WO2023245366A1

WO2023245366A1 - Application management method and apparatus, electronic device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2023245366A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/099930
Authority: WO
Inventors: 周冰清
Original assignee: 北京小米移动软件有限公司
Priority date: 2022-06-20
Filing date: 2022-06-20
Publication date: 2023-12-28
Also published as: CN117616390A

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electronic devices, and in particular provides an application management method and apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium. The application management method comprises: in response to a currently running first application instance being switched to a second application instance, caching the first configuration information of the first application instance in a currently running target process; and performing configuration initialization on the target process according to the obtained second configuration information of the second application instance. The embodiments of the present disclosure realize the keep-alive of multiple applications in a single process, and improve the starting efficiency of applications.

Description

Application management methods, devices, electronic devices and storage media

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, and specifically relates to an application management method, device, electronic equipment and storage medium.

Background technique

With the rapid development of electronic devices, there are more and more applications (APP, Application) in electronic devices. In related technology, when an electronic device is switched from application A to application B, in order for application A to survive in the background, the process of application A needs to be retained and a new process needs to be created for application B.

However, some lightweight electronic devices, such as wearable devices, are often unable to run multiple processes at the same time due to limited memory space and system capabilities. Therefore, when switching from application A to application B, the process of application A needs to be terminated and the process of application B needs to be re-created. As a result, when the user switches back to application A, the application needs to be re-initialized, resulting in a poor experience.

Contents of the invention

In order to achieve the efficiency of multi-application switching, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an application management method, device, electronic device and storage medium.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an application management method, applied to electronic devices, and the method includes:

In response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, obtain the current first configuration information of the first application instance, and cache the first configuration information in the currently running target process;

Obtain the second configuration information of the second application instance, and initialize the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information to run the second application instance in the target process.

In some embodiments, in response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, the current first configuration information of the first application instance is obtained, and the first configuration information is cached in the current The target processes running include:

In response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, obtain the global configuration information and current status parameters of the first application instance;

The first configuration information is determined according to the global configuration information and the state parameters, and the first configuration information is cached in the target process.

In some embodiments, the method described in the present disclosure further includes:

In response to switching from the currently running second application instance to the first application instance, the target process is configured according to the first configuration information of the first application instance cached in the target process.

In some implementations, obtaining the second configuration information of the second application instance and initializing the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information includes:

In response to the second configuration information of the second application instance not being cached in the target process, reading the program file of the second application instance to obtain the second configuration information of the second application instance;

Initialize the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information.

In response to the second configuration information of the second application instance being cached in the target process, obtaining the second configuration information cached in the target process, and initializing the target process according to the second configuration information configuration.

In some implementations, initializing the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information to run the second application instance in the target process includes:

Obtain global configuration information and status parameters included in the second configuration information;

Configure the application environment of the target process according to the global configuration information, configure the second application instance in the target process according to the status parameter, so as to run the second application instance in the target process.

In some implementations, both the first configuration information and the second configuration information include at least one of the following:

System capability interface information, application timer information, application plug-in information, multi-language information, and localization setting information.

In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a wearable device.

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

The first acquisition module is configured to, in response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, acquire the current first configuration information of the first application instance, and cache the first configuration information in the current In the running target process;

The second acquisition module is configured to acquire the second configuration information of the second application instance, and initialize the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information, so as to run the second application instance in the target process.

In some implementations, the first acquisition module is configured to:

In some embodiments, the device of the present disclosure further includes a configuration module configured to:

In some implementations, the second acquisition module is configured as:

In some implementations, the second acquisition module is configured to:

In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a wearable device.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device, including:

processor; and

A memory stores computer instructions for causing the processor to execute the method according to any implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium that stores computer instructions, and the computer instructions are used to cause a computer to execute the method according to any embodiment of the first aspect.

The application management method of the embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, caching the first configuration information of the first application instance in the target process, and based on the second application instance's The second configuration information performs initial configuration on the target process to run the second application instance in the target process. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, there is no need to create a new process when switching applications, and based on the configuration information cached when the application is switched to the background, when the application is switched to the foreground, there is no need to restart the application, and the application can be directly passed through The cached configuration information enables the application to run, enables multiple applications to be kept alive in a single process at the same time, and improves application startup efficiency.

