WO2023061280A1

WO2023061280A1 - Application program display method and apparatus, and electronic device

Info

Publication number: WO2023061280A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/124035
Authority: WO
Inventors: 赵茜
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2021-10-12
Filing date: 2022-10-09
Publication date: 2023-04-20
Also published as: CN113918260A

Abstract

The present application belongs to the field of application program processing. Disclosed are an application program display method and apparatus, and an electronic device. The method comprises: receiving a first input for a combined icon, wherein the combined icon comprises N icons, and the N icons have a first relative position therebetween; and in response to the first input, displaying N application interfaces respectively corresponding to the N icons, wherein the N application interfaces have the first relative position therebetween, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Description

App display method, device and electronic device

Cross References to Related Applications

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202111185923.5 filed in China on October 12, 2021, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

technical field

The present application belongs to the field of application program control, and in particular relates to an application program display method, device and electronic equipment.

Background technique

With the development of communication technology, smart terminals have become an indispensable item in life. The development of touch technology is becoming more and more mature, and the display screen size of smart terminals is also getting larger and larger. In order to give full play to the application value of large-size screens, a In order to start multiple applications at the same time, such as split-screen operation, you need to open application A first, and then select and start application B through gesture operations. The process is more complicated and the startup time is longer.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the embodiments of the present application is to provide an application program display method, device and electronic device, so as to solve the existing problem of cumbersome operation process for simultaneously launching multiple applications.

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

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for displaying an application, the method including:

receiving a first input to a combined icon, the combined icon includes N icons, and the N icons have a first relative position;

In response to the first input, displaying N application interfaces respectively corresponding to the N icons, wherein the N application interfaces have the first relative position among them;

Wherein, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an application display device, including:

The first receiving module is configured to receive a first input to the combined icon, the combined icon includes N icons, and the N icons have a first relative position among them;

A first response module, configured to display N application interfaces respectively corresponding to the N icons in response to the first input, wherein the N application interfaces have the first relative positions among them;

Wherein, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

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, so as to implement the first aspect The steps of the method.

In a sixth aspect, a computer software product is provided, the computer software product is stored in a non-transitory storage medium, and the computer software product is executed by at least one processor to implement the method described in the first aspect step.

In a seventh aspect, there is provided an electronic device configured to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the present application, a combination icon including icons of N application programs is created. By performing a first input on the combination icon, the electronic device can start N application programs at the same time, and according to the relative position of each icon in the combination icon , to display the application interfaces of N application programs, so as to realize fast and simultaneous launch of multiple application programs.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of an application program display method according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 2a-Fig. 2c are schematic diagrams of the display mode of the combination icon when N is 2;

Fig. 3a-Fig. 3d show the schematic diagram of the display mode of the combination icon when N is 3;

Figure 4a-Figure 4b is a schematic diagram of the operation of the second input in the embodiment of the present application;

5a-5b are schematic diagrams of the first function window of the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 6a-Fig. 6d show the schematic diagram of the generation process of the combination icon of the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 7 shows a schematic diagram of the display position of the combination icon of the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 shows a schematic diagram of an application interface of an application program in an embodiment of the present application;

Figures 9a-9c show schematic diagrams of switchable states of combined icons in the embodiment of the present application;

10a-10c show schematic diagrams of execution interfaces of multiple application programs corresponding to combined icons in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an application program display device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 shows one of the schematic structural diagrams of the electronic device of the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 shows the second structural schematic diagram of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of them. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of this application.

The features of the terms "first" and "second" in the description and claims of the present application may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of these features. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "plurality" means two or more. 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.

