CN117348953A

CN117348953A - Display method and related device

Info

Publication number: CN117348953A
Application number: CN202210753854.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张亚男; 王红军
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-29
Filing date: 2022-06-29
Publication date: 2024-01-05

Abstract

The application discloses a display method and a related device. The electronic device displays one or more interfaces. The electronic device may move the one or more interfaces toward the bezel of the touch screen after receiving the user-specified input without changing the size of the one or more interfaces such that a first portion of the one or more interfaces proximate to the bezel of the touch screen is moved out of the touch screen. The touch screen of the electronic device displays a second part except the first part of the one or more interfaces and a first to-be-split screen interface. The first to-be-split screen interface comprises a first icon. After receiving the input of the user for the first icon, the electronic device responds to the input and displays an interface of the application corresponding to the first icon and one or more interfaces on the touch screen. In this way, the electronic device can quickly open the interfaces of multiple applications.

Description

Display method and related device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of terminal technologies, and in particular, to a display method and a related device.

Background

Application display technology is widely used on electronic equipment, one electronic equipment can display interfaces of applications in various display methods, when the electronic equipment displays a certain interface of the applications in a full screen mode, if a user wants to display the interfaces of the two applications in a split screen mode, the user needs to return to a desktop to open a second application, then split screen operation is performed, the electronic equipment can be controlled to display the interfaces of the two applications, and operation is complex.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a display method and a related device, which realize that when one or more interfaces are displayed on electronic equipment, the electronic equipment receives the designated input of a user. The electronic device can respond to the specified input to display a second to-be-split screen interface and a first to-be-split screen interface corresponding to the one or more interfaces. Alternatively, the electronic device may display one or more interfaces and a first to-be-split screen interface in response to the specified input. Alternatively, the electronic device may display a third to-be-split interface in response to the specified input. The third to-be-split interface includes at least one split option, and the at least one split option includes a first split option. The electronic device may display one or more interfaces and a first to-be-split interface after receiving the user input for the first split option. The first to-be-split screen interface comprises one or more application icons, and the one or more application icons comprise designated application icons. Alternatively, the first to-be-split interface includes a split application bar that includes the one or more application icons. The electronic device may display one or more interfaces and an interface corresponding to the specified application icon in response to user input for the specified application icon. In this way, the electronic device can quickly display interfaces for more applications.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a display method applied to an electronic device including a touch screen, including:

displaying one or more interfaces on the touch screen, each of the one or more interfaces displaying first content;

receiving a first input through a touch screen;

in response to the first input, moving one or more interfaces toward a frame of the touch screen without changing the size, such that a first portion of the one or more interfaces is not displayed and a second portion of the one or more interfaces other than the first portion is displayed on the touch screen, a portion or all of the first content of the one or more interfaces proximate to the frame is not displayed and a first to-be-split interface is displayed on the touch screen, the first to-be-split interface including one or more application icons, the one or more application icons including the first icon;

receiving a second input for the first icon;

in response to the second input, changing the display position of the one or more interfaces on the touch screen so that each of the one or more interfaces displays second content and displays an interface of the application corresponding to the first icon on the touch screen; wherein the second content is the same as the first content or the second content is part of the first content.

Thus, when one or more interfaces are displayed on the electronic device 100, the input of the user can be received, and an interface can be displayed in a rapid and newly increased manner. The user is facilitated to quickly open the interface of another application.

In one possible implementation, the direction of the first input is a first direction; moving the one or more interfaces toward the frame of the touch screen without changing the size, so that a first part of the one or more interfaces is not displayed, and displaying a second part of the one or more interfaces except the first part on the touch screen, wherein the part of the first content of the one or more interfaces, which is close to the frame, is not displayed, specifically comprising:

and moving one or more interfaces to the border of the touch screen corresponding to the first direction for display, and displaying the display effect that the border shields part of the first content.

In this way, the electronic device may display one or more interfaces at the edge of the touch screen, and only display a part of the content of each interface in the one or more interfaces, which may not only display the specific content of the displayed one or more interfaces to the user, but also reduce the area of the touch screen occupied by the one or more interfaces, so as to display the first to-be-split screen interface with a larger area, thereby facilitating the user to select the icon in the first to-be-split screen interface.

In one possible implementation, the direction of the first input is a first direction; moving the one or more interfaces toward the frame of the touch screen without changing the size, so that a first part of the one or more interfaces is not displayed, and displaying a second part of the one or more interfaces except the first part on the touch screen, wherein the whole content, close to the frame, of the first content of the one or more interfaces is not displayed, specifically comprising:

and moving the one or more interfaces to a frame of the touch screen corresponding to the first direction for display, wherein at least one interface of the one or more interfaces does not display the first content any more, and displaying icons related to the first content.

In this way, when the one or more interfaces are moved to the edge of the touch screen, the electronic device 100 may not need to draw the first content of the one or more interfaces, only need to draw the icon of the application of the one or more interfaces, reduce the power consumption of the electronic device for drawing the one or more interfaces, and make the interface display more concise.

In one possible implementation, one or more interfaces are displayed in suspension above the first to-be-split interface. Therefore, the size of the first to-be-split screen interface is calculated without occupying the area of the touch screen according to one or more interfaces, namely, the first to-be-split screen interface is directly displayed in a full screen mode without changing the size of the first to-be-split screen, and calculation resources are reduced.

In one possible implementation, the direction of the first input is a first direction, and the direction of movement of the one or more interfaces is the first direction. Thus, the moving direction of the one or more interfaces can be determined according to the input direction of the user, and the user habit is more conformed.

In one possible implementation, the one or more interfaces include a first interface and a second interface, the first input is an input to the first interface, and the direction of the first input is a first direction; the method further comprises the steps of:

moving the first interface to a first direction side of the touch screen for display, and if the first interface is positioned at the first direction side of the second interface, moving the second interface to a second direction side of the touch screen for display, wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction; if the first interface is positioned at the second direction side of the second interface, the second interface is moved to the first direction side of the touch screen for display; if the first interface is located at the third direction side of the second interface, the display position of the second interface is unchanged, and the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

Thus, the electronic equipment can receive the input of the user, determine one or more interfaces and the display positions of the newly added interfaces, and facilitate the user to determine the layout of the split screen interface.

In one possible implementation, the one or more interfaces include a first interface and a second interface; when one or more interfaces are displayed on the touch screen, the method further comprises:

if the touch screen receives a seventh input;

in response to a seventh input, a first floating window and a second floating window are displayed, wherein the first floating window has a first interface displayed therein and the second floating window has a second interface displayed therein. In this way, the electronic device can quickly switch the multiple interfaces to a floating window display.

In a second aspect, the present application provides another display method applied to an electronic device including a touch screen, including:

displaying one or more interfaces on the touch screen;

receiving a third input through the touch screen;

in response to the third input, displaying one or more interfaces on the touch screen, and a first to-be-split screen interface, the first to-be-split screen interface including one or more application icons, the one or more application icons including a first icon;

receiving a fourth input aiming at the first icon through the touch screen;

responding to the fourth input, and displaying an interface of an application corresponding to the first icon at a first to-be-split screen interface of the touch screen; or,

and responding to the third input, displaying one or more interfaces and an interface of an application corresponding to the first icon on the touch screen, wherein the application corresponding to the first icon is the application with the longest use time in the preset time, or the interface of the application corresponding to the first icon is the interface displayed before the one or more interfaces are displayed on the touch screen.

In this way, the electronic device can directly and newly display a split screen interface, and when the electronic device can move one or more interfaces to the interface of the application corresponding to the newly displayed first icon on the touch screen, the display area of the one or more interfaces is displayed. The consumption of storage resources and calculation resources of the electronic equipment in the intermediate steps is reduced, and an interface is displayed more quickly.

In one possible implementation, the direction of the third input is the first direction, and the one or more interfaces are displayed on the first direction side of the touch screen. Thus, the moving direction of the one or more interfaces can be determined according to the input direction of the user, and the user habit is more conformed.

In one possible implementation, the one or more interfaces include a first interface and a second interface, the third input is an input to the first interface, and the direction of the first input is a first direction; the method further comprises the steps of:

displaying a first interface on a first direction side of the touch screen, and displaying a second interface on a second direction side of the touch screen if the first interface is positioned on the first direction side of the second interface, wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction; if the first interface is positioned at the second direction side of the second interface, the second interface is displayed at the first direction side of the touch screen; if the first interface is located at the third direction side of the second interface, the display position of the second interface is unchanged, and the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction. Thus, the electronic equipment can receive the input of the user, determine one or more interfaces and the display positions of the newly added interfaces, and facilitate the user to determine the layout of the split screen interface.

In one possible implementation, before receiving the third input through the touch screen, the method further includes:

receiving a fifth input through the touch screen;

and responding to the fifth input, displaying a third interface to be split on the touch screen, wherein the third interface to be split comprises one or more split options, and the split options are used for triggering the display of one or more interfaces and displaying the first interface to be split or the interface of the application corresponding to the first icon.

In this way, the electronic device can display a plurality of split screen options, the split screen options can represent one or a plurality of interfaces, and the display positions of the interfaces of the first class of split screen interfaces or the application corresponding to the first icons on the touch screen are convenient for the electronic device to display newly added interfaces and the one or a plurality of interfaces according to the interface layout selected by the user.

In one possible implementation, the one or more split options include a first split option, and the third input is an input for the first split option. In this way, the user can select different interface layouts through the split screen option.

In one possible implementation, the first split-screen option includes a plurality of split-screen area options, the plurality of split-screen area options including a first split-screen area option for indicating a first display position on the touch screen; the third input is input aiming at a first split screen area option in the first split screen options;

One or more interfaces are displayed on the touch screen, and the method specifically comprises the following steps:

one or more interfaces are displayed at the first display location.

In this way, the split screen area option can be used to indicate the display position of one or more interfaces in the touch screen for newly displaying one interface, and the electronic device can set the display position of one or more interfaces based on the split screen area option selected by the user.

In one possible implementation, after displaying the third to-be-split interface on the touch screen in response to the fifth input, the method further includes:

the touch screen receives a sixth input aiming at the first split screen option;

and responding to the sixth input, displaying a fourth interface to be split on the touch screen, wherein the fourth interface to be split comprises one or more display areas, and the display areas are used for indicating the display positions of the one or more interfaces.

In this way, the electronic device may display one or more display areas, and display the one or more interfaces in the display area selected by the user, and the electronic device may display all the interfaces on the touch screen after adding one interface in the page layout set by the user.

In one possible implementation, the one or more display regions include a first display region, and the third input is an input to the first display region;

In response to the third input, displaying one or more interfaces on the touch screen, including:

one or more interfaces are displayed in the first display area of the touch screen in response to the third input.

In one possible implementation, the first type of split-screen interface includes a split-screen application bar and a first marker, the first marker representing one or more interfaces, the split-screen application bar including one or more application icons.

The first mark includes a designated icon in the embodiment. Thus, the electronic device can display the application which can be displayed in a split screen through the split screen application bar.

In one possible implementation manner, the receiving, through the touch screen, the fourth input for the first icon specifically includes:

a fourth input is received that the user drags the first marker near the first icon and releases the first marker. In this way, the electronic device may provide the user with the ability to select the first icon by dragging the first marker. The user does not need to perform multiple selection operations, and can directly perform continuous input on the touch screen to select a new interface.

In one possible implementation, it is detected that the user drags the first marker to the vicinity of the first icon, and a first application preview frame is displayed on the touch screen, where the first application preview frame includes an image of an interface of an application corresponding to the first icon, or the first application preview frame displays a display content including the interface of the application corresponding to the first icon and an image of a display content of one or more interfaces. Therefore, the electronic equipment can prompt the user to newly add the display content of the split screen interface through the application preview box, and the user can conveniently select a required interface.

In another possible implementation, the first application preview box includes one or more preview options, and the one or more preview options include a first preview option for displaying a first display interface of the application corresponding to the first icon and a second preview option for displaying a second display interface of the application corresponding to the first icon, the first display interface being different from the second display interface. If the electronic equipment detects that the first mark is dragged to the vicinity of the first preview option, displaying a preview image consisting of a first display interface and one or more interfaces; if the electronic device detects that the first mark is dragged to the vicinity of the second preview option, displaying a preview image comprising a second display interface and one or more interfaces.

In some embodiments, if an input is received that the user drags the first marker near the first preview option and releases the first marker, the first display interface and the one or more interfaces are displayed on the touch screen. And if the input that the user drags the first mark to the vicinity of the second preview option and releases the first mark is received, displaying a second display interface and the one or more interfaces on the touch screen. Thus, the electronic device can provide a function that the user selects any one of the interfaces newly displaying one application.

if the touch screen receives a seventh input;

In a third aspect, the present application provides an electronic device, including: the touch screen, one or more processors, one or more memories; wherein the touch screen, the one or more memories are coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memories for storing computer program code comprising computer instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform the display method in any of the possible implementations of the above.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the display method in any one of the possible implementations of the above aspect.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a chip system, the chip system being applied to an electronic device, the chip system comprising one or more processors for invoking computer instructions to cause the electronic device to perform the display method in any of the possible implementations of the above aspect.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the display method of any one of the possible implementations of the above aspect.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a software block diagram of an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIGS. 3A-3H are a set of interface diagrams provided in embodiments of the present application;

FIGS. 4A-4F are a schematic diagram of another set of interfaces provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIGS. 5A-5C are a schematic diagram of another set of interfaces provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIGS. 6A-6B are a schematic diagram of another set of interfaces provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIGS. 7A-7E are another set of interface schematic diagrams provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a secondary interface provided in an embodiment of the present application;

9A-9C are another set of interface diagrams provided in embodiments of the present application;

FIGS. 10A-10C are a schematic diagram of another set of interfaces provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIGS. 11A-11D are a further set of interface schematic diagrams provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIGS. 12A-12D are another set of interface schematic diagrams provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIGS. 13A-13B are another set of interface schematic diagrams provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIGS. 14A-14E are another set of interface schematic diagrams provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIGS. 15A-15C are another set of interface schematic diagrams provided in embodiments of the present application;

FIGS. 16A-16B are another set of interface schematic diagrams provided by embodiments of the present application;

fig. 17A-17C are another set of interface schematic diagrams provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and thoroughly described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Wherein, in the description of the embodiments of the present application, "/" means or is meant unless otherwise indicated, for example, a/B may represent a or B; the text "and/or" is merely an association relation describing the associated object, and indicates that three relations may exist, for example, a and/or B may indicate: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone.

The terms "first," "second," and the like, are used below for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as implying or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature, and in the description of embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

The embodiment of the application provides a display method. The electronic device may display at least one interface and the electronic device 100 receives a user-specified input. The electronic device 100 may display a second to-be-split interface and a first to-be-split interface corresponding to at least one interface in response to the specified input. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display at least one interface and one first to-be-split screen interface in response to the specified input. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display a third to-be-split screen interface in response to the specified input. The third to-be-split interface includes at least one split option, and the at least one split option includes a first split option. The electronic device 100 may display at least one interface and a first to-be-split interface after receiving the user input for the first split option. The first to-be-split screen interface comprises one or more application icons, and the one or more application icons comprise designated application icons. Alternatively, the first to-be-split interface includes a split application bar that includes the one or more application icons. The electronic device 100 may display at least one interface and an interface corresponding to the designated application icon in response to the user input for the designated application icon. In this way, the electronic device 100 can quickly display interfaces for more applications.

The electronic device 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application is described below.

The electronic device 100 may be a cell phone, tablet, desktop, laptop, handheld, notebook, ultra-mobile personal computer (ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), netbook, as well as a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) device, virtual Reality (VR) device, artificial intelligence (artificial intelligence, AI) device, wearable device, vehicle-mounted device, smart home device, and/or smart city device, with the specific types of such electronic devices not being particularly limited in the embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface 130, a charge management module 140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 150, a wireless communication module 160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, an earphone interface 170D, a sensor module 180, keys 190, a motor 191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display 194, and a subscriber identity module (subscriber identification module, SIM) card interface 195, etc. The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A, a gyro sensor 180B, an air pressure sensor 180C, a magnetic sensor 180D, an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, a proximity sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperature sensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient light sensor 180L, a bone conduction sensor 180M, and the like.

It should be understood that the illustrated structure of the embodiment of the present invention does not constitute a specific limitation on the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the present application, electronic device 100 may include more or fewer components than shown, or certain components may be combined, or certain components may be split, or different arrangements of components. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units, such as: the processor 110 may include an application processor (application processor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (image signal processor, ISP), a controller, a video codec, a digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural network processor (neural-network processing unit, NPU), etc. Wherein the different processing units may be separate devices or may be integrated in one or more processors.

The controller can generate operation control signals according to the instruction operation codes and the time sequence signals to finish the control of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may also be provided in the processor 110 for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in the processor 110 is a cache memory. The memory may hold instructions or data that the processor 110 has just used or recycled. If the processor 110 needs to reuse the instruction or data, it can be called directly from the memory. Repeated accesses are avoided and the latency of the processor 110 is reduced, thereby improving the efficiency of the system.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or more interfaces. The interfaces may include an integrated circuit (inter-integrated circuit, I2C) interface, an integrated circuit built-in audio (inter-integrated circuit sound, I2S) interface, a pulse code modulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter, UART) interface, a mobile industry processor interface (mobile industry processor interface, MIPI), a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, a subscriber identity module (subscriber identity module, SIM) interface, and/or a universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface, among others.

It should be understood that the interfacing relationship between the modules illustrated in the embodiments of the present invention is only illustrative, and is not meant to limit the structure of the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device 100 may also use different interfacing manners, or a combination of multiple interfacing manners in the foregoing embodiments.

The charge management module 140 is configured to receive a charge input from a charger. The charger can be a wireless charger or a wired charger. In some wired charging embodiments, the charge management module 140 may receive a charging input of a wired charger through the USB interface 130. In some wireless charging embodiments, the charge management module 140 may receive wireless charging input through a wireless charging coil of the electronic device 100. The charging management module 140 may also supply power to the electronic device through the power management module 141 while charging the battery 142.

The power management module 141 is used for connecting the battery 142, and the charge management module 140 and the processor 110. The power management module 141 receives input from the battery 142 and/or the charge management module 140 to power the processor 110, the internal memory 121, the display 194, the camera 193, the wireless communication module 160, and the like. The power management module 141 may also be configured to monitor battery capacity, battery cycle number, battery health (leakage, impedance) and other parameters. In other embodiments, the power management module 141 may also be provided in the processor 110. In other embodiments, the power management module 141 and the charge management module 140 may be disposed in the same device.

The wireless communication function of the electronic device 100 may be implemented by the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobile communication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, a modem processor, a baseband processor, and the like.

The antennas 1 and 2 are used for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the electronic device 100 may be used to cover a single or multiple communication bands. Different antennas may also be multiplexed to improve the utilization of the antennas. For example: the antenna 1 may be multiplexed into a diversity antenna of a wireless local area network. In other embodiments, the antenna may be used in conjunction with a tuning switch.