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In order to more clearly explain the specific embodiments of the present disclosure or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that need to be used in the description of the specific embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description The drawings illustrate some embodiments of the present disclosure. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without exerting creative efforts.

Figure 1 is a flowchart of an application management method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

Figure 2 is a flowchart of an application management method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

Figure 3 is a flowchart of an application management method in some embodiments of the present disclosure.

Figure 4 is a flowchart of an application management method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

Figure 5 is a structural block diagram of an application management device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

Figure 6 is a structural block diagram of an electronic device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

The technical solution of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, but not all of them. Based on the embodiments in this disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the scope of protection of this disclosure. In addition, the technical features involved in different embodiments of the present disclosure described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

With the rapid development of electronic devices, there are more and more applications (APP, Application) in electronic devices. In related technologies, when an electronic device starts an application, the system creates an independent process for the application and allocates a certain amount of memory space to the process, and implements the functions of the application through the process.

For devices such as smartphones and tablets, their memory space and hardware performance are strong. When multiple applications are opened at the same time, the system can create independent processes for each application at the same time. When the application switches to the background, Since the system process always exists, the application can be guaranteed to survive in the background.

However, for devices such as smart watches and smart bracelets, their memory space is small and their hardware performance is limited, and often only one process can exist at the same time. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, devices with poor memory space and hardware performance are defined as Lightweight device.

For example, in related technologies, when a smart watch starts application A, the system creates a separate process for application A to run. When switching to application B, it can only end the process of application A and re-create the process of application B. . When the user switches to application A again, because the process of application A has ended, the system needs to end the process of application B and recreate the process of application A again. The user needs to wait for application A to start again.

It can be seen that in related technologies, it is difficult to keep multiple applications alive for lightweight electronic devices with small memory space, resulting in a poor user experience of the device.

Based on the above defects, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an application management method, device, electronic device and storage medium, aiming to use a single process to achieve simultaneous keep-aliveness of multiple applications and improve multi-application switching without basically increasing memory consumption. The efficiency is particularly beneficial for deployment on lightweight electronic devices with low memory.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an application management method, which can be applied to electronic devices. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is no limit to the specific type of the electronic device. It can be any device type suitable for implementation, such as a smart phone, a tablet, a smart watch, a smart bracelet, etc. The present disclosure does not limit this.

However, it is worth noting that although there is no need to limit the type of electronic devices in the embodiments of the disclosure, the embodiments of the disclosure are more effective for lightweight devices with poor memory and hardware performance. This is because devices such as smartphones and tablets have strong memory space and system performance. When multiple applications are running, a process can be created for each application to ensure that multiple applications can survive in the background. For devices such as smart watches and smart bracelets, the memory space is very limited, and often only one process or even one thread can exist at the same time. Therefore, the disclosed method can be used to achieve the simultaneous survival of multiple applications in a single process or single thread. The following description will be made in conjunction with the embodiments.

First, some terms appearing in the following embodiments of the present disclosure are explained.

Process: It is the basic unit of resource allocation and scheduling in the system. The process is the container of threads. In electronic equipment systems, when each application is started, the system will create a process for the application, allocate a certain amount of memory space to the process, and initialize the process according to the relevant configuration information of the application to implement the application. Correct operation of the program.

Thread: It is the smallest unit that the system can perform operation scheduling. It is included in the process and is the actual operating unit in the process. That is, a process can include at least one thread, and each thread performs different tasks in parallel. For example, when an application is started, the application process can include multiple threads, each thread is responsible for performing different tasks, thereby realizing multiple functions of the application.

Instance: In object-oriented programming, the process of creating an object using a class is usually called instantiation, and creating an object is an instance.

It can be understood that for some wearable devices, the applications themselves are lightweight applications and can only implement a relatively single function. Therefore, when the system runs the application, it can only run a single thread. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, You can understand the separate threads running in the wearable device as a process. That is to say, the process in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be a process including multiple threads, or may be a process including only one thread, and the present disclosure does not limit this.

