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EP-3435218-B1 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING APPLICATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

EP3435218B1EP 3435218 B1EP3435218 B1EP 3435218B1EP-3435218-B1

Inventors

  • LU, ZHENZHOU
  • CHEN, Shao
  • LI, JIAYAN

Dates

Publication Date
20260506
Application Date
20180727

Claims (9)

  1. A method for displaying an application, wherein the method comprises: detecting a start of a target sliding operation by a user on a terminal; in response to detecting the start of the target sliding operation, displaying (101) an application list on a current display interface of the terminal, the application list including an application identification of at least one application installed on the terminal; acquiring (102) an end position of the target sliding operation on the application list; in response to that the end position overlaps with a display position of a first application identification of the application list, determining (103) an application indicated by the first application identification as a target application selected by the user and displaying (104) an application interface of the target application on the current display interface; characterised by after determining the target application selected by the user, when receiving a selection operation continuously performed with the target sliding operation at the end position, displaying a list of function options of the target application on the current display interface; receiving a touch operation performed by the user on a function option in the list of function options; and displaying a function interface corresponding to the function option of the target application on the current display interface, wherein displaying the application list on the current display interface of the terminal comprises: during the target sliding operation, displaying the application list on the current display interface of the terminal such that a size of the first application identification in the application list changes with change of a sliding position of the target sliding operation on the application list.
  2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: when detecting the start of the target sliding operation on a terminal, detecting whether the current display interface of the terminal is an application interface; and when the current display interface of the terminal is an application interface, displaying the application list on the application interface.
  3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: when the sliding position of the target sliding operation on the application list overlaps with a position for displaying the first application identification, distinguishingly displaying the first application identification.
  4. The method according to claim 3, wherein distinguishingly displaying the application identification comprises: reducing sizes of other application identifications except the first application identification such that the first application identification has a size that is larger than the other application identifications in the application list; and/or increasing the size of the first application identification such that the first application identification has a size that is larger than the other application identifications in the application list; and/or highlighting said application identification.
  5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: when a sliding position of the target sliding operation on the application list overlaps with a position for displaying the first application identification, displaying basic information of the application indicated by the first application identification, the basic information including a name of the application indicated by the first application identification.
  6. A device for displaying an application, wherein the device comprises: a processor; and a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor; wherein the processor is configured to: detect a start of a target sliding operation by a user on a terminal; in response to detecting the start of the target sliding operation, display an application list on a current display interface of the terminal, the application list including an application identification of at least one application installed on the terminal; acquire an end position of the target sliding operation on the application list; and in response to that the end position overlaps with a display position of a first application identification of the application list, determine an application indicated by the first application identification as a target application selected by the user and display an application interface of the target application on the current display interface; characterised by after determining the target application selected by the user, when receiving a selection operation continuously performed with the target sliding operation at the end position, display a list of function options of the target application on the current display interface; receive a touch operation performed by the user on a function option in the list of function options; and display a function interface corresponding to the function option of the target application on the current display interface, wherein the processor is further configured to: during the target sliding operation, display the application list on the current display interface of the terminal such that a size of the first application identification in the application list changes with change of a sliding position of the target sliding operation on the application list.
  7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to: when detecting the start of the target sliding operation on a terminal, detect whether the current display interface of the terminal is an application interface; and when the current display interface of the terminal is an application interface, display the application list on the application interface.
  8. The device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to: when the sliding position of the target sliding operation on the application list overlaps with a position for displaying the first application identification, distinguishingly displaying the first application identification.
  9. A storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when being executed by a terminal, cause the terminal to perform a method for displaying an application according to any one of claims 1-5.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure generally relates to the field of electronic technology, and more particularly, to a method and a device for displaying an application, and a storage medium. BACKGROUND With the rapid development of electronic technology, smart terminals may support an increasing number of types of applications. Accordingly, user demands for switching different applications have emerged. For example, when a user is using an E-commerce application on a smart terminal for shopping, the user usually has to click the HOME button (i.e., return button) to enter the desktop of the smart terminal, before the user can click an icon for an application (e.g., social media application), for example, to enter the dialog interface to check messages in the social media application. After the user replies to the messages in the dialog interface of the social media application, again, the user has to click the HOME button to enter the desktop of the smart terminal before the user can click the E-commerce application to enter the interface of the E-commerce application to continue the shopping. Thus, operation for switching different application interfaces is cumbersome. In the related art, in order to simplify the operation of switching application interface of different applications on the display interface of a smart terminal, a trigger region may be setup at an edge of the screen of the smart terminal. When the smart terminal receives a trigger operation on the trigger region from the user, an application list may be displayed in the current display interface. When the smart terminal receives a click operation on a target application in the application list from the user, the smart terminal may display the application interface of the target application in the current display interface. However, when the smart terminal receives a trigger operation on the trigger region from the user, only an application list is displayed in the current display interface, and the terminal has to receive a click operation on a target application from the user before the terminal switches to the application interface of the target application. The operation for switching application interfaces of different applications is still cumbersome. WO 2012/097385 A2 discloses a method of displaying information in response to a gesture, whereby an application is opened based on an indication of the user. EP 2 472 377 A2 also discloses a method for launching applications based on a gesture of the user performed on a touch display. SUMMARY This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of aspects of the present disclosure in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter. The scope of the protection is defined by the appended claims. Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for displaying an application. The method includes detecting a start of a target sliding operation by a user on a terminal; in response to detecting the start of the target sliding operation, displaying an application list on a current display interface of the terminal, the application list including an application identification of at least one application installed on the terminal; acquiring an end position of the target sliding operation on the application list; determining an application indicted by a first application identification displayed at the end position as a target application selected by the user; and displaying an application interface of the target application on the current display interface. According to an aspect, the method further includes, when detecting the start of the target sliding operation on a terminal, detecting whether the current display interface of the terminal is an application interface; and when the current display interface of the terminal is an application interface, displaying the application list on the application interface. According to another aspect, the method further includes, after determining the target application selected by the user, when receiving a selection operation continuously performed with the target sliding operation at the end position, displaying a list of function options of the target application on the current display interface; receiving a touch operation performed by the user on a function option in the list of function options; and displaying a function interface corresponding to the function option of the target application on the current display interface. In an example, displaying the application list on the current display interface of the terminal includes: during the target sliding operation, displaying the application list on the current display interface of the terminal such that a size of the first application identification in the application list changes with ch