The mobile communication module 150 may provide a solution for wireless communication including 2G/3G/4G/5G, etc., applied to the electronic device 100. The mobile communication module 150 may include at least one filter, switch, power amplifier, low noise amplifier (low noise amplifier, LNA), etc. The mobile communication module 150 may receive electromagnetic waves from the antenna 1, perform processes such as filtering, amplifying, and the like on the received electromagnetic waves, and transmit the processed electromagnetic waves to the modem processor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 150 can amplify the signal modulated by the modem processor, and convert the signal into electromagnetic waves through the antenna 1 to radiate. In some embodiments, at least some of the functional modules of the mobile communication module 150 may be disposed in the processor 110. In some embodiments, at least some of the functional modules of the mobile communication module 150 may be provided in the same device as at least some of the modules of the processor 110.

The modem processor may include a modulator and a demodulator. The modulator is used for modulating the low-frequency baseband signal to be transmitted into a medium-high frequency signal. The demodulator is used for demodulating the received electromagnetic wave signal into a low-frequency baseband signal. The demodulator then transmits the demodulated low frequency baseband signal to the baseband processor for processing. The low frequency baseband signal is processed by the baseband processor and then transferred to the application processor. The application processor outputs sound signals through an audio device (not limited to the speaker 170A, the receiver 170B, etc.), or displays images or video through the display screen 194. In some embodiments, the modem processor may be a stand-alone device. In other embodiments, the modem processor may be provided in the same device as the mobile communication module 150 or other functional module, independent of the processor 110.

The wireless communication module 160 may provide solutions for wireless communication including wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN) (e.g., wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, wi-Fi) network), bluetooth (BT), global navigation satellite system (global navigation satellite system, GNSS), frequency modulation (frequency modulation, FM), near field wireless communication technology (near field communication, NFC), infrared technology (IR), etc., as applied to the electronic device 100. The wireless communication module 160 may be one or more devices that integrate at least one communication processing module. The wireless communication module 160 receives electromagnetic waves via the antenna 2, modulates the electromagnetic wave signals, filters the electromagnetic wave signals, and transmits the processed signals to the processor 110. The wireless communication module 160 may also receive a signal to be transmitted from the processor 110, frequency modulate it, amplify it, and convert it to electromagnetic waves for radiation via the antenna 2.

In some embodiments, antenna 1 and mobile communication module 150 of electronic device 100 are coupled, and antenna 2 and wireless communication module 160 are coupled, such that electronic device 100 may communicate with a network and other devices through wireless communication techniques. The wireless communication techniques may include the Global System for Mobile communications (global system for mobile communications, GSM), general packet radio service (general packet radio service, GPRS), code division multiple access (code division multiple access, CDMA), wideband code division multiple access (wideband code division multiple access, WCDMA), time division code division multiple access (time-division code division multiple access, TD-SCDMA), long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE), BT, GNSS, WLAN, NFC, FM, and/or IR techniques, among others. The GNSS may include a global satellite positioning system (global positioning system, GPS), a global navigation satellite system (global navigation satellite system, GLONASS), a beidou satellite navigation system (beidou navigation satellite system, BDS), a quasi zenith satellite system (quasi-zenith satellite system, QZSS) and/or a satellite based augmentation system (satellite based augmentation systems, SBAS).

The electronic device 100 implements display functions through a GPU, a display screen 194, an application processor, and the like. The GPU is a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to the display 194 and the application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. Processor 110 may include one or more GPUs that execute program instructions to generate or change display information.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, videos, and the like. The display 194 includes a display panel. The display panel may employ a liquid crystal display (liquid crystal display, LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) or an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (matrix organic light emitting diode), a flexible light-emitting diode (flex), a mini, a Micro led, a Micro-OLED, a quantum dot light-emitting diode (quantum dot light emitting diodes, QLED), or the like. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include 1 or N display screens 194, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The electronic device 100 may implement photographing functions through an ISP, a camera 193, a video codec, a GPU, a display screen 194, an application processor, and the like.

The ISP is used to process data fed back by the camera 193. For example, when photographing, the shutter is opened, light is transmitted to the camera photosensitive element through the lens, the optical signal is converted into an electric signal, and the camera photosensitive element transmits the electric signal to the ISP for processing and is converted into an image visible to naked eyes. ISP can also perform algorithm optimization on noise and brightness of the image. The ISP can also optimize parameters such as exposure, color temperature and the like of a shooting scene. In some embodiments, the ISP may be provided in the camera 193.

The camera 193 is used to capture still images or video. The object generates an optical image through the lens and projects the optical image onto the photosensitive element. The photosensitive element converts the optical signal into an electrical signal, which is then transferred to the ISP to be converted into a digital image signal. The ISP outputs the digital image signal to the DSP for processing. The DSP converts the digital image signal into an image signal in a standard RGB, YUV, or the like format. In some embodiments, electronic device 100 may include 1 or N cameras 193, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The digital signal processor is used for processing digital signals, and can process other digital signals besides digital image signals. For example, when the electronic device 100 selects a frequency bin, the digital signal processor is used to fourier transform the frequency bin energy, or the like.

Video codecs are used to compress or decompress digital video. The electronic device 100 may support one or more video codecs. In this way, the electronic device 100 may play or record video in a variety of encoding formats, such as: dynamic picture experts group (moving picture experts group, MPEG) 1, MPEG2, MPEG3, MPEG4, etc.

The NPU is a neural-network (NN) computing processor, and can rapidly process input information by referencing a biological neural network structure, for example, referencing a transmission mode between human brain neurons, and can also continuously perform self-learning. Applications such as intelligent awareness of the electronic device 100 may be implemented through the NPU, for example: image recognition, face recognition, speech recognition, text understanding, etc.

The internal memory 121 may be used to store computer executable program code including instructions. The processor 110 executes various functional applications of the electronic device 100 and data processing by executing instructions stored in the internal memory 121. The internal memory 121 may include a storage program area and a storage data area. The storage program area may store an application program (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function of the operating system, etc. The storage data area may store data created during use of the electronic device 100 (e.g., audio data, phonebook, etc.), and so on. In addition, the internal memory 121 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, a universal flash memory (universal flash storage, UFS), and the like.

The electronic device 100 may implement audio functions through an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, an earphone interface 170D, an application processor, and the like. Such as music playing, recording, etc.

The audio module 170 is used to convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal output and also to convert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The speaker 170A, also referred to as a "horn," is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals. A receiver 170B, also referred to as a "earpiece", is used to convert the audio electrical signal into a sound signal. Microphone 170C, also referred to as a "microphone" or "microphone", is used to convert sound signals into electrical signals.

The earphone interface 170D is used to connect a wired earphone. The headset interface 170D may be a USB interface 130 or a 3.5mm open mobile electronic device platform (open mobile terminal platform, OMTP) standard interface, a american cellular telecommunications industry association (cellular telecommunications industry association of the USA, CTIA) standard interface.

When the pressure sensor 180A is used to sense a pressure signal, the pressure signal may be converted into an electrical signal. In some embodiments, the pressure sensor 180A may be disposed on the display screen 194. The gyro sensor 180B may be used to determine a motion gesture of the electronic device 100. The air pressure sensor 180C is used to measure air pressure. The magnetic sensor 180D includes a hall sensor, and the opening and closing of the flip cover can be detected by the magnetic sensor 180D. The acceleration sensor 180E may detect the magnitude of acceleration of the electronic device 100 in various directions (typically three axes). A distance sensor 180F for measuring a distance. The proximity light sensor 180G may also be used in holster mode, pocket mode to automatically unlock and lock the screen. The ambient light sensor 180L is used to sense ambient light level. The fingerprint sensor 180H is used to collect a fingerprint. The temperature sensor 180J is for detecting temperature. The bone conduction sensor 180M may acquire a vibration signal. The keys 190 include a power-on key, a volume key, etc. The motor 191 may generate a vibration cue. The indicator 192 may be an indicator light, may be used to indicate a state of charge, a change in charge, a message indicating a missed call, a notification, etc. The SIM card interface 195 is used to connect a SIM card.

The touch sensor 180K, also referred to as a "touch panel". The touch sensor 180K may be disposed on the display screen 194, and the touch sensor 180K and the display screen 194 form a touch screen, which is also called a "touch screen". The touch sensor 180K is for detecting a touch operation acting thereon or thereabout. The touch sensor may communicate the detected touch operation to the application processor to determine the touch event type. Visual output related to touch operations may be provided through the display 194. In other embodiments, the touch sensor 180K may also be disposed on the surface of the electronic device 100 at a different location than the display 194.

The following describes a software architecture diagram of the electronic device 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application.

The software system of the electronic device 100 may employ a layered architecture, an event driven architecture, a microkernel architecture, a microservice architecture, or a cloud architecture. The embodiment of the present invention exemplifies the software structure of the electronic device 100 by taking the operating system with a layered architecture as an example.

Fig. 2 is a software configuration block diagram of the electronic device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The layered architecture divides the software into several layers, each with distinct roles and branches. The layers communicate with each other through a software interface. In some embodiments, the operating system is divided into four layers, from top to bottom, an application layer, an application framework layer, runtime (run time) and system libraries, and a kernel layer, respectively.

The application layer may include a series of application packages.

As shown in fig. 2, the application package may include applications for cameras, gallery, calendar, phone calls, maps, navigation, WLAN, bluetooth, music, video, short messages, etc.

The application framework layer provides an application programming interface (application programming interface, API) and programming framework for application programs of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions.

As shown in FIG. 2, the application framework layer may include a window manager, a content provider, a view system, a telephony manager, a resource manager, a notification manager, and the like.

The window manager is used for managing window programs. The window manager can acquire the size of the touch screen, judge whether a status bar exists, lock the screen, intercept the screen and the like.

The content provider is used to store and retrieve data and make such data accessible to applications. The data may include video, images, audio, calls made and received, browsing history and bookmarks, phonebooks, etc.

The view system includes visual controls, such as controls to display text, controls to display pictures, and the like. The view system may be used to build applications. The display interface may be composed of one or more views. For example, a display interface including a text message notification icon may include a view displaying text and a view displaying a picture.

The telephony manager is used to provide the communication functions of the electronic device 100. Such as the management of call status (including on, hung-up, etc.).

The resource manager provides various resources for the application program, such as localization strings, icons, pictures, layout files, video files, and the like.

The notification manager allows the application to display notification information in a status bar, can be used to communicate notification type messages, can automatically disappear after a short dwell, and does not require user interaction. Such as notification manager is used to inform that the download is complete, message alerts, etc. The notification manager may also be a notification in the form of a chart or scroll bar text that appears on the system top status bar, such as a notification of a background running application, or a notification that appears on the screen in the form of a dialog window. For example, a text message is prompted in a status bar, a prompt tone is emitted, the electronic device vibrates, and an indicator light blinks, etc.

The runtime may refer to all code libraries, frameworks, etc. that are needed by the program to run. For example, for the C language, the runtime includes a series of libraries of functions that are required for the C program to run. For the Java language, the runtime includes a core library and a virtual machine, and the core library may include function functions that the Java language needs to call. The application layer and the application framework layer run in a virtual machine. The virtual machine executes Java files of the application layer and the application framework layer as binary files. The virtual machine is used for executing the functions of object life cycle management, stack management, thread management, security and exception management, garbage collection and the like.

The system library may include a plurality of functional modules. For example: surface manager (surface manager), media Libraries (Media Libraries), three-dimensional graphics processing Libraries (e.g., openGL ES), 2D graphics engines (e.g., SGL), etc.

The surface manager is used to manage the display subsystem and provides a fusion of 2D and 3D layers for multiple applications.

Media libraries support a variety of commonly used audio, video format playback and recording, still image files, and the like. The media library may support a variety of audio and video encoding formats, such as MPEG4, h.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, etc.

The three-dimensional graphic processing library is used for realizing three-dimensional graphic drawing, image rendering, synthesis, layer processing and the like.

The 2D graphics engine is a drawing engine for 2D drawing.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The inner core layer at least comprises a display driver, a camera driver, an audio driver and a sensor driver.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays m interfaces simultaneously, where m is greater than or equal to 1. The electronic device 100 may display (m+1) interfaces to be split in response to a designation input of a user after receiving the designation input. The (m+1) interfaces to be split comprise 1 first interfaces to be split and m second interfaces to be split. The first to-be-split screen interface includes one or more application icons including icons specifying applications. The m second interfaces to be split are in one-to-one correspondence with the m interfaces. Each of the m second interfaces to be split may include a portion of a corresponding interface of the m interfaces. The electronic device 100 may receive input from a user for an icon of the specified application, and in response to the input, display the m interfaces with the interface of the specified application. In this way, the electronic device 100 can quickly split the screen to display the interfaces of multiple applications. In some examples, when the electronic device 100 displays the m interfaces and the interface of the specified application, since the touch screen size is unchanged, but there are (m+1) interfaces displayed in the touch screen, the display content of the m interfaces in the (m+1) interfaces is a part of the display content of the m interfaces when only the m interfaces are displayed in the touch screen. In other examples, the display content of m interfaces in the (m+1) interfaces is the same as the display content of m interfaces when only m interfaces are displayed in the touch screen.

In some application scenarios, the electronic device 100 displays the first interface full screen, which is an interface of the first application. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designation input, and display a first interface to be split and a second interface to be split in response to the designation input. The first to-be-split screen interface includes one or more application icons, where the one or more application icons include icons of a second application, and the icons of the second application are used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a second interface of the second application. The second interface to be split includes a portion of the first interface. The electronic device 100 may receive an input of an icon of a second application for a first interface to be split, and split the first interface and the second interface. In this way, the electronic device 100 may receive user input, displaying one or more application icons. And then receiving the input of the application icon selected by the user, and displaying the original interface and the interface of the selected application icon by a split screen.

For example, as shown in fig. 3A, the electronic device 100 may be displayed with an interface 301. Wherein interface 301 may include a plurality of application icons (e.g., chat application icon 302, news application icon 303, and video application icon 304, etc.). Optionally, a status bar is displayed above the interface 301, where the status bar may include information such as an intensity indicator, an electric quantity value, and a time of the communication signal. Optionally, a tray (dock) area may be below the interface 301, which may include one or more tray icons (e.g., a dial-up application icon, an information application icon, a contacts application icon, a camera application icon, etc.). Wherein chat application icon 302 may be used to trigger electronic device 100 to display an interface for a chat application. The news application icon 303 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display an interface for the news application. Video application icon 304 may be used to trigger electronic device 100 to display an interface for a video application.

The electronic device 100 can receive user input (e.g., a single click) of the chat application icon 302 shown in fig. 3A, in response to which the electronic device 100 can display an interface 305 as shown in fig. 3B.

As shown in fig. 3B, interface 305 is an interface for a chat application. Interface 305 may be displayed with a contact display area. The contact display area may display a plurality of contact options (e.g., contact option 306), which may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a communication interface corresponding to the contact option.

The electronic device may display an interface 311 as shown in fig. 3C in response to user input (e.g., a single click) of the contact option 306 shown in fig. 3B.

As shown in fig. 3C, interface 311 is an interface for a chat application. Interface 311 may be used to communicate with a contact "Lisa" indicated by contact option 306, interface 311 may include a dialog box, an input box, a send control, etc., where the dialog box may be used to display the content of the message sent by the contact and the user, the input box may be used to display information entered by the user, and the send control may be used to send the information in the input box to the client of the contact. Optionally, the interface 311 may further include an expression control, a voice control, a location control, a file control, a voice call control, a video call control, and the like. It should be noted that, both the interface 305 and the interface 311 are interfaces of the chat application, and in some examples, the chat application icon 302 shown in fig. 3A may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to directly display the interface 311.

When the electronic device 100 displays the interface 311 shown in fig. 3C, a user's designation input may be received, and in response to the designation input, the interface 321 and the interface 301 shown in fig. 3D are displayed. The designated input may be a three-finger left-slide input on the touch screen.

In the embodiment of the present application, the sliding direction of the specified input may not be limited to the left sliding, and it is possible that the specified input may also be a downward sliding, an upward sliding, a rightward sliding, or the like. The sliding contact of the designation input may not be limited to three, and it is possible that the designation input may be a two-finger sliding, or a single-finger sliding, or the like. In some embodiments, sliding to the left and right with a single finger on the interface is an input that triggers the electronic device 100 to switch the interface. Thus, in the embodiment of the present application, the three-finger left sliding is used as a preferred implementation manner, and the sliding operation can be prevented from triggering other functions.

It should be noted that the specified input may not be limited to the sliding input, and the specified input may be other input to the touch screen of the electronic device 100, for example, the specified input may be a double click, a single click, a long press input on the touch screen, or the like. The specified input may also be an input to a key of the electronic device 100, for example, the specified input may be a press input to a power key or the like. Alternatively, the specified input may be a voice instruction input or the like. In some examples, these inputs are not limiting. The specified input may also be a set of user operations. For example, the specified input may be an input that refers to a joint tap and draws a specified pattern on a screen, or an input that long presses and selects an interface displayed by the electronic device 100, drags the interface to the vicinity of a specified area, or the like. Thus, the electronic equipment can be additionally provided with more interfaces through a plurality of convenient input modes.

It should be noted that the sliding track of the sliding input may be a straight line or a curved line. The relative positions of the top, bottom, left and right sides of the electronic device 100 when placed in the manner shown in fig. 3C are identified in fig. 3C. These locations are used to illustrate locations on a touch screen of the electronic device 100 or locations on an interface displayed by the electronic device 100. In addition, upward means a direction from the bottom to the top, downward means a direction from the top to the bottom, rightward means a direction from the left to the right, and leftward means a direction from the right to the left. The description of this position also applies in the description of the subsequent figures.

As shown in fig. 3D, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 321 and an interface 301. Wherein a portion of the content of interface 311 is included in interface 321, for example, interface 321 may include a portion of the interface content on the right side of interface 311. Interface 301 is a desktop interface that includes chat application icon 302, news application icon 303, and video application icon 304. The specific description of the interface 301 may refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 3A, and will not be described herein. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, the status bar may be displayed above interface 321 and interface 301 (i.e., on top of the touch screen of electronic device 100).

Here, the interface 321 is displayed on the left side of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, and the interface 301 is displayed on the right side of the touch screen of the electronic device 100. Not only the interface layout shown in fig. 3D, the interface 321 may be displayed on the right side of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, and the interface 301 may be displayed on the left side of the touch screen of the electronic device 100. Alternatively, the interface 321 may be displayed on the top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, and the interface 301 is displayed on the bottom of the touch screen of the electronic device 100. Alternatively, the interface 321 may be displayed on the bottom of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, and the interface 301 is displayed on the top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100.

Further, when the interface 321 is displayed on top of the touch screen, the interface 321 may include a portion of interface content at the bottom of the interface 311. When interface 321 is displayed at the bottom of the touch screen, interface 321 may include a portion of the interface content at the top of interface 311. When interface 321 is displayed on the left side of the touch screen, interface 321 may include a portion of interface content on the right side of interface 311. When the interface 321 is displayed on the right side of the touch screen, the interface 321 may include a portion of interface content on the left side of the interface 311.