As shown in Figure 1, in some implementations, the application management method of the present disclosure includes:

S110. In response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, obtain the current first configuration information of the first application instance, and cache the first configuration information in the currently running target process.

It can be understood that an application instance refers to an instance of an application running in a process. In the example scenario of this disclosure, the system switches from a currently running application to another application, defines the currently running application as the first application instance, and defines the other application after switching as the second application instance.

When the system runs the first application instance, it will create a process for the first application instance and allocate memory to the process. In the disclosed embodiment, multiple application instances implement application switching in the same process, and the system process is defined as the target process.

In some embodiments, when the system detects that the currently running first application instance is switched to the second application instance, it means that the first application instance needs to be switched to running in the background, and the second application instance remains running in the foreground.

In this case, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, instead of ending the process of the first application instance and re-establishing a new process for the second application instance, the first configuration information of the first application instance at the current moment is obtained, and the first Configuration information is cached in the currently running target process.

The configuration information of an application instance refers to the relevant configuration information when running the application. It can be understood that when the application is started, the created process needs to be initialized according to the relevant configuration information declared by the application. Moreover, as the application runs, some status parameters in the configuration information will also change. The status parameters may include scheduled task parameters, timer parameters, etc.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the system switches from the first application instance to the second application instance, the relevant configuration information and status parameters of the first application instance at the current moment can be obtained, the first configuration information at the current moment can be obtained, and then the first application instance can be obtained. Configuration information is cached in the memory of the currently running target process.

S120. Obtain the second configuration information of the second application instance, and initialize the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information, so as to run the second application instance in the target process.

It can be understood that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when switching from the first application instance to the second application instance, there is no need to end the target process running the first application instance. Instead, based on the second configuration information declared by the second application instance, The current target process performs initial configuration so that the current target process runs the second application instance.

Based on the foregoing, it can be known that the target process is to run the second application instance normally and needs to reinitialize the configuration according to the second configuration information corresponding to the second application instance. In addition, combined with step S110, it can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when switching from the current application instance to another application instance, the configuration information of the current application instance will be cached. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second application instance may be an application that has been opened before but was switched to the background, or it may be an application that is opened for the first time.

In some implementations, when the second application instance is an application that has been opened before but was switched to the background, the second configuration information of the second application instance cached in the process memory can be directly read. In other implementations, when the second application instance is an application that is started for the first time, the program file (Application File) corresponding to the second application instance can be read to obtain the second configuration information declared in the program file. This will be described in the following embodiments of the present disclosure and will not be described in detail here.

After obtaining the second configuration information corresponding to the second application instance, the currently running target process is directly initialized and configured according to the second configuration information. That is, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, there is no need to end the currently running target process, but directly Configure the second application instance for the currently running target process, thereby running the second application instance in the target process.

It is worth noting that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, there is no need to end the target process currently running the first application instance, and there is no need to re-establish the process for the second application instance, thereby reducing the time for process creation, memory allocation, etc., and, There is no need to repeatedly configure the same global configuration information for the first application instance and the second application instance. You only need to change the corresponding configuration parameters, which greatly reduces the application startup time.

From the above, it can be seen that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is no need to establish a new process when switching applications, and based on the configuration information cached when the application is switched to the background, when the application is switched to the foreground, there is no need to restart, realizing a single process. Multiple applications in the process are kept alive at the same time to improve application startup efficiency.

In the above embodiment, when switching from the first application instance to the second application instance in the target process, since the first configuration information of the first application instance is cached in the target process, when switching from the second application instance to the second application instance again, When the first application instance is used, the first application instance can be initialized according to the first configuration information cached in the target process.

That is, the application management method of the embodiment of the present disclosure further includes: in response to switching from the currently running second application instance to the first application instance, configuring the target according to the first configuration information of the first application instance cached in the target process. process.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the system switches from the second application instance to the first application instance again, since the first configuration information when the first application instance enters the background has been cached in the process memory in S110, it can be directly accessed from Read the first configuration information of the first application instance in the memory, and then initialize the configuration of the target process according to the first configuration information, so that the first application instance can maintain the state when it enters the background and continue to run normally in the target process without restarting start up.

