third application icon and the first application icon, where the size of the third application icon is greater than or equal to the second size;

In response to the fourth input, the first application icon and the third application icon are stacked and displayed in the display area of the first application icon.

It can be seen from the above that, in the electronic device, when the size of the application icon is the second size, the application icon can have the folder icon attribute. In the embodiment of the present application, for the user's input of two application icons with folder icon attributes, such as the user's fourth input for the above-mentioned first application icon and the third application icon, the electronic device may respond to the fourth input, In the original display area of the first application icon, the above-mentioned first application icon and the third application icon are stacked and displayed.

It should be noted that, after the above-mentioned first application icon and the third application icon are stacked and displayed, they have a hierarchical relationship, that is, the application icon on the upper layer is an icon that can be used for interactive operations, while the application icon on the lower layer is not. Interaction icon. The electronic device may further adjust the hierarchical relationship between the first application icon and the third application icon by receiving user input.

For example, referring to FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C , if in FIG. 4A , application icon J is the first application icon, and the display sizes of application icon G and application icon J are both 2*2, then application icon G is the third application icon. icon, the user can move the application icon G to the application icon J, and when the electronic device detects that the overlapping area of the application icon G and the application icon J is larger than the preset area, the application icon G and the application icon J can be stacked and displayed as shown in Figure 4C .

In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device can display two application icons with folder icon attributes in a cascaded manner through user input, thereby reducing the occupation of the system desktop by the application icons, while also retaining the above-mentioned first application icon and second application icon. Three app icon folder properties.

Optionally, the stacked positional relationship between the first application icon and the third application icon may also be determined according to different inputs. For example, if the first application icon is dragged onto the third application icon, the first application icon is located on the upper layer of the third application icon; if the third application icon is dragged onto the first application icon, the third application icon Located on top of the first application icon.

Optionally, in response to the fourth input, cascading displaying the first application icon and the third application icon in the display area of the first application icon includes:

In response to the fourth input, displaying the first application icon in a third size in a display area of the first application icon;

Displaying the third application icon in a fourth size at the first position of the first application icon, the fourth size being smaller than the third size;

A second logo is displayed at a second position of the first application icon, the second logo is used to indicate a second folder, and the second folder includes at least one fourth application associated with the third application icon icon.

In this embodiment of the present application, the step of displaying the first application icon and the third application icon in a stack may include displaying the first application icon in a third size in the display area of the first application icon, and then displaying the first application icon in the first application icon The first position of the icon is to display the above-mentioned third application icon in a fourth size.

It can be understood that the size of the above-mentioned third size may be the same as the size of the above-mentioned second size, that is, the above-mentioned first application icon may maintain the original size for display, and at this time, the size of the display area of the above-mentioned first application icon is different. Change. Of course, the display area of the above-mentioned first application icon can be changed according to the size relationship between the second size and the third size, that is, when the size of the above-mentioned third size is different from the size of the second size, the above-mentioned first application icon The size of the icon display area can be adjusted from the original second size to a third size, and the above-mentioned first application icon is displayed in the above-mentioned third size.

After the step of displaying the first application icon with the third size, or while the first application icon is displayed with the third size, the electronic device may display the first application icon at the first position with the third size. The third application icon is displayed in four sizes, and the second logo is displayed at the second position of the first application icon. At this time, the above-mentioned first application icon and the third application icon have a hierarchical relationship, the above-mentioned third application icon and the second logo are displayed on the upper layer, or in the foreground, and the user can input the above-mentioned third application icon and the above-mentioned second logo . The above-mentioned first application icon is a lower layer, or displayed in the background. In order to avoid misuse, the user cannot input the first application icon at this time, and at the same time, the first identification of the above-mentioned first application icon can be hidden and displayed.

Similar to the above-mentioned embodiment, the above-mentioned second identifier may indicate a second folder corresponding to the above-mentioned third application icon, and the above-mentioned second folder may include at least one fourth application icon associated with the above-mentioned third application icon, so that the user may When inputting the second identifier, the electronic device may display the at least one fourth application icon in the form of a list of application icons.

The fourth size of the stacked displayed third application icon may be smaller than the third size of the above-mentioned first application icon, so as to indicate that the above-mentioned third application icon and the first application icon are displayed in a stacked manner, and at the same time, the user can know that the third application icon is located in the third application icon. Information about the first app icon displayed under the icon.