As shown in Figure 1, this embodiment of the present application provides an application display method, including:

Step 101. Receive a first input of a combination icon, the combination icon includes N icons, and the N icons have a first relative position among them. Wherein, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

In this embodiment, the combined icon may be an icon formed by combining icons of N application programs. The combination icon is associated with N application programs, and the associated N application programs can be started by first inputting the combination icon. The combined icon can be directly spliced by N icons (may include left-right splicing or up-and-down splicing), for example: N is 2, and the size of the two icons is 1×1, then the size of the combined icon can be 1× 2 or 2×1. The combination icon can also be a new icon formed by combining N icons, for example: N is 2, the size of the two icons is 1×1, and the size of the combination icon formed by combining the two icons is also 1×1 .

Wherein, the combination icon may be displayed at a target position on the display interface of the electronic device, for example, at the position of the resident bar on the desktop of the electronic device; it may also be displayed at the same position as the conventional application icon.

There may be various relative positions among the N icons in the combined icon, and different relative positions of the icons correspond to different relative positions of the application interface of the application program. Taking N as 2 as an example, the combined icon includes application A The icon of application A and the icon of application B, the relative positions of the icon of application A and the icon of application B in the combined icon are shown in Figures 2a-2c, wherein the icon of application A and the icon of application B are set adjacent to each other in Figure 2a , indicating that the application interfaces of application A and application B are displayed in split screens; in Figure 2b, the icon of application B is superimposed on the icon of application A, indicating that the application interface of application A is displayed in full screen, and the application interface of application B is displayed in a small window; Figure 2c The icon of application A is superimposed and displayed on the icon of application B, which means that the application interface of application B is displayed in full screen, and the application interface of application A is displayed in a small window on the application interface of application B.

Step 102: In response to the first input, display N application interfaces respectively corresponding to the N icons, wherein the N application interfaces have the first relative positions among them.

Through the first input to the combination icon, the electronic device simultaneously starts the application program corresponding to the N icons in the combination icon, and displays the N icons at the first relative position of the combination icon. application interface.

Optionally, the combined icon includes a first icon and a second icon. It should be noted that the first icon and the second icon may respectively represent one application icon, or may represent multiple application icons. The example only illustrates the application interface display positions corresponding to various relative positions. The displaying N application interfaces respectively corresponding to the N icons in response to the first input may include the following situations:

(1) In the case where the first icon is superimposed on the second icon, the application interface corresponding to the first icon is suspended and displayed on the application interface corresponding to the second icon.

Taking N as 2 as an example, the first icon and the second icon are the icon of application B and the icon of application A respectively, that is, the icon of application B is superimposed and displayed on the icon of application A, as shown in Figure 2b , the icon of application B is superimposed and displayed on the icon of application A, the application interface of application A is displayed in full screen, and the small window of the application interface of application B is displayed on the application interface of application A in a floating manner.

Taking N as 3 as an example, the combination icon is shown in Figure 3a, where the icons of application B and application C are superimposed on the icon of application A, that is, application A is the first icon, and application B and application C are all icons. If the second icon is mentioned, the application interface of application A is displayed in full screen, and the application interfaces of application B and application C are respectively suspended and displayed on the application interface of application A through small windows.

(2) When the first icon is adjacent to the second icon, the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon are displayed on a split screen.

The first icon is adjacent to the second icon may mean that in the combined icon, the first icon and the second icon divide the combined icon. Taking N as 2 as an example, the first icon and The second icons are the icon of application B and the icon of application A respectively, that is, the icon of application A is adjacent to the icon of application B, as shown in Figure 2a, the application interface of application A and the application interface of application B are split screen show.

Taking N as 3 as an example, that is, the icons of application A, application B, and application C are adjacent in the combined icon, which can be divided into the combined icon, as shown in Figure 3b, then the application interface of application A, application B The application interface of application C and the application interface of application C are displayed in split screens.

(3) In the case that the first icon and the second icon are thumbnail icons, the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon are respectively displayed in a floating manner.

The thumbnail icon may be a thumbnail mode of an application program icon. If both the first icon and the second icon are thumbnail icons, the application interfaces corresponding to the first icon and the second icon are suspended through the small window respectively. show. Taking N as 3 as an example, as shown in Figure 3c, the first icon may be the icon of application A, and the second icon may be the icons of application B and application C, then the application interface of application A and the icon of application B Both the application interface and the application interface of application C are displayed in a floating window.