In some embodiments, the first configuration information cached when the first application instance switches to background running includes global configuration information corresponding to the first application instance and status parameters corresponding to the moment when it enters the background.

The global configuration information refers to the relevant configuration information required for the operation declared by the first application instance, and the status parameters refer to parameters that change with the operation of the first application instance, such as scheduled task progress, etc. When the first application instance is switched to running in the background, the status parameters at the current moment are saved, so that when the first application instance is switched to running in the foreground again, it can continue to run according to the saved status parameters without restarting the first application instance. Implement background keepalive of the first application instance.

In addition, it can be understood that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the first application instance and the second application instance switch between front and back, they can run in the same target process, and both can survive in the same process at the same time, achieving Keep-alive of multiple applications in a single process.

As shown in Figure 2, in some implementations, the application management method of the present disclosure includes:

S210. In response to switching the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, obtain global configuration information and current status parameters of the first application instance.

S220. Determine the first configuration information according to the global configuration information and status parameters, and cache the first configuration information in the target process.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the system switches from a first application instance to a second application instance, the first application instance needs to be maintained in the background while the second application instance runs in the foreground.

It can be understood that when the first application instance is running in the target process, initialization configuration needs to be performed in the target process according to the first configuration information of the first application instance. The first configuration information includes global configuration information and status parameters.

Global configuration information refers to the global variable configuration declared by the first application instance, which may include, for example: system capability interface information, used to declare the API (Application Programming Interface, application program interface) required by the application instance; application timer information, Used to declare the timer required by the application instance; application plug-in information, used to declare plug-in related information required by the application instance; multi-language information, used to declare the language information corresponding to the application instance; and some localization setting information. Status parameters refer to dynamic parameters corresponding to the first application instance, which may change with the operation of the first application instance, such as scheduled task parameters, timer parameters, etc.

While the first application instance is running in the target process, if the system switches from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, the global configuration information and status parameters corresponding to the first application instance at the current moment can be cached in the memory of the target process. .

In the disclosed embodiment, the first application instance enters the background and runs. At this time, only the current first configuration information of the first application instance needs to be saved. There is no need to cache data other than the first configuration information, such as the display interface. Therefore, the first application When the instance is running in the background, the memory space occupied by the first configuration information is very small and will not affect the operation of the second application instance in the target process.

After caching the first configuration information of the first application instance, the first application instance enters the background and is maintained. At this time, the second application instance can be configured into the target process and run in the foreground.

In some implementations, if the second application instance is an application that has been cached in the target process before, that is, before running the first application instance, the second application instance has cached the corresponding second configuration information in the target process according to the foregoing process. In the target process, it means that when the first application instance is running, the second application instance has maintained state in the background of the target process.

In this case, since the second configuration information of the second application instance has been cached in the memory, it is only necessary to directly read the second configuration information of the second application instance from the memory of the target process, and then configure the second application instance according to the second configuration information. After the target process is initialized and configured, the second application instance can be run in the target process.

In other words, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the current application instance is switched to another application instance, the configuration information of the current application instance is cached, so that the current application instance is maintained in the background. When the application instance is switched back to the foreground again, it only needs to read the previously cached configuration information from the memory to initialize the configuration of the target process.

In other embodiments, if the second application instance is a newly opened application, that is, before running the first application instance, the second configuration information of the second application instance is not cached in the memory of the target process, the second application The instance is not an application held in the background.

In this case, since the second configuration information of the second application instance is not cached in the memory, the program file (Application File) of the second application instance needs to be read, and the program file declares the second configuration information required by the second application instance. 2. Configuration information. By reading the program file of the second application instance, the second configuration information can be obtained, and then the target process is initialized and configured according to the second configuration information, so that the second application instance can be run in the target process.

It can be understood that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the second configuration information may also include the aforementioned global configuration information and status parameters. When the second application instance is switched to the background, the global configuration information corresponding to the second application instance at the switching time and The current state parameters are cached in the target process's memory.

As can be seen from the above, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the configuration information of the background application is cached in the target process, so that when the background application switches to the foreground, the cached configuration information can be used to initialize the configuration in the current process, thereby realizing a single process and multiple processes. Keep alive while applying.

