WO2022247787A1 - Application classification method and apparatus, and electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed in the present application are an application classification method and apparatus, and an electronic device. The method comprises: receiving a first input of a user for a first application icon, wherein the first application icon is an application icon in a first page, the first page being a page in a desktop of an electronic device; in response to the first input, displaying an application list in a first area of the first page, wherein the application list comprises at least one second application icon in the electronic device; receiving a second input of the user for a target application icon, wherein the target application icon is an application icon in the at least one second application icon; and in response to the second input, displaying a target folder in the first page, wherein the target folder comprises the first application icon and the target application icon.

Description

Applied Classification Methods, Apparatus and Electronic Equipment

Cross References to Related Applications

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202110565920.8 filed in China on May 24, 2021, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

technical field

The present application belongs to the technical field of communication, and in particular relates to an application classification method, device and electronic equipment.

Background technique

Usually, when the user classifies and manages the application programs with the same attribute in the electronic device, when these application programs are located on different pages in the desktop of the electronic device, firstly, the user needs to The icons are moved to the same page, and then the user sequentially stacks the icons of the application programs to be classified on the icon of one of the application programs, thereby realizing the grouping and classification of the application programs in different pages.

However, when classifying application programs according to the above method, the process of moving application icons is tedious and time-consuming, especially for electronic devices with large screens, the path for users to move application icons with one hand is long, resulting in different electronic devices. In-page application categorization is less efficient.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the embodiments of the present application is to provide an application categorization method, device and electronic device, which can solve the problem of low efficiency of the electronic device in categorizing application programs in different pages.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an application categorization method, the application categorization method includes: receiving a user's first input on a first application icon, where the first application icon is an application icon on a first page, The first page is a page in the desktop of the electronic device; in response to the first input, an application list is displayed in the first area of the first page, and the application list includes at least one second application icon in the electronic device; receiving user input A second input of a target application icon, where the target application icon is an application icon in at least one second application icon; in response to the second input, a target folder is displayed on the first page, and the target folder includes the first application icon and the target app icon.

In a second aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides an application classification device, and the application classification device includes: a receiving module and a display module. Wherein, the receiving module is configured to receive the user's first input on the first application icon, the first application icon is the application icon in the first page, and the first page is a page in the desktop of the electronic device. The display module is configured to display an application list in the first area of the first page in response to the first input received by the receiving module, the application list including at least one second application icon in the electronic device. The receiving module is further configured to receive a second input from the user on the target application icon, where the target application icon is an application icon in at least one second application icon. The display module is further configured to display the target folder on the first page in response to the second input received by the receiving module, where the target folder includes the first application icon and the target application icon.

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

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

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

In this embodiment of the present application, the user may perform a first input on the first application icon on the first page in the desktop, so that the electronic device displays at least one second application icon (i.e. application list), and then the user can perform a second input on the target application icon in the at least one second application icon, so that the electronic device displays a target folder including the first application icon and the target application icon on the page. In this solution, when the user classifies and manages the application icons on the desktop, the user can first input the application icons on any page of the desktop, so that the electronic device can display multiple applications in the electronic device on this page Icons, so that users can directly select the application icons that need to be classified from these application icons, without the need for users to drag the application icons one by one to other pages to find the application icons that need to be classified, shortening the path to classify application icons , so as to improve the efficiency of the electronic device in classifying application programs in different pages.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application classification method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 2 is one of the example schematic diagrams of the interface of a mobile phone provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 3 is the second schematic diagram of an example of the interface of a mobile phone provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 4 is the third schematic diagram of an example of the interface of a mobile phone provided by the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an application classification device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is one of the schematic diagrams of the hardware structure of an electronic device provided in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a second schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

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

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

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

When the user classifies and manages the application programs in the electronic device, when these application programs are located on different pages of the desktop, in the traditional solution, the user first needs to drag the icons of these application programs to the same page, and then The icons of these application programs are stacked on the icon of one of the application programs in sequence, so as to realize the grouping and categorization of the application programs in different pages. However, when classifying application programs according to the above method, the process of dragging application icons is cumbersome and time-consuming, especially for electronic devices with large screens, the path for users to move application icons with one hand is long, and it is impossible to move the application icons in one hand. The grouping and categorization of the application programs are completed in the page, which results in low efficiency of the electronic device in categorizing the application programs in different pages.

In the embodiment of the present application, the user can drag an application icon in the current page to an area where no application icon is displayed on the current page, and trigger the electronic device to display at least one application icon in the electronic device in a specific area of the current page (i.e. application list), and then, the user can select the application icons that need to be classified from the at least one application icon, and drag these application icons to the area where the certain application icon is located, so that an application including the certain application icon will be displayed on the current page Icons and folders of app icons that need to be categorized.

Through this solution, when the user classifies and manages the application icons on the desktop, the user can first input the application icons on any page of the desktop, so that the electronic device can display multiple applications in the electronic device on this page Icons, so that users can directly select the application icons that need to be classified from these application icons, without the need for users to drag the application icons one by one to other pages to find the application icons that need to be classified, shortening the path to classify application icons , so as to improve the efficiency of the electronic device in classifying application programs in different pages.