Optionally, when N is an integer greater than or equal to 3, the combined icons may also be adjacent to some application program icons, and the rest of the application program icons are thumbnail icons, taking N as 3 as an example, as shown in Figure 3d , the icon of application A is adjacent to the icon of application B, and the icon of application C is superimposed on the icon of application A and application B, then the application interface of application A and application B is displayed in split screen, and the application interface of application C A small window is suspended and displayed above the application interfaces of the application A and the application B.

It should be noted that the relative positions of the icons of the N application programs in the combined icons include but are not limited to the cases listed in the embodiment of the present application, and can also be combined arbitrarily according to display requirements.

As an optional embodiment, in the case where the first icon is superimposed on the second icon, the application interface corresponding to the first icon is suspended and displayed on the application interface corresponding to the second icon on, including:

When the first icon is superimposed on the second icon, and the number of the second icon is one, display the application interface corresponding to the second icon in full screen, and display the application interface corresponding to the second icon The application interface corresponding to the first icon is displayed floating above the application interface.

In this embodiment, in the combined icon, if the relative position between the N icons is that the first icon is superimposed on the second icon, and the second icon is only represented as one icon, then the second icon corresponds to The application interface of the application is displayed in full screen, the first icon may represent one or more icons, and the application interface corresponding to the first icon is displayed floating above the application interface of the second icon, as shown in Fig. 2b, Fig. 2c and Fig. 3a. Optionally, the floating display of the application interface corresponding to the first icon may be: floating display in the form of a small window, and the size of the small window is adjustable, and can block a part of the application interface of the second icon.

As an optional embodiment, in a case where the first icon is adjacent to the second icon, split-screen displaying the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon includes:

When the first icon is located in the target direction of the second icon, the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon are displayed on a split screen, wherein the application corresponding to the first icon The interface is located in the target direction of the application interface corresponding to the second icon.

In this embodiment, when the first icon and the second icon are adjacent in the combined icon, it means that the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon are displayed in split screens, and When the application interface is displayed in split screens, it may be displayed according to the first relative position of the first icon and the second icon. Specifically, if the first icon is located in the target direction of the second icon, the application interface of the first icon is displayed in the target direction of the application interface of the second icon. It should be noted that the target direction only represents the general direction of the location, and the directions between the application interfaces and the icons do not need to be completely consistent. For example, as shown in Figure 2a, the icon of application A is located in the icon of application B In the upper left corner of , when App A is displayed on the application interface of App B in split screen, it can be displayed as follows: the application interface of App A is above the application interface of App B, or the application interface of App A is located on the left of the application interface of App B Side, in order to facilitate the user's viewing, it does not need to be displayed in a diagonal direction.

As an optional embodiment, before receiving the first input for combining icons, the method further includes: displaying a plurality of icons in the first display area; receiving a second input for the first icon in the plurality of icons ; In response to the second input, displaying the shortcut icon of the first icon in the second display area. receiving a third input on the second icon; in response to the third input, combining the shortcut icon of the first icon with the second icon, and displaying the combined icon in the second display area.

In this embodiment, the first display area is an interface that can display a plurality of application icons in the display interface of the electronic device, for example, a regular position where application icons can be displayed in the desktop; the second display area can be an interface displayed by the electronic device. The position of the resident column of the interface may also be another display area defined according to display requirements, or may be the same position as the first display area. The combined icon is composed of N icons and displayed in the second display area.

In the first display area, icons of a plurality of application programs are displayed, and the user can start and enter a corresponding application interface by clicking the icons. Before performing the first input on the combination icon, the combination icon needs to be generated and displayed first. Specifically, a second input is performed on the first icons that need to be combined to generate a shortcut icon of the first icon, the shortcut icon is a shortcut icon of the application program corresponding to the first icon, and the shortcut icon can display in the second display area.