It will be appreciated that the interface 321 shown in fig. 3D is a second interface to be split, and the interface 301 shown in fig. 3D is a first interface to be split. In some examples, the size of the second to-be-split interface is less than or equal to the size of the first to-be-split interface.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may determine, based on the direction of the specified input, a position of the second interface to be split on the touch screen of the electronic device 100. Specifically, when the direction of the designated input is the first direction, the second interface to be split is displayed on the first direction side of the touch screen. For example, when the designated input is a left sliding input or an input to drag the first interface to the left edge of the touch screen, the electronic device 100 may display the second interface to be split on the left side of the touch screen. When the designated input is an up-sliding input or an input of dragging the first interface up to the upper edge of the touch screen, the electronic device 100 may display a second interface to be split on the top of the touch screen.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays a first to-be-split interface and a second to-be-split interface. The electronic device 100 may receive an input from a user (e.g., a three-finger right-slide input), and display an interface corresponding to the second interface to be split. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may receive an input (e.g., a single click input) from a user for the second interface to be split, and display an interface corresponding to the second interface to be split in response to the input. For example, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 shown in fig. 3C in response to a three-finger right-slide input of the user or a click input for the interface 321 when the interface 321 and the interface 301 shown in fig. 3D are displayed.

In some embodiments, the second to-be-split interface may be displayed in a floating manner above the first to-be-split interface, and a part of interface content of the first to-be-split interface is blocked by the second to-be-split interface. That is, the interface 321 may be displayed at an upper layer of the interface 301, obscuring a portion of the interface content of the interface 301.

The electronic device 100 may display an interface 335 as shown in fig. 3E in response to the input after receiving the user input for the video application icon 304 shown in fig. 3D.

As shown in fig. 3E, the electronic device 100 is displayed with an interface 311 and an interface 335. The interface 311 is an interface of a chat application, and the description of the interface 311 may refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 3C, which is not described herein again. Interface 335 is an interface for a video application. Interface 335 may include one or more video options that may be used to trigger electronic device 100 to display a corresponding video playback interface. Wherein the one or more video options may include video option 336.

Here, the interface 311 illustrated in fig. 3C may be understood as a first interface, and the interface 335 illustrated in fig. 3E may be understood as a second interface.

Wherein interface 311 may be displayed in a left half screen area of electronic device 100 and interface 335 may be displayed in a right half screen area of electronic device 100. Not only the interface layout shown in fig. 3E, the interface 311 may be displayed in the right half screen area of the electronic device 100, and the interface 335 may be displayed in the left half screen area of the electronic device 100. Alternatively, interface 311 may be displayed in an upper half screen area of electronic device 100 and interface 335 may be displayed in a lower half screen area of electronic device 100. Alternatively, the interface 311 may be displayed in a lower half screen area of the electronic device 100, and the interface 335 may be displayed in an upper half screen area of the electronic device 100, which is not limited in this application.

Alternatively, the interface 311 and 335 interface may be shown with a separation line 331. The electronic device 100 may change the lateral lengths of the interface 311 and the interface 335 in response to a user input to the separation line 331. For example, the electronic device 100 may compress the lateral length of the interface 311 and stretch the lateral length of the interface 335 in response to a user input dragging the separation line 331 to the left.

In some examples, the positions of the second interface to be split and the first interface to be split on the touch screen of the electronic device 100 may determine the positions of the first interface and the second interface on the touch screen of the electronic device 100. For example, the location of the interface 321 shown in fig. 3D on the touch screen of the electronic device 100 may determine the location of the interface 311 shown in fig. 3E on the touch screen of the electronic device 100. If the interface 321 shown in fig. 3D is on the left side of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, the interface 311 shown in fig. 3E is also on the left side of the touch screen of the electronic device 100. If the interface 321 shown in fig. 3D is on top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, the interface 311 shown in fig. 3E is also on top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, and so on.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 may receive a drag operation for the second interface to be split, and change a position of the second interface to be split on the touch screen. For example, the electronic device 100 may receive a drag operation of the user with respect to the interface 321 shown in fig. 3D, drag the interface 321 to the top/right/bottom display of the touch screen. In this way, the positions of the first interface and the second interface in the touch screen can be changed by changing the position of the second interface to be split in the touch screen.

The electronic device 100 may receive user input for the video option 336 shown in fig. 3E, and in response to the input, display the interface 341.

As shown in fig. 3F, electronic device 100 may display interface 341 at interface 335. Interface 341 is an interface for a video application that may be used to play video images. Wherein interface 341 may include, but is not limited to, a video playback window. In this way, after the electronic apparatus 100 displays the first interface and the second interface in a split screen, a third interface is displayed at the first interface position in response to the switching interface input for the first interface, the third interface being different from the first interface. In response to a switching interface input for the second interface, a fourth interface is displayed at the second interface location, the fourth interface being different from the second interface. Alternatively, the interface 341 and the interface 311 may have a separation line 342 displayed at the interface. The electronic device 100 may change the lateral lengths of the interface 341 and the interface 311 in response to user input to the separation line 342.

It can be appreciated that the electronic device 100 may move the first interface to a certain side (e.g., the left side) of the touch screen for display, and display a display effect that a part of the content of the first interface is blocked by the side frame of the touch screen, where a part of the first interface that is not blocked may be referred to as a second interface to be split. In this way, the electronic device 100 may display the display effect of the first to-be-split screen interface with a larger display area, so that the user can conveniently select the application icon of the first to-be-split screen interface.

In some embodiments, the second interface to be split may not include a portion of the corresponding interface, and the second interface to be split may include an application icon of an application of the corresponding interface. The interface corresponding to the second to-be-split screen interface is a first interface. In this way, the electronic device 100 may display the more concise second interface to be split, so as to reduce the software and hardware resources consumed for displaying the second interface to be split.

For example, when the electronic device 100 displays the interface 311 shown in fig. 3C, a user's designation input may be received, and in response to the designation input, the interface 351 and the interface 301 shown in fig. 3G are displayed.

As shown in fig. 3G, interface 351 includes an application icon 352 of the chat application having interface 311. Wherein the image of the application icon 352 is the same as the image of the chat application icon 302 shown in fig. 3A. The size of the application icon 352 may be the same as or different from the size of the chat application icon 302 shown in fig. 3A. The specific description of the interface 301 and the specific input may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and fig. 3D, which are not described herein. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, the interface 351 and the interface 301 may be displayed with status bars above (i.e., on top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100).

It should be noted that, not only the application icon of the application program of the corresponding interface, or a portion of the corresponding interface, the second interface to be split may also include other interface contents, for example, the second interface to be split may also include one or more functional controls of the application program of the corresponding interface, which is not limited in this application. For example, if the second interface to be split includes one or more functionality controls of the application of the corresponding interface. When the application program corresponding to the second to-be-split-screen interface is a dialing application, the second to-be-split-screen interface may include shortcut information (including a contact identifier, a contact number, etc.) of one or more contacts, and one or more of the speed dialing controls (for triggering the electronic device 100 to dial to the contact) of the one or more contacts.

Optionally, the second to-be-split-screen interface may be used to place application data of a corresponding application program, for example, when the application program corresponding to the second to-be-split-screen interface is a chat application, the second to-be-split-screen interface may be used to display one or more messages of the chat application. For example, when the application program corresponding to the second interface to be split screen is a weather application, the second interface to be split screen may be used to display weather information of the weather application. For another example, when the application program corresponding to the second interface to be split-screen is a calendar application, the second interface to be split-screen may be used to display schedule information of the calendar application. For example, when the application program corresponding to the second to-be-split-screen interface is a memo application, the second to-be-split-screen interface may be used for displaying memo information of the memo application. For example, when the application program corresponding to the second interface to be split is a compass application, the second interface to be split may be used to display a pointing function of the compass application. For example, when the application program corresponding to the second interface to be split-screen is a map application, the second interface to be split-screen may be used to display a navigation function of the map application, and so on.

In the above embodiment, the first to-be-split screen interface is a desktop interface. The first to-be-split screen interface may be any interface including one or more application icons, not limited to a desktop interface. For example, the first to-be-split screen interface may be a non-desktop interface including a plurality of application icons of the electronic device 100, which is not limited in this application.

For example, when the electronic device 100 displays the interface 311 shown in fig. 3C, a user's designation input may be received, and in response to the designation input, the interfaces 321 and 361 shown in fig. 3H are displayed.

As shown in fig. 3H, the interface 361 includes a plurality of application icons that may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display an interface of an application program corresponding to the application icons. Optionally, the electronic device 100 may also display other application icons in the interface 361 in response to a user's sliding input (e.g., a swipe-up input), the other application icons being different from the application icons in the interface 361 before the electronic device 100 receives the sliding input. The specific description of the interface 321 and the specific input may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and fig. 3D, which are not described herein. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 361. Alternatively, a status bar may be displayed above interface 321 and interface 361 (i.e., on top of the touch screen of electronic device 100).

It should be noted that, the first to-be-split-screen interface may also include other controls that may trigger the electronic device 100 to display a corresponding interface, not limited to one or more application icons. For example, the first to-be-split screen interface may include one or more of an application icon, a card component, and an application clip icon.

The card component corresponds to one or more application functions, and function display information of the application function corresponding to the card component may be displayed on the card component, where the card component may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to skip and display an interface of the application function corresponding to the card component. For example, time information may be displayed on a clock component that may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to jump to display a time interface (including time information) in a clock application. The weather component may display weather information for the region where the electronic device 100 is currently located (including one or more of the current weather, outdoor temperature, air quality, etc. for the location of the designated region) and may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a weather interface in a weather application (including the weather information for the region where it is currently located). Music information (including one or more of album art of music, name of music, and name of singer) may be displayed on the music component, which may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a music playing interface (including music information) in a music application, and so forth.

Wherein the application clip icon may be used to place multiple application icons. The application icons in the application clip icons may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display an interface of an application program corresponding to the application icons.

Alternatively, the one or more application icons displayed in the first to-be-split screen interface may be commonly used application icons, for example, the commonly used application icons may be icons of applications that have been recently used by the user, or the commonly used application icons may be icons of applications that have been used by the user for the longest time in a specified period (for example, one week), or the commonly used application icons may be application icons that have been clicked by the user for the most times in the specified period (for example, one week).

It should be further noted that, in some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may receive an input of a user and set interface content of the first to-be-split screen interface.

It will be appreciated that in some examples, when the electronic device 100 displays the interface 311 shown in fig. 3C, a user's specified input may be received, and in response to the specified input, the interface 351 shown in fig. 3G and the interface 361 shown in fig. 3H are displayed.

In other application scenarios, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface and a second interface, where the first interface is an interface of the first application and the second interface is an interface of the second application. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designation input, and display a first interface to be split and a second interface to be split in response to the designation input. The first to-be-split screen interface includes one or more application icons, where the one or more application icons include an icon of a third application, and the icon of the third application is used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a third interface of the third application. The second screen splitting interface comprises a second screen splitting interface A and a second screen splitting interface B, the second screen splitting interface A corresponds to the first interface and comprises a part of the first interface, and the second screen splitting interface B corresponds to the second interface and comprises a part of the second interface. The electronic device 100 may split-screen display the first interface, the second interface, and the third interface in response to input of an icon of the third application for the first interface to be split-screen. In this way, the electronic device 100 can quickly split the screen to display the interfaces of three applications.

Illustratively, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 as shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designated input (e.g., a three-finger left-slide input) and, in response to the designated input, display an interface 401, an interface 402, and an interface 301 as shown in fig. 4A.

As shown in fig. 4A, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 401, an interface 402, and an interface 301. Where interface 401 includes a portion of the content of interface 311, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content on the right side of interface 311. Interface 402 includes a portion of the content of interface 341, where interface 402 may include a portion of the interface content on the right side of interface 341. The interface 301 is a desktop interface, and includes a news application icon 303 and the like. The specific description of the specific input and interface 301 may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and 3D, and will not be repeated here. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, the interface 401, the interface 402, and the interface 301 may be displayed with status bars above (i.e., on top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100).

It can be understood that, the interface 401 and the interface 402 shown in fig. 4A are the second interface to be split, and the interface 301 is the first interface to be split, where the interface 401 may be understood as the second interface to be split a, and the interface 402 may be understood as the second interface to be split B. In some examples, the size of the second to-be-split interface is less than or equal to the size of the first to-be-split interface.

Note that, in fig. 3F, since the interface 311 is located at the left side of the interface 341, the interface 311 corresponds to the interface 401, and the interface 341 corresponds to the interface 402, the interface 401 is displayed at the left side of the interface 402. Here, the interface 401 and the interface 402 are displayed on the left side of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, and the interface 301 is displayed on the right side of the touch screen of the electronic device 100. Not only the interface layout shown in fig. 4A, the interface 401 and the interface 402 may be displayed on the right side of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, and the interface 301 may be displayed on the left side of the touch screen of the electronic device 100. Alternatively, the interface 401 and the interface 402 may be displayed on the top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, and the interface 301 is displayed on the bottom of the touch screen of the electronic device 100. Alternatively, the interface 401 and the interface 402 may be displayed on the bottom of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, and the interface 301 is displayed on the top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100.

Further, when interface 401 and interface 402 are displayed on top of the touch screen, interface 401 may include a portion of interface content at the bottom of interface 311 and interface 402 may include a portion of interface content at the bottom of interface 341. When interface 401 and interface 402 are displayed at the bottom of the touch screen, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content at the top of interface 311 and interface 402 may include a portion of the interface content at the top of interface 341. When interface 401 and interface 402 are displayed on the left side of the touch screen, interface 401 may include a portion of interface content on the right side of interface 311 and interface 402 may include a portion of interface content on the right side of interface 341. When interface 401 and interface 402 are displayed on the right side of the touch screen, interface 401 may include a portion of interface content on the left side of interface 311 and interface 402 may include a portion of interface content on the left side of interface 341.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays a first to-be-split interface and a second to-be-split interface. The electronic device 100 may receive an input from a user (e.g., a three-finger right-slide input), and display an interface corresponding to the second interface to be split. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may receive an input (e.g., a single click input) from a user for the second interface to be split, and display an interface corresponding to the second interface to be split in response to the input. For example, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 and the interface 341 shown in fig. 3F in response to a three-finger right-slide input of the user or a single click input for the interface 401 or the interface 402 when the interface 401, the interface 402, and the interface 301 shown in fig. 4A are displayed.

In some embodiments, the second to-be-split interface may be displayed above the first to-be-split interface, and a portion of interface content of the first to-be-split interface is obscured by the second to-be-split interface. For example, interface 401 and interface 402 may be displayed at the same time at the upper layer of interface 301, obscuring a portion of the interface content of interface 301.

The electronic device 100 may display an interface 411 as shown in fig. 4B in response to an input by the user for the news application icon 303 shown in fig. 4A after receiving the input.

As shown in fig. 4B, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311, an interface 341, and an interface 411. The description of the interface 311 and the interface 341 may refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 3F, which is not described herein. Interface 411 is an interface for news applications. Interface 411 may include one or more news options that may be used to trigger electronic device 100 to display a corresponding news details interface. Optionally, status bars may be displayed above interface 311, interface 341, and interface 411 (i.e., on top of the touch screen of electronic device 100).

Here, the interface 311 illustrated in fig. 3F may be understood as a first interface, the interface 341 illustrated in fig. 3F may be understood as a second interface, and the interface 411 illustrated in fig. 4B may be understood as a third interface.

The interface 311 may be displayed in a left area of the touch screen, the interface 341 may be displayed in a middle area of the touch screen, and the interface 411 may be displayed in a right area of the touch screen. Alternatively, the interface 311 and 341 interface may be shown with a separation line 412. The electronic device 100 may change the lateral lengths of the interface 311 and the interface 341 in response to a user input to the separation line 412. The interface 411 and interface 341 may have a separation line 413 displayed at the interface. The electronic device 100 may change the lateral lengths of the interface 411 and the interface 341 in response to user input to the separation line 413.

Note that, not only the interface layout shown in fig. 4B, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311, the interface 341, and the interface 411 in different interface layouts, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. For example, interface 411 may be displayed in a left region of the touch screen, interface 311 may be displayed in a middle region of the touch screen, and interface 341 may be displayed in a right region of the touch screen.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays 1 first interface to be split and a plurality of second interfaces to be split, and the electronic device 100 may display the first interface to be split on one side of the touch screen and the second interface to be split on the other side of the touch screen. The electronic device 100 may sequentially display the plurality of second interfaces to be split from left to right or from top to bottom in the other side area of the touch screen. For example, as shown in fig. 4A, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 401 and the interface 402 in order from left to right on a left screen of the electronic device 100. For another example, as shown in fig. 4C, the electronic device 100 may sequentially display the interface 401 and the interface 402 on the left screen of the electronic device 100 from top to bottom, where the detailed description of fig. 4C may refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 4A, and will not be repeated herein.

Illustratively, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 as shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designated input (e.g., a three-finger left-slide input) and, in response to the designated input, display the interface 401, the interface 402, and the interface 301 shown in fig. 4C. Where interface 401 includes a portion of the content of interface 311, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content on the upper right side of interface 311. Interface 402 includes a portion of interface 341, where interface 402 may include a portion of interface content on the upper right side of interface 341.

It will be appreciated that the interface contents of interface 401 and interface 402 shown in fig. 4C are merely examples, and should not be construed as specifically limiting the interface contents of interface 401 and interface 402. For example, interface 401 may include scaled-down interface 311 and interface 402 may include scaled-down interface 341. For another example, interface 401 may include a right half of scaled-down interface 311 and interface 402 may include a right half of scaled-down interface 341. Also for example, interface 401 may include a portion of interface content on the upper right side of interface 311, and interface 402 may include a portion of interface content on the lower right side of interface 341.

The electronic device 100 may receive user input for the news application icon 303 in the interface 301 shown in fig. 4C, and in response to the input, display the interface 311, the interface 341, and the interface 411 as shown in fig. 4D.

As shown in fig. 4D, the interface 311 and the interface 341 are displayed in the left half area of the touch screen of the electronic device 100, and the interface 411 is displayed in the right half area of the touch screen of the electronic device 100. The interface 311 is displayed in the upper half of the left half, and the interface 341 is displayed in the lower half of the left half. Optionally, status bars may be displayed above interface 311, 411 (i.e., on top of the touch screen of electronic device 100).

Alternatively, the interface 311 and the interface 341 may have a separation line 421 displayed at the interface 411. The electronic device 100 may change the lateral lengths of the interface 311, the interface 341, and the interface 411 in response to a user input to the separation line 421. The interface 311 and interface 341 may be shown with a separation line 422 at the interface. The electronic device 100 may change the longitudinal lengths of the interface 311 and the interface 341 in response to user input to the separation line 422.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may receive user input for the news application icon 303 in the interface 301 shown in fig. 4C, and in response to the input, display the interface 311, the interface 341, and the interface 411 as shown in fig. 4B.

In some examples, the positions of the second interface to be split and the first interface to be split on the touch screen of the electronic device 100 may determine the positions of the interface corresponding to the second interface to be split and the interface corresponding to the first interface to be split on the touch screen of the electronic device 100. For example, the location of the interface 401 shown in fig. 4A on the touch screen of the electronic device 100 may determine the location of the interface 311 shown in fig. 4B on the touch screen of the electronic device 100. The location of the interface 402 shown in fig. 4A on the touch screen of the electronic device 100 may determine the location of the interface 341 shown in fig. 4B on the touch screen of the electronic device 100. Also, for example, because interface 401 is located on the left side of interface 301 and on the upper side of interface 402 in fig. 4C, interface 402 is located on the left side of interface 301 and on the lower side of interface 401, interface 401 corresponds to interface 311, and interface 402 corresponds to interface 341, interface 311 and interface 341 are shown in the left half of the touch screen of electronic device 100 in fig. 4D, and interface 411 is shown in the right half of the touch screen of electronic device 100. The interface 311 is displayed in the upper half of the left half, and the interface 341 is displayed in the lower half of the left half.