As shown in Figure 3, in some implementations, the application management method of this disclosure example includes a process of initializing the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information, including:

S310. Obtain global configuration information and status parameters included in the second configuration information.

S320. Configure the application environment of the target process according to the global configuration information, and configure the second application instance in the target process according to the status parameters to run the second application instance in the target process.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second configuration information may include global configuration information and status parameters. Global configuration information refers to the global variable configuration declared by the second application instance, which may include the aforementioned system capability interface information, application timer information, application plug-in information, multi-language information, localization setting information, etc.

Status parameters refer to some dynamic parameters corresponding to the second application instance, such as scheduled task parameters, timer parameters, etc. It can be understood that if the second application instance is an application that has been cached in the target process, the status parameter may be the parameter value corresponding to the last time the second application instance was switched to the background; if the second application instance is an application started for the first time, the status parameter Parameters can be initial default parameter values.

After obtaining the global configuration information and status parameters of the second configuration information, the target can be configured based on the system capability interface information, application timer information, application plug-in information, multi-language information and localization setting information declared by the global configuration information. Configure the application environment of the process. At the same time, the second application instance is configured in the target process according to the state parameter of the second application instance, so as to run the second application instance in the target process and switch it to the foreground.

In some implementations, when the application instance is switched to the foreground, since only the configuration data of the application example is cached in the target process, but the corresponding rendering interface is not cached, the display interface needs to be re-rendered based on the configuration data. The following is combined with Figure 4 Embodiments will be described.

As shown in Figure 4, in some implementations, the application management method of the present disclosure includes:

S410: Render the display interface corresponding to the application instance according to the configuration information of the application instance currently running in the target process.

S420. Output the display interface on the display device of the electronic device.

Electronic equipment includes a display device, and a display device refers to a device used to display the interface of an electronic device, such as a display module of a smartphone, a display screen of a smart watch, etc. In some embodiments, the display device may be, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) device, an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode, organic light-emitting semiconductor) device, etc., which is not limited by the present disclosure.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when an application instance is switched to the foreground, for example, the system switches from the second application instance to the first application instance, the first application instance has been cached in the memory of the target process and is switched to the background. The first configuration information needs to be read, and the first configuration information of the cache needs to be read, and the target process is initialized and configured according to the first configuration information, so that the first application instance can run normally in the target process.

At the same time, at the visualization level, it is necessary to re-render the display interface corresponding to the first application instance, that is, the display interface of the application program, according to the first configuration information, and output and display the display interface on the display device. For the user, when switching the second application program to the first application program, the display interface corresponding to the first application program can be displayed on the display device of the electronic device, and the user realizes the related information of the first application program through the display interface. operate.

It can be understood that the above description takes the second application instance to switch to the first application instance as an example. In fact, for any application instance, the display interface can be rendered according to the above process, so that the display interface of the application instance is displayed on the display device. The above output is displayed, which will not be described again in this disclosure.

It can be seen from the above that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when an application instance is switched to running in the background, only the configuration information of the application instance is cached, and data such as the display interface is not cached, so that only a small amount of process memory space is occupied and no data is cached. It will affect the operation of the foreground application instance and enable multiple applications to be kept alive in a single process at the same time.

In addition, it deserves special explanation that the switching process of two application instances in the target process is described above. In fact, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, more numbers of applications can be implemented in the same target process. Keeping application instances alive.

For example, in one example, the user first starts the first application instance, and the first application instance runs normally in the target process. Then switch from the first application instance to the second application instance. Based on the aforementioned management method, the first configuration information of the first application instance can be cached in the target process, the first application instance can be maintained in the background, and the second application instance can be configured Runs normally in the target process. Afterwards, switching from the second application instance to the third application instance, based on the aforementioned management method, the second configuration information of the second application instance can be cached in the target process, and the second application instance can also be entered into the background to maintain, and the third application instance The configuration runs normally in the target process. Then, the third application instance is switched back to the first application instance. Based on the aforementioned management method, the third configuration information of the third application instance can be cached in the target process, the third application instance can be maintained in the background, and the cached information can be read. The first configuration information configures the first application instance to run normally in the target process.