The second input may be a dragging operation on the first icon, for example, dragging the first icon from the first display area to a permanent bar (that is, the second display area). Optionally, the electronic device display interface includes a first function icon 31, as shown in Figure 4a, the first function icon 31 may be located in the second display area, and the first function icon 31 is used as icon function entry, the second input may be: an operation of dragging the first icon to the first function icon 31, as shown in FIG. 4b.

Since generating the combined icon requires at least two icons, the third input is an operation on the second icon that needs to be combined with the first icon, and the third input may be dragging the second icon The operation to the second display area (such as the operation of dragging the second icon to the first function icon in the second display area) may also be dragging the second icon to the first function icon. Actions on the icon's shortcut icon. For example: if the third input is an operation of dragging the second icon to the second display area, the shortcut icon of the first icon is already displayed in the second display area at this time, and the After the second icon is dragged to the second display area, the second icon and the first icon can be combined to generate a combined icon; if the third input is to drag the second icon to the first The operation on the shortcut icon of the icon. At this time, the second display area has already displayed the shortcut icon of the first icon. After dragging the second icon to the shortcut icon of the first icon, the second The icon and the first icon may be combined to generate a combined icon.

It should be noted that the second icon may be a regular application program icon displayed in the first display area, or a shortcut icon of an existing application program displayed in the second display area, or an existing application program icon displayed in the second display area. A combined icon generated by combining certain icons. The second input is an operation of dragging the first icon to the first function icon, and the third input is dragging the second icon located in the first display area to the second display area operation as an example. When generating the combination icon, drag the first icon to be combined to the position of the first function icon, expand and display the first function window at the position of the first function icon, drag the first icon to After moving to the position of the first function icon, the shortcut icon corresponding to the first icon (that is, the icon of the shortcut) will be displayed in the first function window, and the second icon combined with the first icon will be required dragging to the second display area, a combined icon including the first icon and the second icon is generated.

Optionally, the combined icon may be generated according to the shortcut icon when the display duration of the last shortcut icon displayed in the second display area reaches a first duration. For example: after dragging the first icon to the second display area, the shortcut icon of the first icon is displayed in the second display area; after dragging the second icon to the second display area, the The second display area displays a shortcut icon of the second icon, and if the display duration of the shortcut icon of the second icon reaches a predetermined first duration, the shortcut icon of the first icon and the shortcut icon of the second icon are combined to form Portfolio icon.

Optionally, the first relative position among the icons in the combined icons is determined according to the third input, for example, according to an operation direction of the third input. For example: the third input is an operation of dragging the second icon onto the shortcut icon of the first icon, the first relative position can be determined according to the moving track of the dragging operation, and when dragging the For the second icon, if the second icon moves from above the shortcut icon of the first icon to overlap with the shortcut icon, the generated combined icon is: the second icon is superimposed on the first icon; If the second icon moves from the right side of the shortcut icon of the first icon to overlap with the shortcut icon, the generated combined icon is: the first icon and the second icon are adjacent to the left and right; if the second icon If the shortcut icon of the first icon is moved from the left side to overlap with the shortcut icon, then the combined icon is generated: the first icon and the second icon are displayed as thumbnails.

It should be noted that, the method of generating the first relative positions among the icons in the above-mentioned combined icons is only an example, and may be set according to factors such as user's operating habits during actual operation.

In the embodiment of the present application, when forming a combination icon, when the number of shortcut icons is equal to two, each time a shortcut icon is added, a combination icon is generated, or after the second input of all N application program icons is completed, Directly generate combined icons for N application icons. For example: it is expected to generate a combined icon for the combination of 3 application programs, which may include the following two ways.

method one:

Step 1, as shown in Figure 4a and Figure 4b, first drag the icon of application A to the position of the first function icon 31; expand and display the first function icon of the second display area at the position of the first function icon 31; Function window 32. The first function window 32 is shown in FIG. 5a, and a shortcut icon of application A is displayed in the first function window 32, as shown in FIG. 5b, which shows a single-window application shortcut. Optionally, when the icon of the application A is dragged to the position of the first function icon 31 and stays there for a predetermined time t, a shortcut icon of the application A can be created.