It should be noted that the second interface to be split may include a part of interface content of the corresponding interface. In some embodiments, the second to-be-split interface may include a portion of interface content of a fixed side (e.g., left side) of the corresponding interface. In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 may determine the interface content of a portion of the corresponding interface included in the second interface to be split based on the position at which the second interface to be split is displayed on the touch screen. For example, the second interface to be split is displayed on the first side of the touch screen, the second interface to be split includes interface contents of the second side of the corresponding interface, the first side and the second side are opposite sides, for example, when the first side is the left side, and the second side is the right side. For example, the second interface to be split is displayed on the left side of the touch screen, and may include a portion of content corresponding to the right side of the interface. The second interface to be split is displayed on the right side of the touch screen and can comprise part of content corresponding to the left side of the interface. The second interface to be split is displayed on the top of the touch screen and can comprise partial content corresponding to the bottom of the interface. The second interface to be split is displayed in a left area at the top of the touch screen, and may include a part of content corresponding to a right area at the bottom of the interface. The second interface to be split is displayed at the bottom of the touch screen, and may include a portion of the content corresponding to the top of the interface, and so on.

In some embodiments, the second interface to be split may not include a portion of the corresponding interface, and the second interface to be split may include an application icon of an application of the corresponding interface.

Illustratively, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 as shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designated input (e.g., a three-finger left-slide input) and, in response to the designated input, display an interface 431, an interface 432, and an interface 301 as shown in fig. 4E.

As shown in fig. 4E, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 431, an interface 432, and an interface 301. The interface 431 includes an application icon 435, where the application icon 435 is an icon of an application of the interface 311 corresponding to the interface 431. The interface 432 includes an application icon 436, where the application icon 436 is an icon of an application of the interface 341 corresponding to the interface 432. Wherein the image of application icon 435 is the same as the image of chat application icon 302 shown in fig. 3A. The size of application icon 435 may be the same as or different from chat application icon 302 shown in fig. 3A. The image of the application icon 436 is the same as the image of the video application icon 304 shown in fig. 3A. The size of the application icons 436 may be the same as or different from the size of the video application icons 304 shown in fig. 3A. The specific description of the specific input and interface 301 may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and 3D, and will not be repeated here. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, the interface 431, the interface 432, and the interface 301 may be displayed with status bars above (i.e., on top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100).

It should be noted that, the application icons of the application programs of the corresponding interfaces are not limited, or a part of the corresponding interfaces, the second interface to be split-screen may also include other interface contents, specifically, refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 3G, which is not described herein again.

In the above embodiment, the first to-be-split screen interface is a desktop interface. The first to-be-split screen interface may be any interface including one or more application icons, for example, the first to-be-split screen interface may be a non-desktop interface including a plurality of application icons of the electronic device 100, which is not limited in this application. Illustratively, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 as shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designated input (e.g., a three-finger left-slide input) and, in response to the designated input, display an interface 401, an interface 402, and an interface 441 as shown in fig. 4F. The interface 441 may be understood as a non-desktop interface including a plurality of application icons. Specifically, the description of the interface 441 and the first to-be-split screen interface may refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 3H, which is not repeated herein.

It will be appreciated that in some examples, when electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 as shown in fig. 3F, a user's specified input may be received, in response to which interface 431 and interface 432 shown in fig. 4E, and interface 441 shown in fig. 4F are displayed.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 may receive a drag operation for the second interface to be split, and change a position of the second interface to be split on the touch screen. For example, the electronic device 100 may receive a drag operation of the user on the interface 401 or the interface 402 shown in fig. 4A, and drag the interface 401 and the interface 402 together to a top/right/bottom display of the touch screen. For another example, the electronic device 100 may receive a drag operation of the user with respect to the interface 401 shown in fig. 4A, dragging the interface 401 to the top/right/bottom display of the touch screen. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may receive a drag operation of the user with respect to the interface 402 shown in fig. 4A, dragging the interface 402 to the top/right/bottom display of the touch screen. In this way, the electronic device 100 may change the position of the second interface to be split in the touch screen by changing the position of the second interface to be split in the touch screen.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 may determine the locations of the first to-be-split interface and the second to-be-split interface on the touch screen of the electronic device 100 based on the direction of the specified input. Specifically, when the direction of the designated input is the first direction, the second interface to be split is displayed on the first direction side of the touch screen, the first interface to be split is displayed on the second direction side of the touch screen, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface. The electronic device 100 may receive a designation input of a user, and display a second interface to be split on a first direction side of the touch screen and a first interface to be split on a second direction side of the touch screen in response to the designation input, where a direction of the designation input is a first direction, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface and a second interface. The electronic device 100 may receive a designation input of a user, and in response to the designation input, display a second interface to be split corresponding to the first interface on a first direction side of the touch screen and a second interface to be split corresponding to the second interface, and display the first interface to be split on a second direction side of the touch screen, where a direction of the designation input is a first direction, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction.

Specifically, if the first direction is left, for example, when the designated input is a left sliding input, or an input that drags the first interface to the left edge of the touch screen to the left, the electronic device 100 may display the second interface to be split on the left side of the touch screen. For example, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may display an interface 401 and an interface 402 as shown in fig. 4A in response to a specified input to the left by the user (e.g., a three-finger left-slide input). As another example, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may display an interface 401 and an interface 402 as shown in fig. 4C in response to a specified input to the left of the user (e.g., a three-finger left-slide input).

If the first direction is right, for example, when the designated input is a right sliding input, or an input that drags the first interface to the right edge of the touch screen, the electronic device 100 may display the second interface to be split on the right side of the touch screen.

Illustratively, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may display an interface 401 and an interface 402 as shown in fig. 5A in response to a user's right-pointing input (e.g., a three-finger right-slide input).

As shown in fig. 5A, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 401, an interface 402, and an interface 301. Interface 301 includes news application icon 303. Wherein interface 401 and interface 402 are displayed in the right region of the touch screen. Where interface 401 includes a portion of the content of interface 311, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content on the left side of interface 311. Interface 402 includes a portion of the content of interface 341, where interface 402 may include a portion of the interface content to the left of interface 341. The description of the interface 301 and the designated input may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and fig. 3D, and will not be described herein. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, the interface 401, the interface 402, and the interface 301 may be displayed with status bars above (i.e., on top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100).

The electronic device 100 may display the interface 411, the interface 311, and the interface 341 as shown in fig. 5B in response to the user's input for the news application icon 303 shown in fig. 5A. In some examples, because interface 311 corresponds to interface 401 shown in fig. 5A, interface 341 corresponds to interface 402 shown in fig. 5A, interface 401 is to the left of interface 402, and interface 301 is to the left of interface 401. Therefore, the interface 411 displayed by the electronic device 100 is in the left area of the touch screen, the interface 311 is in the middle area of the touch screen, and the interface 341 is in the right area of the touch screen. Optionally, status bars may be displayed above interface 411, interface 311, and interface 341 (i.e., on top of the touch screen of electronic device 100).

Also exemplary, electronic device 100 is shown with interface 311 and interface 341 shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may display an interface 401 and an interface 402 as shown in fig. 5C in response to a specified input to the right of the user (e.g., a three-finger right-slide input).

As shown in fig. 5C, interface 301 includes a news application icon 303. Wherein interface 401 and interface 402 are displayed in the right region of the touch screen. Interface 401 is displayed in the upper right region of the touch screen and interface 402 is displayed in the lower right region of the touch screen. Where interface 401 includes a portion of the content of interface 311, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content on the upper left side of interface 311. Interface 402 includes a portion of interface 341, where interface 402 may include a portion of interface content on the lower left side of interface 341. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, the interface 401, the interface 402, and the interface 301 may be displayed with status bars above (i.e., on top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100). The description of the interface 301 and the designated input may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and fig. 3D, and will not be described herein.

It should be understood that the interface contents of the interface 401 and the interface 402 shown in fig. 5C are only examples, and the interface contents of the interface 401 and the interface 402 should not be specifically limited, and in particular, reference may be made to the embodiment shown in fig. 4C, which is not described herein.

The electronic device 100 may display the interface 411, the interface 311, and the interface 341 shown in fig. 5B in response to the user's input to the news application icon 303 shown in fig. 5C. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 411 shown in fig. 4D on the left half screen of the touch screen and the interface 311 and the interface 341 shown in fig. 4D on the right half screen in response to the user's input for the news application icon 303.

If the first direction is up, for example, when the designated input is an up sliding input, or an input that drags the first interface up to the upper edge of the touch screen, the electronic device 100 may display a second interface to be split on the top of the touch screen.

Illustratively, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may display an interface 401 and an interface 402 as shown in fig. 6A in response to a user's upward designated input (e.g., a three-finger up-slide input).

As shown in fig. 6A, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 401, an interface 402, and an interface 301. Interface 301 includes news application icon 303. Wherein interface 401 and interface 402 are displayed in the top area of the touch screen. Specifically, the interface 401 and the interface 402 are respectively located on the left and right sides of the top area of the touch screen. Where interface 401 includes a portion of the content of interface 311, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content at the bottom of interface 311. Interface 402 includes a portion of interface 341, where interface 402 may include a portion of interface content at the bottom of interface 341. The description of the interface 301 and the designated input may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and fig. 3D, and will not be described herein. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, a status bar may be displayed above interface 401 and interface 402 (i.e., on top of the touch screen of electronic device 100).

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 401 on top of the touch screen, the interface 402 below the interface 401, and the interface 301 below the interface 402.

In some examples, electronic device 100 may display interface 311 and interface 341 shown in fig. 3F in the upper half of the touch screen and interface 411 shown in fig. 4B in the lower half of the touch screen in response to user input of news application icon 303 shown in fig. 6A. The electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 in a left half area of an upper half area of the touch screen, and display the interface 341 in a right half area of the upper half area of the touch screen. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 in the top region of the touch screen, the interface 341 below the interface 311, and the interface 411 below the interface 341.

If the first direction is down, for example, when the designated input is a downward sliding input, or an input that drags the first interface down to the lower edge of the touch screen, the electronic device 100 may display a second interface to be split at the bottom of the touch screen.

Illustratively, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may display an interface 401 and an interface 402 as shown in fig. 6B in response to a downward designated input (e.g., a three-finger swipe input) by a user.

As shown in fig. 6B, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 401, an interface 402, and an interface 301. Interface 301 includes news application icon 303. Wherein interface 401 and interface 402 are displayed in the bottom area of the touch screen. Specifically, the interface 401 and the interface 402 are respectively located on the left and right sides of the bottom area of the touch screen. Where interface 401 includes a portion of the content of interface 311, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content at the top of interface 311. Interface 402 includes a portion of the content of interface 341, where interface 402 may include a portion of the interface content at the top of interface 341. The description of the interface 301 and the designated input may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and fig. 3D, and will not be described herein. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 301 on top of the touch screen, the interface 401 below the interface 301, and the interface 402 below the interface 401.

In some examples, electronic device 100 may display interface 311 and interface 341 shown in fig. 3F in a lower half of the touch screen and interface 411 shown in fig. 4B in an upper half of the touch screen in response to user input of news application icon 303 shown in fig. 6B. The electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 in a left half area of an upper half area of the touch screen, and display the interface 341 in a right half area of the upper half area of the touch screen.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface and a second interface, where the first interface is an interface of a first application and the second interface is an interface of a second application. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designation input for the first interface, and display the first to-be-split interface and the second to-be-split interface in response to the designation input. The electronic device 100 may display, on a first direction side of the touch screen, a second interface to be split corresponding to the first interface based on a first direction of a designated input to the first interface. The description of the first to-be-split interface and the second to-be-split interface may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3G and fig. 3H, which are not described herein again. In this way, the electronic device 100 may determine, based on the specified input for the first interface, a position of the second interface to be split corresponding to the first interface on the touch screen.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may display the first interface to be split, the second interface to be split corresponding to the first interface, and the second interface to be split corresponding to the second interface.

In some examples, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designation input for the interface 311 to the left, and in response to the designation input, display an interface 401 and an interface 402 as shown in fig. 7A. Here, the second interface to be split corresponding to the interface 311 is an interface 401, and the second interface to be split corresponding to the interface 341 is an interface 402.

As shown in fig. 7A, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 401, an interface 402, and an interface 301. Interface 301 includes news application icon 303. The interface 401 is displayed in the left area of the touch screen, the interface 301 is displayed in the middle area of the touch screen, and the interface 402 is displayed in the right area of the touch screen. Where interface 401 includes a portion of the content of interface 311, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content on the right side of interface 311. Interface 402 includes a portion of the content of interface 341, where interface 402 may include a portion of the interface content to the left of interface 341. The description of the interface 301 and the designated input may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and fig. 3D, and will not be described herein. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, the interface 401, the interface 402, and the interface 301 may be displayed with status bars above (i.e., on top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100). It can be understood that, because the direction of the designated input is to the left and the designated input is the interface 311, the electronic device 100 displays the second interface 401 to be split corresponding to the interface 311 in the left area of the touch screen, and the second interface 402 to be split corresponding to the interface 341 is still displayed in the right area of the touch screen.

It is further understood that the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 in a left area of the touch screen, the interface corresponding to the application icon in a middle area of the touch screen (e.g., the interface 411 corresponding to the news application icon 303 shown in fig. 4B), and the interface 341 in a right area of the touch screen in response to the user input for the application icon (e.g., the news application icon 303) in the interface 301.

In some embodiments, when at least one interface is displayed on the electronic device 100, the second to-be-split screen interface and the first to-be-split screen interface corresponding to the at least one interface may be displayed when a specified input in any direction is received. The electronic device 100 may display the first interface to be split in a middle area of the touch screen, and display at least one second interface to be split in two side areas of the touch screen. For example, when the number of the second interfaces to be split is 1, the second interfaces to be split may be displayed on the left side or the right side of the screen. When the number of the second interfaces to be split is 2, 1 second interface to be split can be displayed on the left side of the screen, and the other 1 second interface to be split can be displayed on the right side of the screen. Therefore, the first to-be-split screen interface can be displayed in the middle of the screen, and a user can conveniently operate the newly added split screen interface.

Similarly, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a right-hand designation input of the user for the interface 311, display the interface 401 and the interface 402 as shown in fig. 5A in response to the designation input, or display the interface 401 and the interface 402 as shown in fig. 5C.

In other embodiments, since the specified input is only for the first interface, the electronic device 100 may display the first interface to be split, the second interface to be split corresponding to the first interface, and the second interface. In this way, only the first interface can be converted into the second interface to be split.

In some examples, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designation input for the interface 311 to the left, and in response to the designation input, display an interface 401 as shown in fig. 7B. Here, the second interface to be split corresponding to the interface 311 is an interface 401. Wherein, since the specified input is directed to interface 311, not directed to interface 341, electronic device 100 directly displays interface 341.

As shown in fig. 7B, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 401, an interface 341, and an interface 301. Interface 301 includes news application icon 303. The interface 401 is displayed in a left area of the touch screen, the interface 301 is displayed in a middle area of the touch screen, and the interface 341 is displayed in a right area of the touch screen. Where interface 401 includes a portion of the content of interface 311, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content on the right side of interface 311. The description of the interface 301 and the designated input may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and fig. 3D, and will not be described herein. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, the interface 401, the interface 341, and the interface 301 may be displayed with status bars above (i.e., on top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100). It can be understood that, since the direction of the designated input is to the left and the designated input is the interface 311, the electronic device 100 displays the second interface 401 to be split corresponding to the interface 311 in the left area of the touch screen, and the interface 341 is still displayed in the right area of the touch screen.

In some examples, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a right-hand designation input of the user for the interface 311, and in response to the designation input, display the interface 401 as shown in fig. 7C.

As shown in fig. 7C, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 301, an interface 401, and an interface 341. Interface 301 includes news application icon 303. The interface 301 is displayed in a left area of the touch screen, the interface 401 is displayed in a middle area of the touch screen, and the interface 341 is displayed in a right area of the touch screen. Where interface 401 includes a portion of the content of interface 311, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content on the left side of interface 311. The description of the interface 301 and the designated input may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and fig. 3D, and will not be described herein. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, the interface 401, the interface 341, and the interface 301 may be displayed with status bars above (i.e., on top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100). It can be understood that, since the direction of the designated input is to the right and the acting object of the designated input is the interface 311, the electronic device 100 displays the second interface 401 to be split corresponding to the interface 311 on the right side of the interface 301, and the interface 341 is still displayed on the right area of the touch screen.

It will also be appreciated that the electronic device 100 may display an interface corresponding to an application icon (e.g., the interface 411 corresponding to the news application icon 303 shown in fig. 4B) in a left region of the touch screen, an interface 311 in a middle region of the touch screen, and an interface 341 in a right region of the touch screen in response to a user input for the application icon (e.g., the news application icon 303) in the interface 301.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface and a second interface, where the second interface is located at a first direction side of the first interface, and the electronic device 100 receives a specified input from a user, where a direction of the specified input is the first direction. When the starting point of the track of the designated input on the touch screen falls on the first interface and a part of the track of the designated input falls on the second interface, the electronic device 100 may display the second interface to be split corresponding to the first interface on the first direction side of the touch screen and the second interface to be split corresponding to the second interface, and display the first interface to be split on the second direction side of the touch screen. When the track of the designated input on the touch screen falls on the first interface, that is, the track of the designated input and the second interface do not intersect, the electronic device 100 may display the second interface to be split corresponding to the first interface on the first direction side of the touch screen, and display the first interface to be split on the second direction side of the touch screen.

In some examples, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's upward designation input for the interface 311, and in response to the designation input, display an interface 401 as shown in fig. 7D.

As shown in fig. 7D, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 301, an interface 401, and an interface 341. Interface 301 includes news application icon 303. The interface 301 and the interface 401 are displayed in a left area of the touch screen, the interface 401 is displayed in an upper area of the left area of the touch screen, the interface 301 is displayed in a lower area of the left area of the touch screen, and the interface 341 is displayed in a right area of the touch screen. Where interface 401 includes a portion of the content of interface 311, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content at the bottom of interface 311. The description of the interface 301 and the designated input may refer to the embodiments shown in fig. 3C and fig. 3D, and will not be described herein. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, a status bar may be displayed above interface 401 and interface 341 (i.e., on top of the touch screen of electronic device 100). It can be understood that, since the direction of the designated input is upward and the acting object of the designated input is the interface 311, the electronic device 100 displays the second interface 401 to be split corresponding to the interface 311 above the interface 301, and the interface 341 is still displayed in the right area of the touch screen.