The above-mentioned first position and second position can be set according to actual needs. For example, referring to FIG. 4C , in FIG. 4C , the third application icon may be displayed in the lower left corner of the first application icon, and the second logo may be displayed in the upper right corner of the first application icon. Certainly, in other optional embodiments, the above-mentioned second logo may also be displayed at a preset position of the above-mentioned third application icon, which will not be repeated here.

It can be understood that the electronic device may also add at least one application icon to the second folder corresponding to the third application icon displayed on the upper layer, ie, the foreground, according to the user's input. For example, the application icon is added to the above-mentioned second folder by dragging and dropping the application icon to the above-mentioned second identification.

In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may display the first application icon in the above-mentioned third size, and display the third application icon in the first position of the first application icon in the fourth size, because the fourth size is smaller than the third Size, so that when cascading and displaying two application icons with folder icon attributes, the size of the icons displayed in the foreground and background can be adaptively adjusted, so that the user can know the application icon in the background. At the same time, the user can obtain the fourth application icon in the second folder corresponding to the third application icon located in the foreground by inputting the above-mentioned second identification, which improves the user experience.

Optionally, after the step of cascadingly displaying the first application icon and the third application icon in the display area of the first application icon, the method further includes:

receiving a fifth input from the user on the third application icon;

Resizing the third application icon to the third size and displaying the first application icon in the fourth size at a third position of the third application icon in response to the fifth input ;

A third identification is displayed at a fourth position of the third application icon, and the third identification is used to indicate the first folder.

In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may switch the display levels of the first application icon and the third application icon according to the fifth input of the user. The above-mentioned fifth input may be a user's touch input, for example, the user performs a horizontal slide, long press, or double-click operation on the above-mentioned third application icon. After receiving the fifth input from the user on the third application icon, the electronic device may adjust the size of the third application icon to a third size, and display it in a fourth size at the third position of the third application icon The above-mentioned fourth application icon also realizes switching the above-mentioned first application icon to the upper layer or the foreground display, and switching the third application icon to the lower layer or the background display. At this time, the above-mentioned second logo can be hidden and displayed.

Similarly, the fourth position of the above-mentioned third application icon may display a third logo, and the above-mentioned third logo may indicate the first folder corresponding to the above-mentioned first application icon, so that when the user performs input on the third logo, obtain to the second app icon in the first folder.

It can be understood that the electronic device may also add at least one application icon to the first folder corresponding to the first application icon displayed on the upper layer, ie, the foreground, according to the user's input. For example, the application icon is added to the above-mentioned first folder by dragging and dropping the application icon to the above-mentioned third identifier.

In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device can switch the display levels of the stacked displayed first application icon and third application icon according to the fifth input of the user, so that the user can execute the first application icon originally located in the lower layer or displayed in the background, As well as the input of the above-mentioned third identifier, the convenience of interaction is further improved.

Optionally, after the above step 104, the above method may further include:

receiving a sixth input from the user on the first application icon;

In response to the sixth input, the second application icon is displayed in the display area of the first application icon.

In this embodiment of the present application, the second application icon included with the above-mentioned first folder may also be hidden behind the above-mentioned first application icon. The sixth input may be a sliding input, and the user may also trigger the display of the second application icon through a sliding input on the first application icon.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 5A to FIG. 5B , the sixth input may be a touch operation of sliding from a first position of the first application icon to a second position. After receiving the sixth input, the electronic device may display the second application icon in the display area of the first application icon in response to the sixth input. It can be understood that the display size of the second application icon can be adaptively adjusted so as to be displayed in the display area of the first application icon.

It can be known from the above content that there may be an integer multiple relationship between application icons of different display sizes and the size of the application icon with the smallest display size. Therefore, when the first folder contains other application icons, the display area of the first application icon Multiple application icons may be displayed. Due to the limited display area of the above-mentioned first application icon, in the embodiment of the present application, there may be a maximum value of the number of application icons in the above-mentioned first folder, and the maximum value can be set so that the display area of the above-mentioned first application icon can display at most The number of application icons, so that the user can check the application icons in the first folder.