Step 2. Drag the icon of application B to the position of the first function icon 31, as shown in Figure 6a, then generate the first combination icon 51 of application A and application B, as shown in Figure 6d, which is a double window App shortcuts. Optionally, when the icon of application B is dragged to the position of the first function icon 31 and stayed for a predetermined time t, a first combination icon 51 including the icons of application A and application B can be created.

Optionally, the step 2 may also be dragging the icon of the application B onto the shortcut icon of the application A, as shown in FIG. , as shown in Figure 6d.

Step 3. Drag the icon of application C to the position of the first function icon 31, then combine with the icon of application C on the basis of the first combined icon 51 to form three applications including A, B, and C The second combination icon 52 of program icons is shown in FIG. 7 . Optionally, when dragging the icon of application C to the position of the first function icon 31 and staying there for a predetermined time t, a first combination including icons of application A, application B and application C may be created Icon 51.

Method 2:

Step 1. First, drag the icon of application A to the position of the first function icon; expand and display the first function window at the position of the first function icon, and display the shortcut icon of application A in the first function window , as shown in Fig. 4a-Fig. 4b and Fig. 5a-Fig. 5b;

Step 2. Drag the icon of application B to the position of the first function icon 31, and display the shortcut icon of application B in the first function window, as shown in FIG. 6c;

Step 3. Drag the icon of application C to the position of the first function icon 31. If the icon of application C stays at the position of the first function icon 31 for a predetermined time t, create an application including application A, application B and application The combined icon of the icon of C, as shown in Figure 7.

Optionally, after the shortcut icon of the application is displayed in the second display area, the user clicks the shortcut icon, and the electronic device starts the application corresponding to the shortcut icon, and displays the application small window (the The shortcut icon is a shortcut for a single-window application). For example, as shown in FIG. 5b, the shortcut icon of application A is displayed at this time, and the user clicks the shortcut icon A shown in FIG. 5b to start application A and display the execution interface of application A through a small window, as shown in FIG. 8 .

As an optional embodiment, in the case that the display interface of the electronic device includes the first function icon 31, the method further includes: receiving a fifth input to the first function icon on the display interface of the electronic device, the first A function icon is associated with the first function window; in response to the fifth input, the first function window is displayed or hidden.

In this embodiment, the first input may be a click operation on the first function icon. When the first function icon is clicked, the first function window expands, and the first function icon is located in the Take the resident column of the device desktop as an example, as shown in Figure 5b, the first function window 32 includes the first function icon 31; click the first function icon 31 again, and the first function window 32 closes start, as shown in Figure 4a.

Optionally, the method further includes: receiving a fourth input to the combined icon; in response to the fourth input, switching the relative positions among the N icons in the combined icon to the second relative position.

In this embodiment, the fourth input may be a click operation on the combined icon, such as a double-click operation. When the N icons are combined to form the combined icon, it may include multiple combination forms, and different combination forms correspond to different relative positions of the icons. Every time the fourth input is made to the combined icon, the relative positions of the icons included in the combined icon are switched once. By clicking the combination icon, the combination mode of the N icons in the combination icon is changed.

For example, N is 2, and the combination icon can include the three combinations shown in Figures 2a-2c. The icon can be switched to that shown in Figure 2b (that is, the application interface of application A is displayed in full screen, and the application interface of application B is displayed above the application interface of application A through a small window); double-click the combined icon shown in Figure 2b to switch As shown in FIG. 2c (that is, the application interface of application B is displayed in full screen, and the application interface of application A is suspended and displayed above the application interface of application B through a small window).

Optionally, in response to the fourth input, switching the relative positions of the N icons in the combined icons to the second relative position includes:

in response to said fourth input, said combination icon is displayed in a target state;

receiving a sixth input on the combined icon in the target state; in response to the sixth input, switching the relative positions of the N icons in the combined icon to a second relative position.