It will also be appreciated that the electronic device 100 may display an interface corresponding to the application icon (e.g., the interface 411 corresponding to the news application icon 303 shown in fig. 4B) and an interface 311 in a left region of the touch screen, and display an interface 341 in a right region of the touch screen, in response to a user input for the application icon (e.g., the news application icon 303) in the interface 301. The interface 311 is displayed in the upper half area of the left area of the touch screen, and the interface corresponding to the application icon is displayed in the lower half area of the left area of the touch screen.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 displays a plurality of interfaces, including a first interface and a second interface. The electronic device 100 may receive a designation input of a user for the first interface, display a second interface to be split corresponding to the first interface on a first direction side of the touch screen, and display the first interface to be split on a second direction side of the second interface to be split corresponding to the first interface, where a display position of the second interface is unchanged, and a direction of the designation input is a first direction, and the first direction and the second direction are opposite. The electronic device 100 may receive a designation input of a user for the first interface, display a second interface to be split corresponding to the second interface on a first direction side of the touch screen, and display a first interface to be split on a second direction side of the second interface corresponding to the second interface, where a display position of the first interface is unchanged. The electronic device 100 may receive a designation input of a user for the first interface and the second interface (for example, for a junction of the first interface and the second interface), display a second to-be-split interface corresponding to the second interface and a second to-be-split interface corresponding to the first interface on a first direction side of the touch screen, and display a first to-be-split interface on a second direction side of the second to-be-split interface corresponding to the second interface and a second to-be-split interface corresponding to the first interface.

Similarly, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a downward designation input by the user for the interface 311, and in response to the designation input, display an interface 401 as shown in fig. 7E. As shown in fig. 7E, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 301, an interface 401, and an interface 341. Interface 301 includes news application icon 303. The interface 301 and the interface 401 are displayed in a left area of the touch screen, the interface 401 is displayed in a lower area of the left area of the touch screen, the interface 301 is displayed in an upper area of the left area of the touch screen, and the interface 341 is displayed in a right area of the touch screen. Where interface 401 includes a portion of the content of interface 311, interface 401 may include a portion of the interface content at the top of interface 311. Specifically, reference may be made to the embodiment shown in fig. 7D, and details thereof are not repeated herein.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays one or more interfaces. The electronic device 100 may move the one or more interfaces toward the bezel of the touch screen after receiving the user's specified input without changing the size of the one or more interfaces such that a first portion of the one or more interfaces proximate to the touch screen bezel is moved out of the touch screen. The touch screen of the electronic device 100 displays a second portion of the one or more interfaces other than the first portion, and a first to-be-split screen interface. The first to-be-split screen interface comprises a first icon. After receiving the input of the user for the first icon, the electronic device 100 responds to the input to display an interface of the application corresponding to the first icon and the one or more interfaces on the touch screen. In this way, the electronic device 100 can quickly open the interfaces of multiple applications.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays one or more interfaces with the first content displayed. The electronic device 100 may, upon receiving a user-specified input, move the one or more interfaces toward the bezel of the touch screen without changing the size of the one or more interfaces such that a first portion of the one or more interfaces proximate to the touch screen bezel is moved out of the touch screen (i.e., such that the first portion of the one or more interfaces is not displayed). The touch screen of the electronic device 100 displays a second portion of the one or more interfaces except the first portion and a first to-be-split screen interface, and part or all of the first content of the one or more interfaces is not displayed. The first to-be-split screen interface comprises a first icon. After receiving the input of the user for the first icon, the electronic device 100 changes the display position and the size of the first interface or the multiple interfaces on the touch screen in response to the input, so that the one or the multiple interfaces display the second content, and displays the interface of the application corresponding to the first icon on the touch screen. The second content is identical to the first content or is part of the first content.

When the electronic device 100 displays the second portion of the one or more interfaces, the portion of the first content of the one or more interfaces that is not displayed refers to the display content of the first portion of the one or more interfaces that is obscured by the touch screen bezel that is not displayed. The fact that all of the first content of the one or more interfaces is not displayed refers to the display content of the first portion of the one or more interfaces that is blocked by the touch screen bezel, and the display content of the second portion of the one or more interfaces that is displayed in the touch screen is not displayed, and the display content of the second portion of the one or more interfaces is an icon associated with the first content.

It is understood that a second portion of the one or more interfaces may be referred to as a second split screen interface in embodiments of the present application. Optionally, when the direction of the input is designated as the first direction, the one or more interfaces move toward the frame in the first direction. Optionally, the second to-be-split page is displayed above the first to-be-split page in a floating mode.

It should be noted that, the first portion of the one or more interfaces, which is close to the border of the touch screen, is moved out of the touch screen, that is, the touch screen presents the display effect that the border shields the first portion.

Further, when the electronic device 100 displays only the second portion of the one or more interfaces, the electronic device 100 receives an input that the user drags the one or more interfaces, and the size of the one or more interfaces is unchanged during the dragging. When the one or more interfaces are dragged to another frame, a third portion of the one or more interfaces near the frame is moved out of the touch screen, and a fourth portion of the one or more interfaces except the third portion and a first to-be-split interface are displayed in the touch screen of the electronic device 100. The third portion is different from the first portion and the second portion is different from the fourth portion. When the electronic device 100 displays the fourth portion of the one or more interfaces, a portion of the first content of the one or more interfaces is not displayed.

Similarly, when the electronic device 100 displays the fourth portion of the one or more interfaces, the portion of the first content of the one or more interfaces is not displayed, meaning that the display of the third portion of the one or more interfaces that is obscured by the touch screen bezel is not displayed. The fact that all of the first content of the one or more interfaces is not displayed refers to the display content of the third portion of the one or more interfaces that is blocked by the touch screen frame, and the display content of the fourth portion of the one or more interfaces that is displayed in the touch screen is not displayed, and the display content of the fourth portion of the one or more interfaces is an icon related to the first content.

In another possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays m interfaces with m applications simultaneously, m being greater than or equal to 1. The electronic device 100 may display the m interfaces and the first to-be-split screen interface in response to a designation input of a user after receiving the designation input, wherein the first to-be-split screen includes one or more application icons including icons designating applications. The electronic device 100 may receive input from a user for an icon of the specified application, and in response to the input, display the m interfaces with the interface of the specified application. In this way, the electronic device 100 can quickly split the screen to display the interfaces of multiple applications.

In some application scenarios, the electronic device 100 displays the first interface full screen, which is an interface of the first application. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designation input, and display a first to-be-split screen interface and a first interface in response to the designation input. The first to-be-split screen interface includes one or more application icons, where the one or more application icons include icons of a second application, and the icons of the second application are used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a second interface of the second application. The electronic device 100 may receive an input of an icon of a second application for a first interface to be split, and split the first interface and the second interface. In this way, the electronic device 100 may receive user input, split screen display interface.

Illustratively, the electronic device 100 is displayed with an interface 311 as shown in FIG. 3C. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designation input, and in response to the designation input, display an interface 311 and an interface 301 as shown in fig. 8. Wherein the interface 311 has unchanged interface content and reduced size. The interface 301 includes a video application icon 304, and the interface 301 is a first to-be-split screen interface. The description of the first to-be-split screen interface and the designated input may refer to the above embodiments, and will not be repeated herein. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, the status bar may be displayed above interface 311 and interface 301 (i.e., on top of the touch screen of electronic device 100). It will be appreciated that the electronic device 100 may display an interface 335 as shown in fig. 3E in response to user input to the video application icon 304 shown in fig. 8.

In some embodiments, the first to-be-split page displayed by the electronic device 100 may be the second interface displayed before the first interface is displayed by the electronic device 100, or may be the interface of the most commonly used application, or may be another interface of the first application other than the first interface. Among these, the most commonly used application may be the application that has been used for the longest period of time (for example, within one week). Thus, the electronic device 100 may directly display the interface of the application without displaying the first interface to be split, thereby reducing operation steps.

In other application scenarios, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface and a second interface, where the first interface is an interface of the first application and the second interface is an interface of the second application. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designation input, and display a first interface, a second interface, and a first to-be-split screen interface in response to the designation input. The first to-be-split screen interface includes one or more application icons, where the one or more application icons include an icon of a third application, and the icon of the third application is used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a third interface of the third application. The electronic device 100 may split-screen display the first interface, the second interface, and the third interface in response to input of an icon of the third application for the first interface to be split-screen. In this way, the electronic device 100 can quickly split the screen to display the interfaces of three applications.

Illustratively, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 as shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a user-specified input (e.g., a three-finger left-slide input) and display a plurality of interfaces as shown in fig. 9A in response to the specified input.

As shown in fig. 9A, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311, an interface 341, and an interface 301. The interface 301 includes a news application icon 303 or the like. Interface 311 and interface 341 are displayed on the left half of the touch screen, and interface 301 is displayed on the right half of the touch screen. The interface 311 is displayed in the upper display area of the left half touch screen, and the interface 341 is displayed in the lower display area of the left half touch screen. The specific descriptions of the interface 301, the interface 311, the interface 341, and the specified input may be referred to the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here. Optionally, a status bar may be displayed above the interface 301. Alternatively, the interface 401, the interface 402, and the interface 301 may be displayed with status bars above (i.e., on top of the touch screen of the electronic device 100). It will be appreciated that the electronic device 100 may display multiple interfaces as shown in fig. 4D in response to user input of the news application icon 303 shown in fig. 9A.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display a plurality of interfaces as shown in fig. 9B in response to the designation input. As shown in fig. 9B, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311, an interface 341, and an interface 301. The interface 301 includes a news application icon 303 or the like. Interface 311 is displayed in the left region of the touch screen, interface 341 is displayed in the middle region of the touch screen, and interface 301 is displayed in the right region of the touch screen. The specific descriptions of the interface 301, the interface 311, the interface 341, and the specified input may be referred to the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here. It will be appreciated that the electronic device 100 may display multiple interfaces as shown in fig. 4B in response to user input of the news application icon 303 shown in fig. 9B.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display a plurality of interfaces as shown in fig. 9C in response to the designation input. As shown in fig. 9C, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311, an interface 341, and an interface 301. The interface 301 includes a news application icon 303 or the like. Interface 311 is displayed in the left region of the touch screen, interface 301 is displayed in the middle region of the touch screen, and interface 341 is displayed in the right region of the touch screen. The specific descriptions of the interface 301, the interface 311, the interface 341, and the specified input may be referred to the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here. It will be appreciated that the electronic device 100 may display the interface 411 shown in fig. 4B at the interface 301 in response to user input for the news application icon 303 shown in fig. 9C.

Optionally, after the electronic device 100 displays the first to-be-split interface in response to the designation input, the electronic device 100 may receive the designation input of the opposite direction of the user and cancel the display of the first to-be-split interface.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 may determine a location of the first to-be-split-screen interface on the touch screen of the electronic device 100 based on the direction of the specified input. Specifically, when the direction of the designated input is the first direction, the first to-be-split screen interface is displayed on the second direction side of the touch screen, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface. The electronic device 100 may receive a designation input of a user, and display a first interface on a first direction side of the touch screen and a first interface to be split on a second direction side of the touch screen in response to the designation input, where a direction of the designation input is a first direction, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface and a second interface. The electronic device 100 may receive a designation input of a user, and display a first interface and a second interface on a first direction side of the touch screen and a first interface to be split on a second direction side of the touch screen in response to the designation input, where a direction of the designation input is a first direction, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction.

Specifically, if the first direction is left, for example, when the designated input is a left sliding input, or an input that drags the first interface to the left edge of the touch screen, the electronic device 100 may display the first interface to be split in the right area of the touch screen. For example, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may display a split screen interface as shown in fig. 9A or 9B in response to a specified input to the left by the user (e.g., a three-finger left-slide input).

If the first direction is right, the electronic device 100 may display a first to-be-split screen interface in a left area of the touch screen. For example, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may display an interface 301 as shown in fig. 9A in a left area of the touch screen and an interface 311 and an interface 341 as shown in fig. 9A in a right area of the touch screen in response to a right-pointing designation input (e.g., a three-finger right-slide input) by the user. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 301 shown in fig. 9B on the left side of the touch screen, the interface 311 shown in fig. 9B in the middle of the touch screen, and the interface 341 shown in fig. 9B on the right side of the touch screen.

If the first direction is up, the electronic device 100 may display a first to-be-split screen interface in the bottom area of the touch screen. For example, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F.

The electronic device 100 may be responsive to a user's upward designated input (e.g., a three-finger up-slide input), the electronic device 100 may display a split screen interface as shown in fig. 10A. As shown in fig. 10A, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311, an interface 341, and an interface 301. The interface 301 includes a news application icon 303 or the like. Interface 311 and interface 341 are displayed in the top area of the touch screen, and interface 301 is displayed in the bottom area of the touch screen. Interface 311 is displayed in the left display area of the top area of the touch screen and interface 341 is displayed in the left display area of the top area of the touch screen. The specific descriptions of the interface 301, the interface 311, the interface 341, and the specified input may be referred to the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display a split screen interface as shown in FIG. 10B in response to a user's upward designated input (e.g., a three-finger up-slide input). As shown in fig. 10B, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311, an interface 341, and an interface 301. The interface 301 includes a news application icon 303 or the like. Interface 311 is displayed in the top area of the touch screen, interface 341 is displayed below interface 311, and interface 301 is displayed below interface 341. The specific descriptions of the interface 301, the interface 311, the interface 341, and the specified input may be referred to the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

If the first direction is down, the electronic device 100 may display a first to-be-split screen interface in a top area of the touch screen. For example, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may respond to a downward designated input (e.g., a three-finger swipe input) by the user, and the electronic device 100 may display an interface 301 as shown in fig. 10A on the top of the touch screen and an interface 311 and an interface 341 as shown in fig. 10A on the bottom of the touch screen. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 301 shown in fig. 10B on top of the touch screen, display the interface 311 shown in fig. 10B under the interface 301, and display the interface 341 shown in fig. 10B under the interface 311.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays one or more interfaces, including the first interface. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's input for the first interface, display the first interface on a first direction side of the touch screen, and display a first to-be-split screen interface on a second direction side of the first interface. The input direction is designated as a first direction, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction.

Specifically, if the first direction is left, for example, when the designated input is a left sliding input, or an input that drags the first interface to the left edge of the touch screen to the left, the electronic device 100 may display the first interface in the left area of the touch screen and display the first interface to be split on the right side of the first interface. For example, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may display a split screen interface as shown in fig. 9C in response to a user's left-pointing input (e.g., a three-finger left-slide input) to the interface 311.

If the first direction is right, the electronic device 100 may display the first interface in a right area of the touch screen, and display the first interface to be split on the left side of the first interface. For example, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may display an interface 301 as shown in fig. 9B in a left region of the touch screen and an interface 311 and an interface 341 as shown in fig. 9B in a right side of the interface 301 in response to a right-pointing designation input (e.g., a three-finger right-slide input) by the user with respect to the interface 311. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 301 shown in fig. 9A on the left side of the touch screen, and display the interface 311 and the interface 341 shown in fig. 9A on the right side of the interface 301.

If the first direction is up, the electronic device 100 may display a first interface in a top area of the touch screen, and display a first interface to be split under the first interface. For example, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may be responsive to a user's upward designated input (e.g., a three-finger up-slide input), the electronic device 100 may display a split screen interface as shown in fig. 10C.

As shown in fig. 10C, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311, an interface 341, and an interface 301. Interface 311 and interface 301 are displayed in the left region of the touch screen, and interface 341 is displayed in the right region of the touch screen. Interface 311 is displayed in the top display area of the left area of the touch screen and interface 301 is displayed in the bottom display area of the left area of the touch screen. The specific descriptions of the interface 301, the interface 311, the interface 341, and the specified input may be referred to the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

If the first direction is down, the electronic device 100 may display a first interface in a bottom area of the touch screen, and display a first interface to be split on top of the first interface. For example, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 311 and an interface 341 shown in fig. 3F. The electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 and the interface 301 in a left region of the touch screen and the interface 341 in a right region of the touch screen in response to a downward designation input (e.g., a three-finger swipe input) by the user, the electronic device 100. Interface 311 is displayed in the bottom display area of the left area of the touch screen and interface 301 is displayed in the top display area of the left area of the touch screen.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 displays a plurality of interfaces, including a first interface and a second interface. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's input for the first interface, display the first interface on a first direction side of the touch screen, and display a first to-be-split screen interface on a second direction side of the first interface. The input direction is designated as a first direction, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction. The electronic device 100 may receive a specific input of a user for the second interface, display the second interface on a first direction side of the touch screen, and display the first to-be-split screen interface on a second direction side of the second interface. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designated input for a first interface and a second interface (for example, for a junction of the first interface and the second interface), display the first interface and the second interface on a first direction side of the touch screen, and display a first to-be-split screen interface on a second direction side of the first interface and the second interface.

In another possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays m interfaces simultaneously, where m is greater than or equal to 1. The electronic device 100 may display a third interface to be split screen in response to a designation input of a user after receiving the designation input. The third to-be-split interface may include one or more split options, where the one or more split options include a first split option, and the first split option may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the m interfaces and n first to-be-split interfaces, where n is greater than or equal to 1, and the n first to-be-split interfaces include a first to-be-split interface a. The first to-be-split screen interface comprises one or more application icons. The electronic device 100 may receive, after displaying the m interfaces and the n first to-be-split interfaces in response to the input for the first to-be-split option, input of an application icon for the first to-be-split interface a by a user, and display an interface corresponding to the application icon at the first to-be-split interface a. In this way, the electronic device 100 can newly add an interface displaying a plurality of applications.

In some application scenarios, the electronic device 100 displays the first interface full screen, which is an interface of the first application. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's specified input, and in response to the specified input, display a third to-be-split interface, the third to-be-split interface including at least one split option, the at least one split option including the first split option. The electronic device 100 may display the first interface and the first interface to be split after receiving the input of the user for the first split option. The first to-be-split screen interface includes one or more application icons, where the one or more application icons include icons of a second application, and the icons of the second application are used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a second interface of the second application. The electronic device 100 may receive an input of an icon of a second application for a first interface to be split, and split the first interface and the second interface. In this way, the electronic device 100 may receive user input, split screen display interface.

In some embodiments, the designated input is an input dragging the first interface to a vicinity of a split-screen hot zone on the touch screen. The split-screen hot area is a designated area on the touch screen. It should be noted that, the input for dragging the first interface to the vicinity of the split-screen hot zone on the touch screen specifically includes: the electronic device 100 receives a long-press input of a user for the first interface, displays the split-screen hot zone, replaces the first interface with a designated icon, moves along with a movement track of a touch point of the user, and moves to the vicinity of the split-screen hot zone when the touch point of the user moves to the vicinity of the split-screen hot zone. The designated icon may be an icon including a thumbnail image of the first interface, or the designated icon may be an icon including an icon image of the first application. The input is not limited to long-press input, and may be long-press input after sliding up. It will be appreciated that the user remains in contact with the touch screen of the electronic device 100 throughout the process of dragging the first interface into proximity of the split screen hot zone.

Illustratively, the electronic device 100 is displayed with the interface 311 shown in FIG. 3C. The electronic device 100 may receive a long press input by the user for the interface 311, displaying a designated icon 1103 and a split screen hotbox 1102 as shown in fig. 11A.