Of course, in other optional embodiments, if the number of application icons in the above-mentioned and first folder is greater than the maximum number of application icons that can be displayed in the display area of the first application icon, the user can continue to swipe to input and view the above-mentioned The application icons in the first folder can be specifically set according to actual needs.

It can be understood that, when the electronic device receives an input other than the sliding input on the first application icon, an operation on the first application icon may be performed. For example, when the user clicks the first application icon, the application corresponding to the first application icon is started.

In the embodiment of the present application, the user can perform different operations on the first application icon or the first folder through different inputs to the above-mentioned first application icon, which can improve the convenience of the user when interacting with the application icon. At the same time, by displaying the second application icon in the display area of the first application icon, the display of the application icons can be more orderly.

The specific implementation process of the present application will be explained below in conjunction with specific application scenarios.

Referring to FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B , FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B show a specific process for the user to associate an application icon with a smaller display size with an application icon with a larger display size. For ease of understanding, in the following process, the application icons C to F with the smallest sizes shown in Figure 3A and Figure 3B are defined as the unit size, that is, the size is 1*1, and the size of application icons H and I is 2*1. Icons A, B, G, and J have an app icon size of 2*2.

The user can manually adjust the display size of the application icon. When the display size of the application icon is enlarged to 2*2, the application icon has the function of associating and storing the application icon with a size of 1*1.

Similar to the desktop management method of ordinary mobile phones, the user can long press the application icon C2s to make the application icon C moveable. At this time, the user can drag the icon on the desktop to move it to the application icon J.

When the application icon C is dragged onto the application icon J, the electronic device can detect whether the display size of the application icon J is 2*2. J income folder.

If yes, a drop-down button can be displayed on the upper right corner of the application icon J, and the application icon C can be dragged to the position where the above-mentioned drop-down button is located, that is, the icon information and name information of the application icon C can be added to the application icon corresponding to the above-mentioned application icon J. collection of app icons. It should be understood that the above drop-down button may be displayed when the application icon J has an application icon associated therewith.

At this time, the electronic device can record the icon information and name information of the application program associated with the above application icon J in the preset database, so that after the user clicks the drop-down button, the electronic device can read the application program associated with the above application icon J. The icon information and name information of the application program of the corresponding application program display the application icon associated with the application icon J.

Referring to FIG. 3B , FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of displaying a list of application icons associated with the application icon J after the user clicks the drop-down button. When the user clicks an application icon in the application icon list, the user can directly jump to the application program corresponding to the application icon.

Further, referring to FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C , FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C show a specific process for the user to associate two application icons with large display sizes. The display sizes of the application icons G and J are both 2*2. At this time, if the user drags the application icon G onto the application icon J, after the electronic device detects that the display size of the above two icons is 2*2, it will The application icon G is stacked and displayed on the application icon J, and the display size of the application icon G is adaptively reduced. Click the drop-down button on the application icon G to display the application icon in the folder corresponding to the application icon G as shown in FIG. 4B , and click other areas on the application icon G to start the application program corresponding to the application icon G.

At the same time, the user can also double-click the application icon G to switch the application icon J to the upper display as shown in FIG. 4C , so as to operate the application icon J.

Referring to FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B , FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B show another flow for the user to associate an application icon with a smaller display size with an application icon with a larger display size. In this embodiment, it can be defined that when the display size of the application icon is larger than 1*1, the application icon has the function of associating and storing the application icon with a size of 1*1.

Similar to the above embodiment, the user can press and hold the application icon C for 2s to make the application icon C moveable. At this time, the user can drag the icon on the desktop to move it to the application icon H.

When the application icon C is dragged onto the application icon H, the electronic device can detect whether the display size of the application icon H is larger than 1*1. H income folder.

If yes, the above application icon C can be hidden behind the application icon H, and the user can hide the application icon H through a horizontal sliding operation on the application icon H, and display the application icon C hidden behind the icon before. When the user clicks any of the icons, the user can jump to the application corresponding to the application icon.

In the above two methods, the application icon with a larger display size can be associated with the application icon with a smaller display size. Small application icons reduce the number of application icons on the system desktop, realize hierarchical management of application icons, and improve the convenience for users to interact with application icons.