In this embodiment, the target state may be a switchable state, as shown in Figs. 9a-9c. The fourth input may be a long press operation on the combination icon, and the sixth input may be a single click operation on the combination icon. That is, press and hold the combination icon, the combination icon enters the switchable state shown in Figure 9a, click the combination icon in this switchable state, then the relative positions of the N icons in the combination icon change, It can be switched to the second relative position of each icon as shown in FIG. 9b ; and it can be switched to the third relative position of each icon as shown in FIG. 9c by clicking the combined icon shown in FIG. 9b .

Optionally, if the duration of the last switching of the combined icon reaches a second duration, the combined icon maintains the current form and does not switch any more. For example: after the combination icon is displayed as a switchable state, after the user clicks the combination icon for the last time and does not perform the next click operation for 10s, the switchable state will be automatically exited, and the combination icon will remain in the current state. form.

The user can switch the relative position of each icon in the combined icon according to the display requirement. By making a first input to the combined icon, N application program interfaces corresponding to the N icons in the combined icon will be displayed in corresponding relative positions. For example, if the user performs the first input on the combination icon in the mode of FIG. 2a, application A and application B are started, and the application interface corresponding to application A and application B is displayed in full screen on the display interface of the electronic device, as shown in FIG. 10a. The user performs the first input on the combined icon in the mode shown in Figure 2b, then starts application A and application B, displays the application interface of application A in full screen on the display interface of the electronic device, and displays the application interface of application B through a small window , as shown in Figure 10b. The user performs the first input on the combination icon in the mode shown in FIG. 2c, then starts application A and application B, displays the application interface of application B in full screen on the display interface of the electronic device, and displays the application interface of application A through a small window , as shown in Figure 10c.

It should be noted that, for the application display method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution body may be an application display device, or a control module used for the application display method in the application display device. In the embodiment of the present application, the application display device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the application display device executing the application display method as an example.

As shown in Figure 11, the embodiment of the present application also provides an application display device 1100, including:

The first receiving module 1110 is configured to receive a first input to the combination icon, the combination icon includes N icons, and the N icons have a first relative position among them;

The first response module 1120 is configured to display N application interfaces respectively corresponding to the N icons in response to the first input, wherein the N application interfaces have the first relative positions among them;

Wherein, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Optionally, the combined icon includes a first icon and a second icon, and the first response module includes:

The first display unit is configured to display the application interface corresponding to the first icon floating on the application interface corresponding to the second icon when the first icon is superimposed on the second icon;

The second display unit is configured to display the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon on a split screen when the first icon is adjacent to the second icon;

The third display unit is configured to display the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon in a floating manner when the first icon and the second icon are thumbnail icons.

Optionally, the first display unit is specifically used for:

Optionally, the second display unit is specifically used for:

When the first icon is located in the target direction of the second icon, the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon are displayed on a split screen, wherein the application corresponding to the first icon The interface is located in the target direction of the application interface corresponding to the second icon. Optionally, the device also includes:

a first display module, configured to display a plurality of icons in the first display area;

A second receiving module, configured to receive a second input to a first icon among the plurality of icons;

The second response module is configured to display the shortcut icon of the first icon in the second display area in response to the second input.

A third receiving module, configured to receive a third input to the second icon;

A third response module, configured to combine the shortcut icon of the first icon with the second icon in response to the third input, and display the combined icon in the second display area.

Optionally, the device also includes:

A fourth receiving module, configured to receive a fourth input to the combined icon;

A fourth response module, configured to, in response to the fourth input, switch the relative positions among the N icons in the combination icon to a second relative position.

The application display device 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 equipment can be server, 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 application program display device in the 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 application program display device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement various processes implemented by the application program display device in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 1 to FIG.