As shown in fig. 11A, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 1101. The interface 1101 may be a fixed color (e.g., white) interface, or the interface 1101 may be an interface that includes a desktop background image, or the interface 1101 may be an interface that includes a blurred desktop background image. A split screen hotbox 1102 and a designated icon 1103 are displayed on the interface 1101. The split screen region 1102 may be a display area on a touch screen. The shape of the split-screen hot zone can be regular (e.g. rectangle, semicircle, etc.) or irregular. Here, the split-screen hot zone is a sector area located in the upper left corner of the touch screen. Optionally, a split-screen prompt message may be displayed in the split-screen hot area, where the split-screen prompt message may include, but is not limited to, one or more of a text prompt message, a picture prompt message, an animation prompt message, a voice prompt message, and the like. For example, the split-screen prompt information may be a text prompt information: "switch to split screen display interface". Wherein the specified icon 1103 includes an image of the interface 311. The size of the specified icon 1103 is smaller than the interface 311.

The electronic device 100 detects that the user drags the specified icon 1103 onto the split screen hotbox 1102, displaying an interface 1110 as shown in fig. 11B.

As shown in fig. 11B, interface 1110 includes at least one split screen option including split screen option 1117. Each split screen option is used for triggering the electronic device 100 to divide the touch screen into at least one display area, and each display area can be used for displaying different interfaces. Each split screen option can display an interface layout example corresponding to the split screen option. For example, the at least one split option may also include split option 1111, split option 1112, split option 1113, split option 1114, split option 1115, split option 1116, split option 1118. The split screen option 1111 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to divide the touch screen into four display areas, where the distribution of the four display areas may be shown in fig. 11B, and one display area of the four display areas is used to display the interface 311, and the other three display areas are used to display the first type of split screen interface. The split screen option 1112 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to divide the touch screen into three display areas, where the three display areas may be distributed on the touch screen from left to right, one display area of the three display areas is used to display the interface 311, and the other two display areas are used to display the first type of split screen interface. The split screen option 1113 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to divide the touch screen into three display areas, where one display area of the three display areas is located on the left half of the touch screen, another display area is located on the upper half of the right half of the touch screen, another display area is located on the lower half of the right half of the touch screen, one display area of the three display areas is used for displaying the interface 311, and two other display areas are used for displaying the first type of split screen interface. The layout of the interfaces corresponding to the split options 1114, 1115, 1116 may also be referred to in fig. 11B, and the detailed description may be referred to as the split option 1113, which is not described herein. The split option 1117 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to divide the touch screen into two display areas, where one display area is located in the left half of the touch screen and the other display area is located in the right half of the touch screen. One of the two display areas is used for displaying the interface 311, and the other display area is used for displaying a first type of split screen interface. The layout of the corresponding interface of the split screen option 1118 is shown in fig. 11B, and the detailed description is shown in the split screen option 1117, which is not described here.

Optionally, the at least one split screen option may further include a split screen option 1119, and the split screen option 1119 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the interface 311 in full screen.

Alternatively, when the electronic device 100 detects that the user drags the specified icon 1103 to an interface area other than the split screen option in the interface 1110, the interface 311 may be displayed full screen.

Alternatively, the color and/or shape of the split screen option may be changed when the electronic device 100 detects that the designated icon 1103 and the split screen option have overlapping portions. For example, the color of the split screen option is a first color, e.g., white. When the designated icon 1103 and the split option partially overlap, the color of the split option changes from the first color to a second color, e.g., gray. The first color and the second color are different.

It should be noted that, the input is not limited to dragging the first interface to the vicinity of the split-screen hot zone on the touch screen, and the specified input may be other inputs, for example, the specified input may be an input of dragging the first interface to an edge of the touch screen (for example, a left frame of the touch screen). For another example, a description of the designated inputs may be found in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3C. The electronic device 100 may display a third to-be-split interface in response to the specified input.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays at least one interface, and the electronic device 100 may receive a user's specified input, and in response to the specified input, display a third to-be-split interface, the third to-be-split interface including at least one split-screen option, the at least one split-screen option including the first split-screen option. The electronic device 100 may display the at least one interface on a first direction side (e.g., left side, right side, etc.) of the touch screen after receiving the input of the user for the first split screen option, and display the first to-be-split screen interface on a second direction side of the touch screen, the second direction being opposite to the first direction. For example, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 and the interface 301 shown in fig. 8 when detecting that the user drags the designated icon 1103 shown in fig. 11B to the split screen option 1117 and leaves the touch screen, where the interface 301 is the first interface to be split screen.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 may also receive a click input of the user for the split screen option, and display the first interface and the first interface to be split screen.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may display a fourth to-be-split interface after a certain split option is selected, where the fourth to-be-split interface may be used to determine a position of the first interface in the touch screen. The fourth split-screen interface may include one or more display regions. The display area may be used to indicate a display location on the touch screen.

For example, the electronic device 100 may detect that the user drags the designated icon 1103 shown in fig. 11B to the split screen option 1117, and the time that the designated icon 1103 stays at the split screen option 1117 is greater than the first time value (e.g., 5 s), the electronic device 100 may display the interface 1121 shown in fig. 11C, where the interface 1121 is the fourth interface to be split screen.

As shown in fig. 11C, the interface 1121 includes a display region 1122 and a display region 1123. The display area 1122 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the interface 311 at the display area 1122 and the display area 1123 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the interface 311 at the display area 1123.

The electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 in the display area 1122 and display the first to-be-split screen interface in the display area 1123 after detecting an input by the user dragging the designation icon 1103 to the display area 1122. For example, the electronic device 100 may display a plurality of interfaces as shown in fig. 8 after detecting an input by the user dragging the specified icon 1103 to the display area 1122.

Alternatively, when the electronic device 100 detects that the touch point of the user is located at a certain display area, the color of the display area may be changed. The color of the display area is a first color, for example, white. When the touch point is located in the display area, the color of the display area changes from a first color to a second color, e.g., gray. The first color and the second color are different. Here, the touch point of the user is located in the display region 1122, and the color of the display region 1122 is changed from white to gray.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 may receive a click input from the user for the display area, and determine the display position of the first interface.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays at least one interface. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designated input and display a third to-be-split screen interface. The third to-be-split interface includes at least one split option, which may include at least one split area option. Wherein the split screen option may indicate the number and location of interfaces placed in the touch screen. The split area option may be used to indicate a display position of the at least one interface in the touch screen. Wherein the at least one split screen option includes a first split screen option including a first split screen area option. The electronic device 100 may display the at least one interface at a display location indicated by the first split screen region option in response to a user input of the first split screen region option for the first split screen option. In this way, the layout of a plurality of interfaces in the touch screen can be determined in the third interface to be split.

Illustratively, the electronic device 100 is displayed with the interface 311 shown in FIG. 3C. The electronic device 100 may receive a long press input by the user for the interface 311, displaying a designated icon 1103 and a split screen hotbox 1102 as shown in fig. 11A. The electronic device 100 detects that the user drags the specified icon 1103 onto the split screen hotbox 1102, and displays an interface 1131 as shown in fig. 11D.

As shown in fig. 11D, interface 1131 includes at least one split screen option. Each split screen option may display the number of interfaces displayed in the touch screen and the positional relationship between the interfaces after the split screen option is selected. Each split option may include at least one split area option, where the split area option may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display one or more interfaces corresponding to the split options, and display the interface 311 in a display area indicated by the split area option in the split interface. The at least one split screen option includes a split screen option 1132, and the split screen option 1132 includes a split screen region option 1132A and a split screen region option 1132B.

The split screen option 1132 may be used to indicate that, after the split screen option 1132 is selected, the electronic device 100 will display two display areas, where the two display areas are located on the left and right sides of the touch screen, and each display area may be used to display an interface. The split area option 1132A may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the interface 311 in the left display area and display the first interface to be split in the right display area, for example, the interface 301 shown in fig. 8. The split area option 1132B may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the interface 311 in the right display area and display the first interface to be split in the left display area, for example, the interface 301 shown in fig. 8. The interface 1131 may further include other split screen options, and the interface layout of the split screen option corresponding to each split screen option may refer to fig. 11D. Each split option may include at least one split area option, and the description of the split area option may be referred to as the description of the split option 1132, which is not repeated herein.

It may be appreciated that, when the electronic device 100 detects that the designated icon 1103 is dragged to the split screen area option 1132A shown in fig. 11D and leaves the touch screen, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 and the interface 301 shown in fig. 8, where the interface 301 is a first interface to be split screen.

Alternatively, when the electronic device 100 detects that the specified icon 1103 and the split screen region option have overlapping portions, the color and/or shape of the split screen region option may be changed. For example, the color of the split screen region option is a first color, e.g., white. When the designated icon 1103 and the split screen region option partially overlap, the color of the split screen region option changes from the first color to the second color, for example, gray. The first color and the second color are different.

In some embodiments, the first to-be-split page displayed by the electronic device 100 may be a second interface displayed different from the first interface before the first interface is displayed by the electronic device 100, or may be an interface of the most commonly used application, or may be another interface of the first application other than the first interface. Among these, the most commonly used application may be the application that has been used for the longest period of time (for example, within one week). Thus, the electronic device 100 may directly display the interface of the application without displaying the first interface to be split, thereby reducing operation steps. It may be appreciated that when the electronic device 100 receives an input of a user for a split screen option or a split screen area option, the first split screen interfaces may be interfaces including one or more application icons, or interfaces of a plurality of most commonly used applications, or interfaces displayed different from the one or more interfaces before the one or more interfaces are displayed, or interfaces different from the one or more interfaces in an application to which the one or more interfaces belong. The most commonly used applications may be applications that have a longest use time for a period of time (for example, a week).

In other application scenarios, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface and a second interface, where the first interface is an interface of the first application and the second interface is an interface of the second application. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's specified input, and in response to the specified input, display a third to-be-split interface, the third to-be-split interface including at least one split option, the at least one split option including the first split option. The electronic device 100 may display the first interface, the second interface, and the first to-be-split screen interface after receiving the input of the user for the first to-be-split screen option. The first to-be-split screen interface includes one or more application icons, where the one or more application icons include an icon of a third application, and the icon of the third application is used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a third interface of the third application. The electronic device 100 may receive an input of an icon of a third application for the first interface to be split, and split the first interface, the second interface, and the third interface. In this way, the electronic device 100 may receive user input and newly display the third interface.

In some embodiments, the designated input is an input dragging the first interface and the second interface to near a split-screen hot zone on the touch screen. The split-screen hot area is a designated area on the touch screen. It should be noted that, the input for dragging the first interface and the second interface to the vicinity of the split-screen hot zone on the touch screen specifically includes: the electronic device 100 receives a long-press input of a user for the touch screen, displays the split-screen hot zone, replaces the first interface and the second interface with specified icons, moves the specified icons displayed by the electronic device 100 along with a movement track of a touch point of the user, and moves to the vicinity of the split-screen hot zone along with the specified icons when the touch point of the user moves to the vicinity of the split-screen hot zone. The designated icon may be an icon including thumbnail images of the first interface and the second interface, or the designated icon may be an icon including icon images of the first application and icon images of the second application. Here, the long press input is not limited to the long press input, and may be a slide-up input or the like. It will be appreciated that the user remains in contact with the touch screen of the electronic device 100 throughout the process of dragging the first interface and the second interface into proximity of the split screen hot zone.

Illustratively, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a long press input from a user to a touch screen of the electronic device 100, and display a designated icon 1203 and a split screen hot zone 1202 as shown in fig. 12A.

As shown in fig. 12A, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 1201. The interface 1201 may be a fixed color (e.g., white) interface, or the interface 1201 may be an interface including a desktop background image, or the interface 1201 may be an interface including a blurred desktop background image. The interface 1201 has a split-screen hot zone 1202 and a designated icon 1203 displayed thereon. The split-screen hot zone 1202 may be described with reference to the embodiment shown in fig. 11A, and will not be described herein. The designated icon 1203 includes images of the interface 311 and the interface 341.

The electronic device 100 detects that the user drags the designated icon 1203 shown in fig. 12A onto the split screen hot zone 1202, and may display an interface 1211 as shown in fig. 12B.

As shown in fig. 12B, interface 1211 includes at least one split screen option including split screen option 1212. Each split screen option is used to divide the touch screen of the electronic device 100 into at least one display area, and each display area may be used to display a different interface. An example of the layout of the interface corresponding to each split screen option may be displayed in each split screen option, and specifically, refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 11B, which is not described herein again.

It can be understood that the electronic device 100 displays the first interface and the second interface, so that, in response to the specified input, the electronic device 100 displays the number of the interfaces displayed by the touch screen indicated by the split screen options in the third to-be-split screen interface.

Optionally, the at least one split screen option may further include a split screen option 1213, where the split screen option 1213 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the multiple interfaces shown in fig. 3F, or the split screen option 1213 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the interface 341 shown in fig. 3F on the left half touch screen and the interface 311 shown in fig. 3F on the right half touch screen.

Optionally, the at least one split option may further include a split option 1214, where the split option 1214 may be used to trigger the electronic device to change the location of the interface in fig. 3F. For example, the interface 311 shown in fig. 3F is displayed on the upper half touch screen, and the interface 341 shown in fig. 3F is displayed on the lower half touch screen.

Alternatively, when the electronic apparatus 100 detects that the user drags the specified icon 1203 to an interface region other than the split screen option in the interface 1211, a plurality of interfaces as shown in fig. 3F may be displayed.

Alternatively, when the electronic device 100 detects that the designated icon 1203 and the split screen option have overlapping portions, the color and/or shape of the split screen option may be changed. Here, the color of split screen option 1212 changes from white to gray.

The electronic device 100 may display the interface 311, the interface 341, and the interface 301 shown in fig. 10A when detecting that the user drags the designated icon 1103 shown in fig. 12B to the split screen option 1212 and leaves the touch screen, where the interface 301 is a first interface to be split screen. It should be noted that, the electronic device 100 may respond to the input of the user for the split screen option, display a plurality of interfaces, and sequentially display the first interface, the second interface and the first interface to be split screen from left to right and from top to bottom in the touch screen.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 may also receive a click input of the user for the split screen option, and display the first interface, the second interface, and the first interface to be split screen.

For example, the electronic device 100 may detect that the user drags the designated icon 1203 shown in fig. 12B to the split screen option 1212, and the time that the designated icon 1203 stays at the split screen option 1212 is greater than the first time value (e.g., 5 s), the electronic device 100 may display an interface 1221 as shown in fig. 12C, and the interface 1221 is a fourth interface to be split screen.

As shown in fig. 12C, interface 1121 includes a display area 1222, a display area 1223, and a display area 1224. The display area 1222 is located at the upper left of the touch screen, the display area 1223 is located at the upper right of the touch screen, and the display area 1224 is located below the touch screen.

The electronic device 100 may compare the euclidean distance of the touch point to the center point of each display region in the interface 1231 when the user is detected to leave the touch screen, and display the interface 311 and the interface 341 in the two display regions closest to each other. The first to-be-split screen interface, for example, the interface 301 shown in fig. 8, is displayed in the display area farthest from the display area. Wherein the center point of the display area may be the intersection of the diagonals of the display area. Alternatively, the distance from the center point of the designated icon to the center point of the display area may be compared, not limited to the distance from the touch point to the center point of the display area.

Optionally, the color of each display area in the fourth to-be-split-screen interface is a first color, and the electronic device 100 may compare the euclidean distance between the touch point and the center point of each display area in the fourth to-be-split-screen interface, and change the color of the two display areas closest to each other from the first color to a second color, where the first color and the second color are different. As shown in fig. 12C, the distance of the touch point to the display area 1222 is smaller than the distance of the touch point to the display area 1223, and the distance of the touch point to the display area 1223 is smaller than the distance of the touch point to the display area 1224. Here, since the first color is white and the second color is gray, the colors of the display area 1222 and the display area 1223 are gray and the color of the display area 1224 is white.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 may receive a click input from the user for the display area, and determine the display area of the first interface or the second interface.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface and a second interface. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's designated input and display a third to-be-split screen interface. The third to-be-split interface includes at least one split option, which may include at least one split area option. The split screen options can indicate the number and the positions of interfaces which can be displayed by the touch screen after the split screen options are selected. The split screen region option may be used to indicate a display region of the first interface and the second interface, such as a touch screen. Wherein the at least one split screen option includes a first split screen option including a first split screen area option. The electronic device 100 may divide the touch screen into a plurality of display areas indicated by the first split screen option in response to the user's input of the first split screen area option for the first split screen option, and display the first interface and the second interface in the two display areas indicated by the first split screen area option, respectively. In this way, the layout of the interface displayed in the touch screen can be determined in the third interface to be split.

Illustratively, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a long press input from a user for a touch screen, and display a designated icon 1203 and a split screen hot zone 1202 as shown in fig. 12A. The electronic device 100 detects that the user drags the specified icon 1203 onto the split screen hot zone 1202, displaying an interface 1231 as shown in fig. 12D.

As shown in fig. 12D, interface 1231 includes at least one split screen option. Wherein, each split screen option can be used for indicating the interface layout corresponding to the split screen option. Each split screen option may include at least one split screen area option, where the split screen area option may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display one or more interfaces corresponding to the split screen option in the touch screen, and display the interface 311 and the interface 341 in two display areas indicated by the split screen area option in the touch screen respectively. The at least one split option includes a split option 1232, the split option 1232 including a split area option 1232A and a split area option 1232B.

The split screen option 1232 may be used to indicate that after the split screen option 1232 is selected, the touch screen is divided into three display areas, where one of the three display areas is located at the upper left corner of the touch screen, the other display area is located at the upper right corner of the touch screen, and the other display area is located at the bottom of the touch screen. The split screen area option 1232A corresponds to a display area in the upper left corner of the touch screen, the split screen area option 1232B corresponds to a display area in the upper right corner of the touch screen, and the split screen area option 1232C corresponds to a display area in the bottom of the touch screen. The interface 1231 may further include other split options, and the interface layout of the split option corresponding to each split option may refer to fig. 12D. Each split option may include at least one split area option, and the description of the split area option may be referred to as the description of the split option 1232, which is not repeated herein.

The electronic device 100 may compare the euclidean distance between the touch point and the center point of each split-screen region option in the interface 1231 when detecting that the user leaves the touch screen, and display the interface 311 and the interface 341 in the display region corresponding to the two closest split-screen region options. And displaying a first interface to be split in a display area corresponding to the split area option furthest away, for example, an interface 301 shown in fig. 8. The center point of the split screen area option may be an intersection point of diagonal lines of the split screen area option.

It will be appreciated that, because the distance between the touch point and the split area option 1232B is less than the distance between the touch point and the split area option 1232A when the user is separated from the touch screen, the distance between the touch point and the split area option 1232A is less than the distance between the touch point and the split area option 1232C. The electronic device 100 may display an interface 311, an interface 341, and an interface 301 as shown in fig. 8.

Optionally, the color of each split-screen area option in the third to-be-split-screen interface is a first color, and the electronic device 100 may compare the euclidean distance between the touch point and the center point of each split-screen area option, and change the color of the two closest split-screen area options from the first color to a second color, where the first color and the second color are different. As shown in fig. 12D, the distance of the touch point to the split area option 1232B is smaller than the distance of the touch point to the split area option 1232A, and the distance of the touch point to the split area option 1232B is smaller than the distance of the touch point to the split area option 1232C. Here, the first color is white and the second color is gray, so the color of the split screen region option 1232A and the split screen region option 1232B is gray and the color of the split screen region option 1232C is white.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays m interfaces simultaneously, where m is greater than or equal to 1. The electronic device 100 may display a desktop interface after receiving an input dragging m interfaces to the hover-zone, and display m hover windows on the desktop interface, where the m hover windows are used to display the m interfaces, respectively. In this way, the electronic device 100 may quickly convert the interface into a floating window.