It should be noted that, the application icon management method provided in the embodiment of the present application may be executed by the application icon management device, or a control module in the application icon management device for executing the application icon management method. In the embodiment of the present application, the method for managing application icons executed by the device for managing application icons is taken as an example to describe the device for managing application icons provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Referring to FIG. 6, the present application provides an application icon management device 600, including:

The first receiving module 601 is configured to receive a user's first input on the first application icon;

The first adjustment module 602 is configured to adjust the size of the first application icon from a first size to a second size in response to the first input, wherein the second size is larger than the first size, and When the size of the first application icon is the second size, the first application icon has a folder icon attribute;

The second receiving module 603 is configured to receive a second input from the user on the second application icon and the first application icon;

The first display module 604 is configured to display a first logo at the target position of the first application icon in response to the second input, the first logo is used to indicate a first folder, and the first folder Include the second app icon in .

In this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may receive the first input of the first application icon through the first receiving module 601, and respond to the first input through the first adjustment module 602, and adjust the size of the first application icon by The first size is adjusted to the second size, and when the size of the first application icon is the second size, the first application icon has the folder icon attribute. In this way, when the electronic device receives the second input of the second application icon and the first application icon through the second receiving module 603, it can respond to the second input through the first display module 604, and display the The target location displays a first logo indicating the first folder, the first folder includes the second application icon, and the user can display the second application icon by inputting the first logo, thereby changing the size of the first application icon , so that the first application icon has the function of storing other application icons, while reducing the number of application icons on the system desktop, the hierarchical management of application icons is realized, and the convenience of interactive operation of application icons is improved.

Optionally, the device also includes:

A third receiving module, configured to receive a third input from a user on the first identification;

The second display module is configured to display a list of application icons including the second application icon in response to the third input.

Optionally, the first display module 604 includes:

a detecting unit, configured to detect sizes of the first application icon and the second application icon in response to the second input;

A first display unit, configured to, when the size of the first application icon is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, and the size of the second application icon is smaller than the preset threshold, display on the first application icon The target position displays the first logo, and the preset threshold is smaller than or equal to the second size.

Optionally, the device also includes:

A fourth receiving module, configured to receive a user's fourth input on the third application icon and the first application icon, where the size of the third application icon is greater than or equal to the second size;

The third display module is configured to display the first application icon and the third application icon in a stacked manner in the display area of the first application icon in response to the fourth input.

Optionally, the third display module includes:

a second display unit, configured to display the first application icon in a third size in a display area of the first application icon in response to the fourth input;

A third display unit, configured to display the third application icon in a fourth size at the first position of the first application icon, the fourth size being smaller than the third size;

The fourth display unit is configured to display a second logo at the second position of the first application icon, the second logo is used to indicate a second folder, and the second folder includes the same folder as the third application icon. Associated at least one fourth application icon.

Optionally, the device also includes:

A fifth receiving module, configured to receive a fifth input from the user on the third application icon;

A second adjustment module, configured to adjust the size of the third application icon to the third size in response to the fifth input and adjust the size of the third application icon to the fourth size at the third position of the third application icon displaying the first application icon;

A fourth display module, configured to display a third mark at a fourth position of the third application icon, where the third mark is used to indicate the first folder.

The device 600 for managing application icons in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The device may be a mobile electronic device or a non-mobile electronic device. Exemplarily, the mobile electronic device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a handheld computer, a vehicle electronic device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), a netbook or a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant). assistant, PDA), etc., non-mobile electronic devices can be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), personal computer (personal computer, PC), television (television, TV), teller machine or self-service machine, etc., this application Examples are not specifically limited.

The device for managing application icons in this embodiment of the present application may be a device with an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, which are not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The device for managing application icons provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement various processes implemented by the method embodiments in FIG. 1 to FIG. 5B , and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 7 , the embodiment of the present application further provides an electronic device 700, including a processor 701, a memory 702, and programs or instructions stored in the memory 702 and operable on the processor 701, When the program or instruction is executed by the processor 701, each process of the above embodiment of the method for managing application icons can be realized, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that the electronic devices in the embodiments of the present application include the above-mentioned mobile electronic devices and non-mobile electronic devices.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device 800 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 801, a network module 802, an audio output unit 803, an input unit 804, a sensor 805, a display unit 806, a user input unit 807, an interface unit 808, a memory 809, and a processor 810, etc. part.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the electronic device 800 can also include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power supply can be logically connected to the processor 810 through the power management system, so that the management of charging, discharging, and function can be realized through the power management system. Consumption management and other functions. The structure of the electronic device shown in FIG. 8 does not constitute a limitation to the electronic device. The electronic device may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine some components, or arrange different components, and details will not be repeated here. .