As shown in Figure 12, the embodiment of the present application also provides an electronic device 1200, including a processor 1201, a memory 1202, a program or instruction stored in the memory 1202 and operable on the processor 1201, the program or instruction When executed by the processor 1201, each process of the above-mentioned application program display method embodiment 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. 13 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device 1300 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1301, a network module 1302, an audio output unit 1303, an input unit 1304, a sensor 1305, a display unit 1306, a user input unit 1307, an interface unit 1308, a memory 1309, and a processor 1310, etc. part.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the electronic device 1300 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 1310 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. 13 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 user input unit 1307 is configured to receive a first input to the combination icon, the combination icon includes N icons, and the N icons have a first relative position among them;

The display unit 1306 is configured to display N application interfaces respectively corresponding to the N icons in response to the first input, wherein the N application interfaces have the first relative position among them;

Wherein, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Optionally, the combined icon includes a first icon and a second icon, and the display unit 1306 is configured to:

When the first icon is superimposed on the second icon, the application interface corresponding to the first icon is suspended and displayed on the application interface corresponding to the second icon;

In a case where the first icon is adjacent to the second icon, displaying the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon on a split screen;

In a case where the first icon and the second icon are thumbnail icons, the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon are displayed in a floating manner, respectively.

Optionally, in the case that the first icon is superimposed on the second icon, the display unit 1306 is configured to: when the first icon is superimposed on the second icon, and When the number of the second icon is one, the application interface corresponding to the second icon is displayed in full screen, and the application interface corresponding to the first icon is suspended on the application interface corresponding to the second icon.

Optionally, when the first icon is adjacent to the second icon, the display unit 1306 is configured to: split the screen when the first icon is located in the target direction of the second icon. and displaying an application interface corresponding to the first icon and an application interface corresponding to the second icon, wherein the application interface corresponding to the first icon is located in a target direction of the application interface corresponding to the second icon.

Optionally, the display unit 1306 is further configured to: display a plurality of icons in the first display area;

The user input unit 1307 is further configured to: receive a second input to the first icon in the plurality of icons;

The display unit 1306 is configured to: display a shortcut icon of the first icon in a second display area in response to the second input;

The user input unit 1307 is further configured to: receive a third input to the second icon;

The processor 1310 is configured to: respond to the third input, combine the shortcut icon of the first icon with the second icon, and display the combined icon in the second display area.

Optionally, the user input unit 1307 is further configured to: receive a fourth input to the combination icon;

The processor 1310 is configured to: in response to the fourth input, switch the relative positions among the N icons in the combination icon to a second relative position.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of the present application, the input unit 1304 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 13041 and a microphone 13042, and the graphics processor 13041 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 1306 may include a display panel 13061, and the display panel 13061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1307 includes a touch panel 13071 and other input devices 13072 . Touch panel 13071, also called touch screen. The touch panel 13071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 13072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be repeated here. Memory 1309 can be used to store software programs as well as various data, including but not limited to application programs and operating systems. The processor 1310 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 1310 .

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 application program display method can be realized, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer software product, the computer software product is stored in a non-transitory storage medium, and the computer software product is executed by at least one processor to realize the application program display provided in the embodiment of the present application The steps in the method, and can achieve the same technical effect, in order to avoid repetition, will not repeat them here.

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

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 implement the above embodiment of the application program display method Each process, 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 a software product in essence or the part that contributes to the prior art, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, CD) contains several instructions to enable a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a 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 displaying an application, comprising:

receiving a first input to a combined icon, the combined icon includes N icons, and the N icons have a first relative position;

In response to the first input, displaying N application interfaces respectively corresponding to the N icons, wherein the N application interfaces have the first relative position among them;

Wherein, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the combined icon includes a first icon and a second icon, and in response to the first input, displaying N application interfaces respectively corresponding to the N icons comprises:

When the first icon is superimposed on the second icon, the application interface corresponding to the first icon is suspended and displayed on the application interface corresponding to the second icon;

In a case where the first icon is adjacent to the second icon, displaying the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon on a split screen;