The input of dragging m interfaces to a suspension hot zone on a touch screen specifically comprises: the electronic device 100 receives a long-press input of a user for the touch screen, displays the hover region, replaces the first interface and the second interface with hover icons, moves the hover icons displayed by the electronic device 100 along with a movement track of a touch point of the user, and moves to the vicinity of the hover region when the touch point of the user moves to the vicinity of the hover region. The floating icon may be an icon including thumbnail images of the first interface and the second interface, or the floating icon may be an icon including icon images of the first application and icon images of the second application. Here, the long press input is not limited to the long press input, and may be a slide-up input or the like. It will be appreciated that the user remains in contact with the touch screen of the electronic device 100 throughout the dragging of the first and second interfaces into proximity of the hover thermal zone.

Illustratively, electronic device 100 is displayed with interface 311 and interface 341 shown in FIG. 3F. The electronic device 100 may receive a long press input from a user to a touch screen of the electronic device 100, and display a hover icon 1303 and a hover zone 1302 as shown in fig. 13A.

As shown in fig. 13A, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 1301. The interface 1301 may be a fixed color (e.g., white) interface, or may be an interface that includes a desktop background image, or may be an interface that includes a blurred desktop background image. A hover hot zone 1302 and hover icon 1303 are displayed on interface 1301. The description of the levitation heat zone 1302 may be referred to as the split-screen heat zone in the embodiment shown in fig. 11A, and will not be described herein. The hover icon 1303 includes an image of the interface 311 and the interface 341. Optionally, a floating display prompt message may be displayed in the floating hot zone, where the floating display prompt message may include, but is not limited to, one or more of a text prompt message, a picture prompt message, an animation prompt message, a voice prompt message, and the like. For example, the floating display prompt message may be a text prompt message: "switch to floating window display".

The electronic device 100 may receive input from a user dragging the hover icon 1303 near the hover zone 1302 and display a hover window 1311 and a hover window 1312 on the touch screen as shown in fig. 13B.

As shown in fig. 13B, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 301, and the interface 301 is a desktop interface. Floating window 1311 and floating window 1312 are displayed floating on interface 301. Wherein, interface 311 is displayed in floating window 1311 and interface 341 is displayed in floating window 1312. Optionally, each floating window may also include one or more functionality controls, such as a maximize control, minimize control, close control, and the like. In this way, the electronic device 100 may quickly convert the interface displayed by the split screen into an interface displayed by the floating window.

It should be noted that, the electronic device 100 may receive an input that the user drags the designated icon to the split-screen hot area, and display the third to-be-split-screen interface. The electronic device 100 may also receive an input from a user dragging the hover icon into the hover region, and display an interface indicated by the hover icon in the form of a hover window. The split screen hot zone and the suspension hot zone are arranged at different positions on the touch screen, and the split screen hot zone and the suspension hot zone are not intersected.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays m interfaces simultaneously, where m is greater than or equal to 1. The electronic device 100 may display a split screen application bar in response to a designation input of a user after receiving the designation input. The split-screen application bar includes one or more application icons, including icons that specify applications. The electronic device 100 may receive input of an icon of a specified application for the split screen application bar by a user, display m interfaces and an interface of the specified application. In this way, the electronic device 100 may newly add an interface for displaying an application.

In some embodiments, the interface including the split application bar may be referred to as a first split interface.

In some application scenarios, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface, which is an interface of a first application. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's specified input, and display a split screen application bar in response to the specified input. The split-screen application bar includes one or more application icons, where the one or more application icons include icons of a second application, and the icons of the second application are used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a second interface of the second application. The electronic device 100 may receive user input of an icon for a second application of the split screen application bar, the split screen displaying the first interface and the second interface. In this way, the electronic device 100 may receive user input, split screen display interface.

In some embodiments, the specified input may be a three-finger up-slide input, the sliding direction of which may not be limited to up-slide, possibly, the specified input may also be down-slide, left-slide, right-slide, etc. The sliding contact of the designation input may not be limited to three, and it is possible that the designation input may be a two-finger sliding, or a single-finger sliding, or the like. In some embodiments, the sliding up on the interface is an input that triggers the electronic device 100 to display a desktop interface. Thus, in the embodiment of the present application, the sliding operation is prevented from triggering other functions by using the three-finger sliding up as a preferred implementation manner.

For example, the electronic device 100 displays m interfaces, m being 1 or more. The electronic device 100 may display a split screen application bar in response to a user's specified input. The split-screen application bar includes one or more application icons, including icons that specify applications. The electronic device 100 may receive a single click input of a user for an icon of a specified application, and display the m interfaces and the interface of the specified application on a touch screen. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may receive an input that the user drags the icon of the specified application to a position other than the split application bar in the touch screen, and display the m interfaces and the interface of the specified application on the touch screen. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may receive an input that a user drags an icon of a specified application to a left touch screen (or a right touch screen), display an interface of the specified application on the left side (or the right side) of the touch screen, and display m interfaces on the right side (or the left side) of the touch screen. It will be appreciated that when the electronic device 100 is displayed with an interface including one or more interfaces, the interface specifying the application may also be additionally displayed in the manner described above.

In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 may receive input from a user dragging the first interface to the vicinity of the second application of the split-screen application bar, displaying the first interface and the second interface. Heretofore, since the user needs to drag the first interface to the split-screen application bar, and in order to avoid conflicts with inputs for triggering the electronic device 100 to display other interfaces (e.g., a single-finger up-slide input for triggering the electronic device 100 to display a desktop interface), the specified input may be an up-slide followed by a down-slide input for the first interface. The designation input may be any input that slides from the screen frame into the screen and slides in the opposite direction, for example, a left-slide-and-right-slide input, a right-slide-and-left-slide input, or the like. Alternatively, the specified input may be a combination of a long press input and a slide input. For example, the designation input may be a long press of the screen, followed by sliding in a direction pointing from the edge of the screen toward the inside of the screen. Specifically, a long press input may be performed with respect to the lower display screen of the electronic device 100, and then slid upward.

The electronic device 100 receives a specified input of a user for the first interface, displays a split screen application bar, and receives an input of the user dragging the first interface to the vicinity of a second application of the split screen application bar, where the input specifically includes: the electronic device 100 receives the user's up-and-down-sliding input for the first interface, displays the split-screen application bar, replaces the first interface with the designated icon, moves the designated icon displayed by the electronic device 100 along with the movement track of the touch point of the user, and moves the designated icon along with the movement track of the touch point of the user to the vicinity of the split-screen application bar when the touch point of the user moves to the vicinity of the split-screen application bar. The designated icon may include an image of the first interface, or the designated icon may include an icon of an application corresponding to the first interface. It should be noted that, throughout the process, the user always keeps contact with the touch screen of the electronic device 100. That is, after the user performs the up-and-down operation for the first interface, the user does not leave the touch screen. It is understood that if the electronic device 100 displays at least one interface, the electronic device 100 may display the split-screen application bar and the designated icon in response to the designated input of the user. The designated icon may include an image of at least one interface, or the designated icon may include an icon of an application corresponding to the at least one interface.

Illustratively, the electronic device 100 displays the interface 311 shown in fig. 3C, and the electronic device 100 may receive a user's designated input, displaying the interface 1401 as shown in fig. 14A. Wherein the specified input may be a slide up and slide down input for interface 311.

As shown in fig. 14A, the electronic device 100 may be displayed with an interface 1401. The interface 1401 may be a fixed color (e.g. white) interface, or may be an interface that includes a desktop background image, or may be an interface that includes a blurred desktop background image. The interface 1401 includes a split application bar 1403, the split application bar 1403 including one or more application icons including an application icon 1403A and an application icon 1403B. Application icon 1403A may be used to trigger electronic device 100 to display an interface for a news application, among other things. Application icon 1403B may be used to trigger electronic device 100 to display an interface for a video application.

In some examples, since interface 311 is an interface of a chat application, to avoid electronic device 100 displaying interfaces of multiple chat applications in a split screen. The split application bar 1403 may not include an application icon for triggering the electronic device 100 to display a chat application. Alternatively, the split-screen application bar 1403 may include an application icon for triggering the electronic device 100 to display a chat application, but the application icon is set by the electronic device 100 to a state that cannot be triggered, and the application icon in the state that cannot be triggered is different from other application icons, for example, different in color.

Here, a designation icon 1402 is also displayed on the interface 1401, and the designation icon 1402 includes an image of the interface 311. The designated icon 1402 may move with the movement of the user touch point.

The electronic device 100 may display an application indicator 1415 as shown in fig. 14B upon detecting that the designated icon 1402 moves to the vicinity of the split screen application bar 1403. The application indicator 1415 may be used to indicate the application icon in the split-screen application bar that is closest to the designated icon 1402. Here, the application icon 1403B is the icon closest to the designation icon 1402.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 may, upon detecting that the specified icon 1402 moves to the vicinity of the split-screen application bar 1403, enlarge the size of the application icon closest to the specified icon 1402 in the split-screen application bar, and/or reduce the size of all application icons except the application icon closest to the specified icon 1402 in the split-screen application bar.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 may increase the spacing between the application icon closest to the designated icon 1402 and other application icons in the split-screen application bar and/or decrease the spacing between all application icons in the split-screen application bar except the application icon closest to the designated icon 1402 when the designated icon 1402 is detected to be moved near the split-screen application bar 1403.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 may change the size of the application icons of the split-screen application bar, and also change the spacing between the application icons of the split-screen application bar, and the specific changing manner may refer to the above embodiment, which is not described herein again. Here, the size of the application icon 1403B shown in fig. 14B is larger than the size of the application icon 1403B shown in fig. 14A, and the pitch between the application icon 1403B shown in fig. 14B and the application icons on the left and right sides is larger than the pitch shown in fig. 14A.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display an application preview box at the touch point when detecting that the designated icon 1402 moves to the vicinity of the split screen application bar 1403. The application preview box may be used to display an image of an interface corresponding to an application icon closest to the designated icon 1402 in the split screen application bar. Here, as shown in fig. 14C, the electronic device 100 displays an application preview box 1411 at the touch point, and the application preview box 1411 displays an interface image corresponding to the application icon 1403B nearest to the designated icon 1402. The designated icon and the application preview frame may be arranged in order from left to right, and the designated icon and the application preview frame may not be blocked from each other. Alternatively, the application preview box may be displayed at an upper layer of the designated icon, blocking a part of the contents of the designated icon.

When the electronic device 100 displays the interface 1401 as shown in fig. 14B or the interface 1401 as shown in fig. 14C, the interface 311 and the interface 335 as shown in fig. 3E may be displayed when it is detected that the user leaves the touch screen. The interface 335 is an interface corresponding to the application icon 1403B.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 and the interface 335 as shown in fig. 3E upon detecting that the application indicator 1415 shown in fig. 14B or 14C remains at the application icon 1403B for more than a first time value (e.g., 5 s). It should be noted that, the positions of the interface 311 and the interface 335 in the touch screen may not be limited to those shown in fig. 3E, for example, the interface 311 may be located on the right half touch screen, and the interface 335 may be located on the left half touch screen.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays at least one interface, and the electronic device 100 may display a split screen application bar in response to a user's specified input. The electronic device 100 may receive input of a plurality of application icons selected by a user to a split screen application bar, and display at least one interface and interfaces corresponding to the plurality of selected application icons. Thus, the electronic device 100 can newly display a plurality of interfaces at a time.

For example, when the electronic device 100 displays an interface 1401 as shown in fig. 14B, the electronic device 100 may mark the application icon 1403B as a selected icon when detecting that the application indicator 1415 shown in fig. 14B has remained at the application icon 1403B for a time greater than a first time value (e.g., 5 s). The size of the selected application icon and the size of the unselected application icon in the split screen application frame are different, and/or the interval between the selected application icon and the adjacent two application icons is different from the interval between the unselected application icon and the adjacent two application icons. Here, the size of the selected application icon 1403B is larger than other unselected application icons, for example, application icon 1403A.

Thereafter, the electronic device 100 may mark the application icon 1403A as a selected icon when detecting that the application indicator 1415 shown in fig. 14B is moved near the application icon 1403A and the time that remains at the application icon 1403A is greater than a first time value (e.g., 5 s).

The electronic device 100 may display the interface 311, an interface corresponding to the application icon 1403A, and an interface corresponding to the application icon 1403B when detecting that the user leaves the touch screen after both the application icon 1403A and the application icon 1403B are selected. For example, the electronic device 100 may display a plurality of interfaces as shown in fig. 4B, or display a plurality of interfaces as shown in fig. 4D, or the like.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display an application preview box at the touch point when detecting that the designated icon 1402 moves to the vicinity of the split screen application bar 1403. The application preview box may be used to display an image of an interface corresponding to an application icon closest to the designated icon 1402 in the split screen application bar. The electronic device 100 may display an application preview box of the selected application icon in the split screen application bar at the touch point.

For example, when the electronic device 100 displays an interface 1401 as shown in fig. 14C, the electronic device 100 may mark the application icon 1403B as a selected icon when detecting that the application indicator 1415 shown in fig. 14C has remained at the application icon 1403B for a time greater than a first time value (e.g., 5 s).

Thereafter, the electronic device 100 may, upon detecting that the application indicator 1415 shown in fig. 14C moves near the application icon 1403A, and when the time that remains at the application icon 1403A is greater than a first time value (e.g., 5 s), mark the application icon 1403A as a selected icon as well, as shown in fig. 14D.

As shown in fig. 14D, the electronic device 100 displays a designation icon 1402, an application preview box 1411, and an application preview box 1421. An interface image corresponding to the application icon 1403A is displayed in the application preview box 1421.

Here, when the application icon 1403A and the application icon 1403B are both selected, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311, and when detecting an input that the user leaves the touch screen, the interface corresponding to the application icon 1403A and the interface corresponding to the application icon 1403B. For example, the electronic device 100 may display a plurality of interfaces as shown in fig. 4B, or display a plurality of interfaces as shown in fig. 4D, or the like.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays one or more interfaces. The electronic device 100 may display a split-screen application bar and a designated icon in response to a designated input by a user. The description of the specified input, the specified icon and the split screen application bar can be referred to the above embodiments. The electronic device 100 may receive a drag input of a user for a specified icon, select one or more icons in the split screen application bar, and newly display an interface corresponding to the one or more icons. Therefore, the touch screen is not required to be always contacted with a user, and the operation of the user is facilitated. The user may trigger the electronic device 100 to display a split-screen application bar and a designated icon through a designated input (e.g., a three-finger swipe input). And dragging the designated icons to select one or more icons of the split-screen application bar.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays at least one interface, and the electronic device 100 may display a split screen application bar and a designated icon in response to a user's designated input. The designated icon may include an image of at least one interface, or the designated icon may include an icon of an application corresponding to the at least one interface. The electronic device 100 may display an application preview box at the touch point upon detecting that the specified icon is moved to the vicinity of the split screen application bar. The application preview box may be used to display an image of an interface corresponding to an application icon closest to the touch point in the split screen application bar. The electronic device 100 may display a split screen preview box when it is detected that the touch point has remained in the vicinity of a certain application icon for a time greater than a first time value. And displaying an image of a split screen interface formed by the interface corresponding to the certain application icon and at least one interface in the split screen preview frame. In this way, the electronic device 100 may display the preview image of the split screen interface displayed by the electronic device 100 after a certain application icon is selected, so that the user can preview the split screen interface in advance.

For example, when the electronic device 100 displays the interface 1401 as shown in fig. 14C, the electronic device 100 may display the split-screen preview box 1431 as shown in fig. 14E when detecting that the touch point has remained in the vicinity of the application icon 1403B for a time longer than the first time value. As shown in fig. 14E, an image of a split screen interface composed of the interface 311 shown in fig. 3C and the interface of the video application corresponding to the application icon 1403B is displayed in the split screen preview box 1431.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display a split-screen preview box at the touch point upon detecting that the specified icon is moved to the vicinity of the split-screen application bar. And displaying an image of a split screen interface formed by at least one interface and an interface corresponding to the application icon closest to the touch point in the split screen application bar in the split screen preview frame.

It will be appreciated that the display of the designated icon may be omitted when the split-screen preview pane is displayed by the electronic device 100. It is also understood that the electronic device 100 may select a plurality of application icons in the split-screen application bar.

For example, when the electronic device 100 displays the interface 1401 as shown in fig. 14B, the electronic device 100 may display a split-screen preview box 1431 as shown in fig. 14E when detecting that the specified icon 1402 moves to the vicinity of the application icon 1403B of the split-screen application bar 1403. The description of the split screen preview box 1431 may be referred to the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

In other application scenarios, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface and a second interface, where the first interface is an interface of the first application and the second interface is an interface of the second application. The electronic device 100 may receive a user's specified input, and display a split screen application bar in response to the specified input. The split-screen application bar includes one or more application icons, where the one or more application icons include icons of a third application, and the icons of the third application are used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a third interface of the third application. The electronic device 100 may display the first interface, the second interface, and the third interface in response to a user input of an icon for a third application of the split screen application bar. In this way, the electronic device 100 can quickly split the screen to display the interfaces of three applications.

For example, the electronic device 100 displays a first interface and a second interface. The electronic device 100 may display a split-screen application bar on the first interface and the second interface in response to a user's designated input for the touch screen. The split-screen application bar includes one or more application icons, the one or more application icons including icons of a third application. The electronic device 100 may receive a single click input of an icon of the third application by a user, and display the first interface, the second interface, and the third interface on the touch screen. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may receive an input that the user drags the third application icon to a position other than the split-screen application bar in the touch screen, and display the first interface, the second interface, and the third interface on the touch screen.

In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 may receive input from a user dragging the first interface and the second interface to the vicinity of the third application of the split-screen application bar, and display the first interface, the second interface, and the third interface. Heretofore, because the user needs to drag the first interface and the second interface to the split application bar, and to avoid conflicts with inputs used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display other interfaces (e.g., a single-finger up-slide input used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a desktop interface), the specified input may be an input that slides up a distance from the bottom of the touch screen and then slides down.

The electronic device 100 receives a specified input from a user, displays a split screen application bar, and receives an input for dragging the first interface and the second interface to the vicinity of a third application of the split screen application bar by the user, where the input specifically includes: the electronic device 100 receives the user's up-and-down-sliding input, displays the split-screen application bar, replaces the first interface and the second interface with the designated icon, and when the user touch point moves to the vicinity of the split-screen application bar, the designated icon displayed by the electronic device 100 moves along with the movement track of the user touch point, and then moves to the vicinity of the split-screen application bar. It should be noted that, throughout the process, the user always keeps contact with the touch screen of the electronic device 100. That is, after the user performs the up-and-down operation, the user does not leave the touch screen.

Illustratively, the electronic device 100 displays the interface 311 and the interface 341 shown in fig. 3F, and the electronic device 100 may receive a user's designation input, displaying the interface 1501 as shown in fig. 15A. Wherein the designated input may be a slide up and slide down input.

As shown in fig. 15A, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 1501, a split screen application field 1503 including an application icon 1503A. Specifically, reference may be made to the embodiment shown in fig. 14A, and details thereof are not repeated herein.