Since only the configuration information of each application instance is cached in the target process, the amount of data is very small. Therefore, even for lightweight wearable devices such as smart bracelets and watches, the configuration data of multiple application instances can be saved at the same time. Implement keep-aliveness of multiple applications in the same process. When users switch applications, they do not need to re-establish the process or restart the application, which greatly improves the user experience.

From the above, it can be seen that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, multiple application instances can survive simultaneously in a single process. When switching between the front and back of an application instance, there is no need to establish a new process or wait for the application instance to restart, which reduces application switching time, especially It is conducive to the deployment of lightweight wearable devices and improves the device usage experience.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an application management device, which can be applied to electronic devices. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is no limit to the specific type of the electronic device. It can be any device type suitable for implementation, such as a smart phone, a tablet, a smart watch, a smart bracelet, etc. The present disclosure does not limit this.

As shown in Figure 5, in some implementations, the application management device of the present disclosure includes:

The first acquisition module 10 is configured to, in response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, acquire the current first configuration information of the first application instance, and cache the first configuration information in the currently running target. in progress;

The second acquisition module 20 is configured to acquire the second configuration information of the second application instance, and initialize the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information, so as to run the second application instance in the target process.

In some implementations, the first acquisition module 10 is configured as:

In response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, obtain global configuration information and current status parameters of the first application instance;

The first configuration information is determined according to the global configuration information and the status parameters, and the first configuration information is cached in the target process.

In some implementations, the device of the present disclosure further includes a configuration module, and the configuration module is configured to:

In some implementations, the second acquisition module 20 is configured as:

In response to the second configuration information of the second application instance cached in the target process, the second configuration information cached in the target process is obtained, and the configuration of the target process is initialized according to the second configuration information.

In some implementations, the second acquisition module 20 is configured as:

Configure the application environment of the target process according to the global configuration information, and configure the second application instance in the target process according to the state parameters to run the second application instance in the target process.

In some embodiments, the device of the present disclosure further includes a display module, and the display module is configured to:

According to the configuration information of the application instance currently running in the target process, render the display interface corresponding to the application instance;

A display interface is output on the display device of the electronic device.

In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a wearable device.

processor; and

The memory stores computer instructions for causing the processor to execute the method according to any embodiment of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium storing computer instructions, and the computer instructions are used to cause a computer to execute the method according to any embodiment of the first aspect.

FIG. 6 shows a structural block diagram of an electronic device in some embodiments of the present disclosure. The relevant principles of electronic devices and storage media in some embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below in conjunction with FIG. 6 .

Referring to Figure 6, electronic device 1800 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 1802, memory 1804, power supply component 1806, multimedia component 1808, audio component 1810, input/output (I/O) interface 1812, sensor component 1816, and Communication component 1818.

Processing component 1802 generally controls the overall operations of electronic device 1800, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. Processing component 1802 may include one or more processors 1820 to execute instructions. Additionally, processing component 1802 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between processing component 1802 and other components. For example, processing component 1802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between multimedia component 1808 and processing component 1802. As another example, the processing component 1802 can read executable instructions from the memory to implement electronic device-related functions.

Memory 1804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at electronic device 1800 . Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on electronic device 1800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. Memory 1804 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device, or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), Programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disk.

Power supply component 1806 provides power to various components of electronic device 1800 . Power supply components 1806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power to electronic device 1800 .

Multimedia component 1808 includes a display screen that provides an output interface between the electronic device 1800 and the user. In some embodiments, multimedia component 1808 includes a front-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera. When the electronic device 1800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front-facing camera and rear-facing camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

Audio component 1810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 1810 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when electronic device 1800 is in operating modes, such as call mode, recording mode, and voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in memory 1804 or sent via communications component 1818 . In some embodiments, audio component 1810 includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 1812 provides an interface between the processing component 1802 and a peripheral interface module. The peripheral interface module may be a keyboard, a click wheel, a button, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: Home button, Volume buttons, Start button, and Lock button.