In the case that the first icon and the second icon are thumbnail icons, the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon are respectively displayed in a floating manner.
The method according to claim 2, wherein, when the first icon is superimposed on the second icon, the application interface corresponding to the first icon is displayed in a floating manner corresponding to the second icon. On top of the application interface, including:

When the first icon is superimposed on the second icon, and the number of the second icon is one, display the application interface corresponding to the second icon in full screen, and display the application interface corresponding to the second icon The application interface corresponding to the first icon is displayed floating above the application interface.
The method according to claim 2, wherein, when the first icon is adjacent to the second icon, the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application corresponding to the second icon are displayed on a split screen interface, including:

When the first icon is located in the target direction of the second icon, the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon are displayed on a split screen, wherein the application corresponding to the first icon The interface is located in the target direction of the application interface corresponding to the second icon.
The method of claim 1, wherein, prior to receiving the first input to the combination icon, the method further comprises:

displaying a plurality of icons in the first display area;

receiving a second input to a first icon of the plurality of icons;

In response to the second input, displaying a shortcut icon of the first icon in a second display area;

receiving a third input to the second icon;

In response to the third input, the shortcut icon of the first icon is combined with the second icon, and the combined icon is displayed in the second display area.
The method according to claim 1, said method further comprising:

receiving a fourth input to the combined icon;

In response to the fourth input, switch the relative positions among the N icons in the combined icons to a second relative position.
An application program display device, comprising:

The first receiving module is configured to receive a first input to the combined icon, the combined icon includes N icons, and the N icons have a first relative position among them;

A first response module, configured to display N application interfaces respectively corresponding to the N icons in response to the first input, wherein the N application interfaces have the first relative positions among them;

Wherein, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
The device according to claim 7, wherein the combined icon comprises a first icon and a second icon, and the first response module comprises:

The first display unit is configured to display the application interface corresponding to the first icon floating on the application interface corresponding to the second icon when the first icon is superimposed on the second icon;

The second display unit is configured to display the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon on a split screen when the first icon is adjacent to the second icon;

The third display unit is configured to display the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon in a floating manner when the first icon and the second icon are thumbnail icons.
The device according to claim 8, wherein the first display unit is specifically used for:

When the first icon is superimposed on the second icon, and the number of the second icon is one, display the application interface corresponding to the second icon in full screen, and display the application interface corresponding to the second icon The application interface corresponding to the first icon is displayed floating above the application interface.
The device according to claim 8, wherein the second display unit is specifically used for:

When the first icon is located in the target direction of the second icon, the application interface corresponding to the first icon and the application interface corresponding to the second icon are displayed on a split screen, wherein the application corresponding to the first icon The interface is located in the target direction of the application interface corresponding to the second icon.
The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

a first display module, configured to display a plurality of icons in the first display area;

A second receiving module, configured to receive a second input to a first icon among the plurality of icons;

A second response module, configured to display the shortcut icon of the first icon in the second display area in response to the second input;

A third receiving module, configured to receive a third input to the second icon;

A third response module, configured to combine the shortcut icon of the first icon with the second icon in response to the third input, and display the combined icon in the second display area.
The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

A fourth receiving module, configured to receive a fourth input to the combined icon;

A fourth response module, configured to, in response to the fourth input, switch the relative positions among the N icons in the combination icon to a second relative position.
An electronic device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and operable on the processor, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, claims 1-6 are realized The steps of any one of the application display methods.
A readable storage medium, storing programs or instructions on the readable storage medium, and implementing the steps of the application display method according to any one of claims 1-6 when the programs or instructions are executed by a processor.
A chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the application program according to any one of claims 1-6 Shows the steps of the method.
A computer software product, wherein, the computer software product is stored in a non-transitory readable storage medium, and the computer software product is executed by at least one processor to implement any one of claims 1-6. The described application shows the steps of the method.
An electronic device configured to execute the steps of the method for displaying an application program according to any one of claims 1-6.