Wherein, the input unit 804 is configured to receive the user's first input on the first application icon;

The processor 810 is configured to, in response to the first input, adjust the size of the first application icon from a first size to a second size, wherein the second size is larger than the first size, and in the When the size of the first application icon is the second size, the first application icon has a folder icon attribute.

The input unit 804 is further configured to receive a second input from the user on the second application icon and the first application icon;

The display unit 806 is configured to display a first logo at the target position of the first application icon in response to the second input, where the first logo is used to indicate a first folder, and the first folder includes The second application icon.

Optionally, the input unit 804 is further configured to receive a third input from the user on the first identifier;

The display unit 806 is further configured to display an application icon list in response to the third input, where the application icon list includes the second application icon.

Optionally, the processor 810 is further configured to detect sizes of the first application icon and the second application icon in response to the second input;

Optionally, the input unit 804 is further configured to receive a fourth input from the user on the third application icon and the first application icon, where the size of the third application icon is greater than or equal to the second size;

The display unit 806 is further configured to display the first application icon and the third application icon in a stacked manner in the display area of the first application icon in response to the fourth input.

Optionally, the display unit 806 is further configured to, in response to the fourth input, display the first application icon in a third size in the display area of the first application icon;

Optionally, the input unit 804 is also configured to receive a fifth input from the user on the third application icon;

The processor 810 is further configured to, in response to the fifth input, adjust the size of the third application icon to the third size and at the third position of the third application icon with the fourth size displaying the first application icon;

The display unit 806 is further configured to display a third identifier at a fourth position of the third application icon, where the third identifier is used to indicate the first folder.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the input unit 804 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 8041 and a microphone 8042, and the graphics processor 8041 is used for the image capture device ( Such as the image data of the still picture or video obtained by the camera) for processing. The display unit 806 may include a display panel 8061, and the display panel 8061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 807 includes a touch panel 8071 and other input devices 8072 . The touch panel 8071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 8071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 8072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control buttons, switch buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be repeated here. Memory 809 may be used to store software programs as well as various data, including but not limited to application programs and operating systems. The processor 810 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes operating systems, user interfaces, and application programs, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communications. It can be understood that the foregoing modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 810 .

The embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, the readable storage medium may be nonvolatile or volatile, the readable storage medium stores programs or instructions, and the programs or instructions are stored in When executed by the processor, each process of the above embodiment of the method for managing application icons can be implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the electronic device described in the above embodiments. The readable storage medium includes computer readable storage medium, such as computer read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), magnetic disk or optical disk, etc.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to realize the implementation of the above application icon management method Each process of the example, and can achieve the same technical effect, in order to avoid repetition, will not repeat them here.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be called system-on-chip, system-on-chip, system-on-a-chip, or system-on-a-chip.

It should be noted that, in this document, the term "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article or apparatus comprising a set of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent in the process, method, article, or device. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus comprising that element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved. Functions are performed, for example, the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, and of course also by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of computer software products, which are stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, etc.) , optical disc), including several instructions to enable a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in various embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations. The above-mentioned specific implementations are only illustrative and not restrictive. Those of ordinary skill in the art will Under the inspiration of this application, without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims, many forms can also be made, all of which belong to the protection of this application.

Claims

A method for managing application icons, comprising:

receiving a user's first input on a first application icon;

In response to the first input, adjusting the size of the first application icon from a first size to a second size, wherein the second size is larger than the first size, and the size of the first application icon is In the case of the second size, the first application icon has a folder icon attribute;

receiving a second input from a user on a second application icon and the first application icon;

In response to the second input, a first logo is displayed at the target position of the first application icon, the first logo is used to indicate a first folder, and the first folder includes the second application icon .
The method according to claim 1, wherein after the first logo is displayed at the target position of the first application icon, the method further comprises:

receiving a third input from the user on the first identification;