In some examples, interface 341 is an interface for a video application, as interface 311 is an interface for a chat application. To avoid the electronic device 100 splitting the display of multiple interfaces for the same application. The split application bar 1403 may not include an application icon for triggering the electronic device 100 to display a chat application, an application icon for triggering the electronic device 100 to display a video application. Alternatively, the split-screen application bar 1403 may include an application icon for triggering the electronic device 100 to display a chat application and an application icon for triggering the electronic device 100 to display a video application, but the two application icons are set by the electronic device 100 to a state that cannot be triggered, and the application icon in the state that cannot be triggered is different from other application icons, for example, different colors.

Here, a designation icon 1502 is also displayed on the interface 1501, and the designation icon 1502 includes images of the interface 311 and the interface 341. The designated icon 1502 may move with movement of the user touch point.

The electronic device 100 may display an application indicator 1515 as shown in fig. 15B upon detecting that the designated icon 1502 moves near the split screen application field 1503. The application indicator 1515 may be used to indicate an application icon in the split-screen application bar that is closest to the designated icon 1502. Here, the application icon 1503A is the icon closest to the designation icon 1502. The change of the application icon in the split-screen application bar can be referred to the embodiment shown in fig. 14B, and will not be described herein.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display an application preview box at the touch point upon detecting that the designated icon 1502 moves to the vicinity of the split screen application bar 1503. The application preview box may be used to display an image of the interface corresponding to the application icon closest to the specified icon 1502 in the split screen application bar. Here, as shown in fig. 15C, the electronic device 100 displays an application preview box 1521 at the touch point, and displays an interface image corresponding to the application icon 1503A nearest to the designated icon 1502 in the application preview box 1521, where the interface corresponding to the application icon 1503A is an interface corresponding to a news application. The designated icon and the application preview frame may be arranged in order from left to right, and the designated icon and the application preview frame may not be blocked from each other. Alternatively, the application preview box may be displayed at an upper layer of the designated icon, blocking a part of the contents of the designated icon.

When the electronic device 100 displays the interface 1501 as shown in fig. 15B or the interface 1501 as shown in fig. 15C, the interface 311, the interface 341, and the interface 411 as shown in fig. 4B may be displayed when it is detected that the user leaves the touch screen. The interface 411 is an interface corresponding to the application icon 1503A.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311, the interface 341, and the interface 411 as shown in fig. 4B when detecting that the time that the application indicator 1515 shown in fig. 15B or 15C stays at the application icon 1503A is greater than a first time value (for example, 5 s). It should be noted that, the positions of the interface 311, the interface 341, and the interface 411 in the touch screen may not be limited to those shown in fig. 4B, for example, the positions of the interface 311, the interface 341, and the interface 411 in the touch screen may be as shown in fig. 4D.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays at least one interface including a first interface and a second interface. The electronic device 100 may display a split screen application bar in response to a user's specified input. The electronic device 100 may receive input of a plurality of application icons selected by a user to a split screen application bar, and display at least one interface and interfaces corresponding to the plurality of selected application icons. Thus, the electronic device 100 can newly display a plurality of interfaces at a time. Specifically, reference may be made to the above embodiments, and the details are not repeated here.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays at least one interface. The electronic device 100 may display a plurality of split application fields including a split application field a and a split application field B after receiving the designation input. Wherein the split screen application bar a includes one or more application icons, the one or more application icons including application icon a. The split-screen application bar B includes one or more application icons, including application icon B. The electronic device 100 may receive user input for an application icon a in the split screen application bar a, and display the at least one interface and an interface corresponding to the application icon a. The electronic device 100 may receive user input for an application icon B in the split screen application bar B, and display the at least one interface and an interface corresponding to the application icon B. The electronic device 100 may receive an input from a user for an application icon a in the split-screen application bar a and an input for an application icon B in the split-screen application bar B, and display the at least one interface, an interface corresponding to the application icon a, and an interface corresponding to the application icon B. The split screen application bar A and the split screen application bar B are positioned on different sides of the touch screen. For example, the split application bar a is located on the left side of the touch screen, and the split application bar B is located on the right side of the touch screen. For another example, the split application bar a is located on the right side of the touch screen, the split application bar B is located at the bottom of the touch screen, and so on.

In some embodiments, the application icons of split application bar A and the application icons of split application bar B are the same. Thus, the user can select the application icon in the split screen application bar which is closer to the touch point, and split screen operation is convenient to execute.

Or, the application icons of the split-screen application bar A and the split-screen application bar B are different, so that more application icons can be displayed in the touch screen.

In other embodiments, the application icons of the split-screen application bar a are preset application icons, and the electronic device 100 may receive input from a user and set the application icons of the split-screen application bar a. The application icon of the split-screen application bar B is a commonly used application icon, for example, the commonly used application icon may be an icon of an application that has been used recently by the user, or the commonly used application icon may be an icon of an application that has been used for the longest time by the user within a specified period of time (for example, one week), or the commonly used application icon may be an application icon that has been clicked the most frequently by the user within the specified period of time (for example, one week). It is understood that the same application icons as part of the application icons of the split application bar B may exist in the application icons of the split application bar a.

Illustratively, the electronic device 100 displays the interface 311 shown in fig. 3C, and the electronic device 100 may receive a user's designation input, displaying the interface 1601 shown in fig. 16A. The description of the specific input may refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 14A and the embodiment related to the specific input, which will not be described herein.

As shown in fig. 16A, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 1601, and the description of the interface 1601 may be referred to the embodiment shown in fig. 14A, which is not repeated herein. The interface 1601 includes a split application field 1603 and a split application field 1604. The split application field 1603 may include at least one preset icon, including an application icon 1603A. The split application field 1604 may include at least one commonly used application icon including an application icon 1604A.

In some examples, since interface 311 is an interface of a chat application, to avoid electronic device 100 displaying interfaces of multiple chat applications in a split screen. The split application field 1603 and the split application field 1604 may not include application icons for triggering the electronic device 100 to display chat applications. Alternatively, the split-screen application bar 1603 and/or the split-screen application bar 1604 may include an application icon for triggering the electronic device 100 to display a chat application, but the application icon is set by the electronic device 100 to a state that cannot be triggered, and the application icon in the state that cannot be triggered is different from other application icons, for example, different colors.

Here, a designation icon 1602 is also displayed on the interface 1601, and the designation icon 1602 includes an image of the interface 311. The designated icon 1602 may move with the movement of the user touch point.

The electronic device 100 receives the input of the user for the designated icon 1602, and performs different operations (for example, displaying an application indicator, displaying an application preview box, etc.), which are described with reference to the embodiment shown in fig. 14A to 14D and will not be described herein.

Here, when the electronic device 100 detects that the user leaves the touch screen, if the application icon 1603A of the split-screen application bar 1603 is in the selected state, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 and the interface corresponding to the application icon 1603A, for example, the interface 335 shown in fig. 3E. If the application icon 1603A of the split-screen application bar 1603 is in the selected state and the application icon 1604A of the split-screen application bar 1604 is also in the selected state, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311, the interface corresponding to the application icon 1603A, and the interface corresponding to the application icon 1604A. For example, the electronic device 100 may display multiple interfaces as shown in fig. 4B or fig. 4D. Specifically, the specific description of the application icon selection can be referred to the embodiments shown in fig. 14B, 14C and 14D, and will not be repeated here.

Also exemplary, as shown in fig. 16B, the electronic device 100 displays the interface 311 and the interface 341 shown in fig. 3F, and the electronic device 100 may receive a user's designation input, and display the interface 1611 shown in fig. 16B. The description of the specific input may refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 15A and the embodiment related to the specific input, which will not be described herein.

As shown in fig. 16B, the electronic device 100 displays an interface 1611, and the description of the interface 1611 may refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 15A, which is not repeated herein. The interface 1611 includes a split application field 1613 and a split application field 1614. The split application column 1613 may include at least one preset icon, including an application icon 1613A. The split application column 1614 may include at least one commonly used application icon, including application icon 1614A. The description of the split application 1613 and the split application 1614 may refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 16A, and will not be described herein.

Here, a designation icon 1612 is also displayed on the interface 1611, and the designation icon 1612 includes images of the interface 311 and the interface 341. The designated icon 1612 may move with the movement of the user touch point.

The electronic device 100 receives the input of the user for the designated icon 1612, and performs different operations (for example, displaying an application indicator, displaying an application preview box, etc.), which may be described with reference to the embodiment shown in fig. 15A to 15C, and will not be described herein.

Here, when the electronic device 100 detects that the user leaves the touch screen, if the application icon 1614A of the split-screen application bar 1614 is in the selected state, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311 and the interface corresponding to the application icon 1614A, for example, the interface 411 shown in fig. 4B or fig. 4D. If the application icon 1613A of the split-screen application bar 1613 is in the selected state, and the application icon 1614A of the split-screen application bar 1614 is also in the selected state, the electronic device 100 may display the interface 311, the interface corresponding to the application icon 1613A, and the interface corresponding to the application icon 1614A. The application icon 1613A is an application icon of a weather application, and an interface corresponding to the application icon 1613A is an interface of the weather application. Specifically, the specific description of the application icon selection can be referred to the embodiments shown in fig. 14B, 14C and 14D, and will not be repeated here.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 may receive an input that a user selects a plurality of application icons in the application split-screen column a and/or the application split-screen column B, and newly display interfaces corresponding to the plurality of application icons. In some examples, the electronic device 100 is provided with a maximum number of interfaces (e.g., 4) displayed on the touch screen, and the sum of the number of interfaces that the electronic device 100 has displayed corresponding to the application icon selected by the user is less than or equal to the maximum number of interfaces displayed.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 displays at least one interface, and the electronic device 100 may display a split-screen application bar and a designated icon in response to a user's designated input. The designated icon may include an image of at least one interface, or the designated icon may include an icon of an application corresponding to the at least one interface. The electronic device 100 may display an application preview box at the touch point upon detecting that the specified icon is moved to the vicinity of the split screen application bar. The application preview box may be used to display an image of an interface corresponding to an application icon closest to the touch point in the split screen application bar. When an application corresponding to an application icon closest to a touch point in the split-screen application bar includes multiple interfaces, an application preview box displayed by the electronic device 100 may include multiple preview options, where each preview option corresponds to multiple interfaces of the application one by one, and the preview options include images of the corresponding interfaces. Thus, the electronic device 100 may newly add a selected one of the plurality of interfaces of the display application.

Further, the electronic device 100 may display a split screen preview box when detecting that the touch point moves to the vicinity of a certain preview option. And displaying an image of a split screen interface formed by the interface corresponding to the preview option and at least one interface in the split screen preview frame.

Illustratively, the electronic device 100 displays the interface 311 shown in fig. 3C, and the electronic device 100 may display the split-screen application bar 1703 and the designated icon 1702 shown in fig. 17A after receiving a designated input from the user. For example, the specified input may be a slide up and slide down input for interface 311.

As shown in fig. 17A, the electronic device 100 may be displayed with an interface 1701. The interface 1701 may be a fixed color (e.g., white) interface, or may be an interface that includes a desktop background image, or may be an interface that includes a blurred desktop background image. The interface 1701 includes a split-screen application bar 1703, the split-screen application bar 1703 including one or more application icons including application icon 1703A. Wherein the application icon 1703A may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display an interface of a browser application.

Here, since the browser application creates two browser windows, each of which displays one interface of the browser application. Accordingly, when the electronic device 100 detects that the specified icon 1702 is dragged to the application icon 1703A, an application preview box 1705 shown in fig. 17A may be displayed. The application preview box 1705 includes a preview option 1705A and a preview option 1705B. Preview option 1705A corresponds to an interface of one browser window of the browser application. Preview option 1705B corresponds to an interface of another browser window of the browser application.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may display the application indicator 1704 as shown in fig. 17A when detecting that the specified icon 1702 has moved to the vicinity of the split-screen application bar 1703. The application indicator 1704 may be used to indicate the application icon closest to the specified icon 1702 in the split-screen application bar. Here, the application icon 1703A is the icon closest to the specified icon 1702.

If the electronic device 100 detects that the touch point of the user moves onto the preview option 1705A, a split-screen preview box 1711 as shown in fig. 17B may be displayed. As shown in fig. 17B, the split-screen preview box 1711 includes an image of a split-screen interface composed of the interface indicated by the specified icon 1702 and the interface indicated by the preview option 1705A. It is appreciated that when the electronic device 100 displays the split-screen preview box 1711, the display of the preview option 1705A and the designated icon 1702 may be canceled. It is further understood that the electronic device 100 may display a plurality of interfaces corresponding to the split-screen preview box 1711 when the user is detected to leave the touch screen while the split-screen preview box 1711 as shown in fig. 17A is displayed. The images of the plurality of interfaces corresponding to the split-screen preview box 1711 are the same as the interface images displayed in the split-screen preview box 1711.

If the electronic device 100 detects that the touch point of the user moves onto the preview option 1705B, a split screen preview box 1721 as shown in fig. 17C may be displayed. As shown in fig. 17C, the split-screen preview box 1721 includes an image of a split-screen interface composed of the interface indicated by the specified icon 1702 and the interface indicated by the preview option 1705B. It is appreciated that when the electronic device 100 displays the split-screen preview box 1721, the display of the preview option 1705B and the designated icon 1702 may be canceled. It is further understood that the electronic device 100 may display the split screen interface corresponding to the split screen preview box 1721 when the user is detected to leave the touch screen while the split screen preview box 1721 as shown in fig. 17B is displayed. The image of the split screen interface is the same as the interface image displayed in the split screen preview box 1721. In this way, the electronic device 100 may newly display the interface corresponding to the preview option based on the selected input of the user for the different preview option.

The above embodiments are merely for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the corresponding technical solutions from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. The display method is applied to the electronic equipment comprising the touch screen, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

displaying one or more interfaces on the touch screen, wherein each interface in the one or more interfaces displays first content;

receiving a first input through the touch screen;

in response to the first input, moving the one or more interfaces toward a bezel of the touch screen without changing size such that a first portion of the one or more interfaces is not displayed and a second portion of the one or more interfaces other than the first portion is displayed on the touch screen, a portion or all of first content of the one or more interfaces proximate to the bezel is not displayed and a first to-be-split interface is displayed on the touch screen, the first to-be-split interface including one or more application icons including a first icon;

Receiving a second input for the first icon;

in response to the second input, changing the display positions of the one or more interfaces on the touch screen so that each interface of the one or more interfaces displays second content, and displaying an interface of an application corresponding to the first icon on the touch screen; wherein the second content is the same as the first content or the second content is part of the first content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the direction of the first input is a first direction; the moving the one or more interfaces to the frame of the touch screen without changing the size, so that a first part of the one or more interfaces is not displayed, and displaying a second part of the one or more interfaces except the first part on the touch screen, wherein the part of the first content of the one or more interfaces, which is close to the frame, is not displayed, specifically includes:

and moving the one or more interfaces to a frame of the touch screen corresponding to the first direction for display, and presenting the display effect that the frame shields part of the first content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the direction of the first input is a first direction; the moving the one or more interfaces to the frame of the touch screen without changing the size, so that a first part of the one or more interfaces is not displayed, and displaying a second part of the one or more interfaces except the first part on the touch screen, wherein the whole content, close to the frame, of the first content of the one or more interfaces is not displayed, specifically includes:

and moving the one or more interfaces to a frame of the touch screen corresponding to the first direction for display, wherein at least one interface of the one or more interfaces does not display the first content any more, and displaying an icon related to the first content.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the one or more interfaces are displayed in suspension above the first interface to be split.

5. The display method is applied to the electronic equipment comprising the touch screen, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

displaying one or more interfaces on the touch screen;

receiving a third input through the touch screen;

In response to the third input, displaying the one or more interfaces on the touch screen, and a first to-be-split screen interface, the first to-be-split screen interface including one or more application icons, the one or more application icons including a first icon;

receiving a fourth input for the first icon through the touch screen;

responding to the fourth input, and displaying an interface of an application corresponding to the first icon at the first to-be-split screen interface of the touch screen; or,

and responding to the third input, displaying the one or more interfaces and the interface of the application corresponding to the first icon on the touch screen, wherein the application corresponding to the first icon is the application with the longest use time in the preset time, or the interface of the application corresponding to the first icon is the interface displayed in front of the one or more interfaces displayed on the touch screen.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the direction of the third input is a first direction, and the one or more interfaces are displayed on the first direction side of the touch screen.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more interfaces comprise a first interface and a second interface, the third input is an input to the first interface, and a direction of the third input is a first direction; the method further comprises the steps of:

Displaying the first interface on the first direction side of the touch screen, and displaying the second interface on the second direction side of the touch screen if the first interface is positioned on the first direction side of the second interface, wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction; if the first interface is located at the second direction side of the second interface, the second interface is displayed at the first direction side of the touch screen; and if the first interface is positioned at the third direction side of the second interface, the display position of the second interface is unchanged, and the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein prior to the receiving a third input via the touch screen, the method further comprises:

receiving a fifth input through the touch screen;

and responding to the fifth input, displaying a third interface to be split on the touch screen, wherein the third interface to be split comprises one or more split options, and the split options are used for triggering the display of the one or more interfaces and displaying the first interface to be split or the interface of the application corresponding to the first icon.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more split screen options comprise a first split screen option, and the third input is an input for the first split screen option.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first split-screen option comprises a plurality of split-screen area options, the plurality of split-screen area options comprising a first split-screen area option for indicating a first display location on the touch screen; the third input is input for the first split screen region option in the first split screen options;

the displaying the one or more interfaces on the touch screen specifically includes:

and displaying the one or more interfaces at the first display position.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein after the displaying a third split-screen interface on the touch screen in response to the fifth input, the method further comprises:

the touch screen receives a sixth input for the first split screen option;

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more display regions comprise a first display region, the third input being an input to the first display region;

and responding to the third input, and displaying the one or more interfaces on the touch screen, wherein the method specifically comprises the following steps:

and in response to the third input, displaying the one or more interfaces within the first display area of the touch screen.

13. The method of claim 5, wherein the first type of split-screen interface comprises a split-screen application bar and a first marker, the first marker representing the one or more interfaces, the split-screen application bar comprising the one or more application icons.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the receiving, by the touch screen, a fourth input for the first icon, specifically comprises:

the fourth input is received that the user drags the first marker near the first icon and releases the first marker.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

and detecting that the user drags the first mark to the vicinity of the first icon, and displaying a first application preview frame on the touch screen, wherein the first application preview frame comprises images of interfaces of applications corresponding to the first icon, or the first application preview frame displays images of display contents of the interfaces of the applications corresponding to the first icon and display contents of one or more interfaces.

16. The method of any one of claims 5 to 15, wherein the one or more interfaces comprise a first interface and a second interface; when one or more interfaces are displayed on the touch screen, the method further comprises:

if the touch screen receives a seventh input;

and in response to the seventh input, displaying a first floating window and a second floating window, wherein the first interface is displayed in the first floating window, and the second interface is displayed in the second floating window.

17. An electronic device, comprising: the touch screen, one or more processors, one or more memories; wherein the touch screen, the one or more memories are coupled with the one or more processors, the one or more memories for storing computer program code comprising computer instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any of claims 1-4 or 5-16.

18. A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 4 or 5 to 16.