Sensor component 1816 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for electronic device 1800 . For example, the sensor component 1816 can detect the open/closed state of the electronic device 1800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the electronic device 1800, the sensor component 1816 can detect the electronic device 1800 or a component of the electronic device 1800. changes in position, the presence or absence of user contact with the electronic device 1800 , the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the electronic device 1800 and changes in the temperature of the electronic device 1800 . Sensor component 1816 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. Sensor assembly 1816 may include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 1816 may include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

Communication component 1818 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between electronic device 1800 and other devices. The electronic device 1800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G or 6G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, communication component 1818 receives broadcast signals or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communications component 1818 includes a near field communications (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, electronic device 1800 may be configured by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable Programmed gate array (FPGA), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor or other electronic component implementation.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chip, including one or more interface circuits and one or more processors; the interface circuit is used to receive signals from a memory of an electronic device and send signals to the processor. The signal includes a computer instruction stored in a memory; when the processor executes the computer instruction, the electronic device is caused to execute the method described in any implementation manner of the first aspect.

In some embodiments, the chip provided by the present disclosure can be any chip type suitable for implementation, such as a CPU (central processing unit, central processing unit) chip, a GPU (graphics processing unit, graphics processor) chip, an SoC (system-level processor) Chip, System on Chip), etc., may also be an accelerator chip dedicated to artificial intelligence technology, such as an AI (Artificial Intelligence, artificial intelligence) accelerator, etc. This disclosure does not limit this.

Obviously, the above-mentioned embodiments are only examples for clear explanation and are not limitations of the embodiments. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other different forms of changes or modifications can be made based on the above description. An exhaustive list of all implementations is neither necessary nor possible. The obvious changes or modifications derived therefrom are still within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

An application management method, characterized in that it is applied to electronic devices, and the method includes:

In response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, obtain the current first configuration information of the first application instance, and cache the first configuration information in the currently running target process;

Obtain the second configuration information of the second application instance, and initialize the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information to run the second application instance in the target process.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, in response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, the current first configuration information of the first application instance is obtained, and the The first configuration information is cached in the currently running target process, including:

In response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, obtain the global configuration information and current status parameters of the first application instance;

The first configuration information is determined according to the global configuration information and the state parameters, and the first configuration information is cached in the target process.
The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

In response to switching from the currently running second application instance to the first application instance, the target process is configured according to the first configuration information of the first application instance cached in the target process.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that obtaining the second configuration information of the second application instance and initializing the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information includes:

In response to the second configuration information of the second application instance not being cached in the target process, reading the program file of the second application instance to obtain the second configuration information of the second application instance;

Initialize the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that obtaining the second configuration information of the second application instance and initializing the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information includes:

In response to the second configuration information of the second application instance being cached in the target process, obtaining the second configuration information cached in the target process, and initializing the target process according to the second configuration information configuration.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that initializing the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information to run the second application instance in the target process includes:

Obtain global configuration information and status parameters included in the second configuration information;

Configure the application environment of the target process according to the global configuration information, configure the second application instance in the target process according to the status parameter, so as to run the second application instance in the target process.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the first configuration information and the second configuration information each include at least one of the following:

System capability interface information, application timer information, application plug-in information, multi-language information, and localization setting information.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that:

The electronic devices include wearable devices.
An application management device, characterized by including:

The first acquisition module is configured to, in response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, acquire the current first configuration information of the first application instance, and cache the first configuration information in the current In the running target process;

The second acquisition module is configured to acquire the second configuration information of the second application instance, and initialize the configuration of the target process according to the second configuration information, so as to run the second application instance in the target process.
The device according to claim 9, characterized in that the first acquisition module is configured to:

In response to switching from the currently running first application instance to the second application instance, obtain the global configuration information and current status parameters of the first application instance;

The first configuration information is determined according to the global configuration information and the state parameters, and the first configuration information is cached in the target process.
The device according to claim 9, further comprising a configuration module configured to:

In response to switching from the currently running second application instance to the first application instance, the target process is configured according to the first configuration information of the first application instance cached in the target process.
An electronic device, characterized by including:

processor; and

A memory storing computer instructions for causing the processor to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
A storage medium, characterized in that computer instructions are stored, and the computer instructions are used to cause a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.