In response to the third input, a list of application icons is displayed, the list of application icons including the second application icon.
The method according to claim 1, wherein in response to the second input, displaying the first logo at the target position of the first application icon comprises:

detecting sizes of the first application icon and the second application icon in response to the second input;

If the size of the first application icon is greater than or equal to a preset threshold and the size of the second application icon is smaller than the preset threshold, display the first application icon at the target position of the first application icon. indicates that the preset threshold is less than or equal to the second size.
The method according to claim 1, wherein after the first logo is displayed at the target position of the first application icon, the method further comprises:

receiving a user's fourth input on a third application icon and the first application icon, the size of the third application icon being greater than or equal to the second size;

In response to the fourth input, the first application icon and the third application icon are stacked and displayed in the display area of the first application icon.
The method according to claim 4, wherein in response to the fourth input, cascading displaying the first application icon and the third application icon in the display area of the first application icon comprises:

In response to the fourth input, displaying the first application icon in a third size in a display area of the first application icon;

Displaying the third application icon in a fourth size at the first position of the first application icon, the fourth size being smaller than the third size;

A second logo is displayed at a second position of the first application icon, the second logo is used to indicate a second folder, and the second folder includes at least one fourth application associated with the third application icon icon.
The method according to claim 5, wherein after the step of cascadingly displaying the first application icon and the third application icon in the display area of the first application icon, the method further comprises:

receiving a fifth input from the user on the third application icon;

Resizing the third application icon to the third size and displaying the first application icon in the fourth size at a third position of the third application icon in response to the fifth input ;

A third identification is displayed at a fourth position of the third application icon, and the third identification is used to indicate the first folder.
A device for managing application icons, comprising:

A first receiving module, configured to receive a user's first input to the first application icon;

A first adjustment module, configured to adjust the size of the first application icon from a first size to a second size in response to the first input, wherein the second size is larger than the first size, and in the When the size of the first application icon is the second size, the first application icon has a folder icon attribute;

A second receiving module, configured to receive a user's second input on the second application icon and the first application icon;

A first display module, configured to display a first logo at a target position of the first application icon in response to the second input, where the first logo is used to indicate a first folder, and in the first folder The second application icon is included.
The device according to claim 7, further comprising:

A third receiving module, configured to receive a third input from a user on the first identification;

The second display module is configured to display a list of application icons including the second application icon in response to the third input.
The device according to claim 7, the first display module comprising:

a detecting unit, configured to detect sizes of the first application icon and the second application icon in response to the second input;

A first display unit, configured to, when the size of the first application icon is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, and the size of the second application icon is smaller than the preset threshold, display on the first application icon The target position displays the first logo, and the preset threshold is smaller than or equal to the second size.
The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

A fourth receiving module, configured to receive a user's fourth input on the third application icon and the first application icon, where the size of the third application icon is greater than or equal to the second size;

The third display module is configured to display the first application icon and the third application icon in a stacked manner in the display area of the first application icon in response to the fourth input.
The device according to claim 10, the third display module comprising:

a second display unit, configured to display the first application icon in a third size in a display area of the first application icon in response to the fourth input;

A third display unit, configured to display the third application icon in a fourth size at the first position of the first application icon, the fourth size being smaller than the third size;

The fourth display unit is configured to display a second logo at the second position of the first application icon, the second logo is used to indicate a second folder, and the second folder includes the same folder as the third application icon. Associated at least one fourth application icon.
The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

A fifth receiving module, configured to receive a fifth input from the user on the third application icon;

A second adjustment module, configured to adjust the size of the third application icon to the third size in response to the fifth input and adjust the size of the third application icon to the fourth size at the third position of the third application icon displaying the first application icon;

A fourth display module, configured to display a third mark at a fourth position of the third application icon, where the third mark is used to indicate the first folder.
An electronic device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction is executed by the processor to achieve claim 1 - the steps of the method for managing application icons according to any one of 6.
A readable storage medium, storing programs or instructions on the readable storage medium, wherein, when the programs or instructions are executed by a processor, the steps of the method for managing application icons according to claims 1-6 are implemented.
A chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the application icon according to claims 1-6 The steps of the management method.
A computer program product, the computer program product is stored in a non-transitory storage medium, wherein the computer program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the method for managing application icons according to claims 1-6 A step of.
A communication device configured to execute the steps of the method for managing application icons according to claims 1-6.