An embodiment of the present application provides a method for classifying applications. FIG. 1 shows a flow chart of the method for classifying applications provided in the embodiment of the present application. The method can be applied to electronic devices. As shown in FIG. 1 , the application classification method provided by the embodiment of the present application may include the following steps 201 to 204 .

Step 201. The electronic device receives a first input from a user on a first application icon.

In the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first application icon is an application icon on a first page, and the above-mentioned first page is a page on a desktop of the electronic device.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the user classifies and manages the application icons on the desktop of the electronic device, he may make a first input to a certain application icon on the desktop (such as the first application icon on the first page) to trigger the electronic The device displays multiple application icons in the electronic device (such as at least one second application icon described in the following embodiments) in a certain area of the page where the application icon is located, so that the user can select some application icons from these application icons , classify with the first application icon, so as to realize the classification management of the application icons on the desktop.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first application icon is used to indicate an application program or a folder; that is, the application icon in the embodiment of the present application may be understood as an icon of an application program or an icon of a folder. For example, the first application icon may be an icon of an application program in the electronic device, and may also be an icon of a folder (that is, containing multiple application programs).

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the above-mentioned first input may be input in any possible form such as long-press input, drag input, or slide input, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not limited in this embodiment of the application.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned first page may be any one of multiple pages included in the desktop; at least one application icon (including the first application icon) is displayed on the first page, and the at least one application icon includes the application icon At least one of an icon of a program and an icon of a folder.

Step 202: The electronic device displays an application list in a first area of a first page in response to a first input.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above application list includes at least one second application icon in the electronic device.

In this embodiment of the present application, after the user performs the first input on the first application icon, the electronic device may display multiple application icons (for example, at least one Two application icons), so that the user can select the application icon to be classified from these application icons for classification management.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first area may be any of the following: the lower screen area in the first page, the left edge area in the first page, the right edge area in the first page, The surrounding area of the first application icon in the first page.

It should be noted that the surrounding area of the first application icon may be understood as: an area surrounding the first application icon with the first application icon as the center. The surrounding area of the first application icon may be a circular area, a rectangular area or an irregularly shaped area, etc. For example, the surrounding area of the first application icon is formed with the first application icon as the center and the preset threshold as the radius circular area. The details can be determined according to actual usage requirements, and are not limited in this embodiment of the application.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned at least one second application icon includes at least one of the following: other application icons in the electronic device except the first application icon; The N application icons and the M application icons in the electronic device that are associated with the first application icon, where N and M are both positive integers.

It should be noted that, the N application icons having the same attributes as the first application icon in the above-mentioned electronic device can be understood as: icons of N application programs in the electronic device having the same type as the application program indicated by the first application icon (ie, N application icons in the electronic device, and the application programs indicated by the N application icons are of the same type as the application program indicated by the first application icon); or, the first application program indicated by the first application icon in the electronic device belongs to Icons of N application programs with the same three-party information; or, N application icons in the electronic device with the same icon color as the first application icon.

The above M application icons associated with the first application icon in the electronic device may be understood as: icons of M application programs associated with the application indicated by the first application icon in the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the foregoing association relationship may be preset by the user, or may be defaulted by the electronic device. For example, App 1 has the function of taking pictures, and App 2 has the function of editing pictures. The user can preset the association between App 1 and App 2; for another example, App 3 has the function of shopping, App 4 has the function of payment, and the electronic device defaults to associate App 3 with App 4 .

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the at least one second application icon includes other application icons and N application icons, and the first area includes a first sub-area and a second sub-area. The above step 202 may specifically be implemented through the following step 202a.

Step 202a, in response to the first input, the electronic device displays N application icons in the first subarea, displays a target mark in the first subarea, and displays other application icons in the second subarea.

In the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned target mark is used to indicate to the user that the attributes of the N application icons and the first application icon are the same.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may display N application icons in the electronic device that have the same attribute as the first application icon in the first sub-area according to the target order, and display the N application icons in the second sub-area according to the target order. Other application icons in the device except the first application icon.

In this embodiment of the present application, after the user performs the first input on the first application icon, the electronic device may display different application icons in different areas, so as to intuitively show the user application icons with different needs, that is, display in the first sub-area N application icons with the same attributes as the first application icon, so that the user can quickly find the application icon with the same attribute required by the user, so as to quickly classify and manage the application icons; and, in the second sub- The area displays other application icons except the first application icon, so as to avoid that there are no application icons required by the user in the first sub-area, and ensure that the user can find the application icons that need to be classified in the second sub-area.

It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application is described by taking displaying N application icons in the first sub-area and displaying other application icons in the second sub-area as an example. During actual implementation, the electronic device may also display N application icons in the first subarea and M application icons in the second subarea; or, display M application icons in the first subarea and display M application icons in the second subarea. Show other app icons. Specifically, it may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not limited in this embodiment of the application.

It should be noted that when the number of at least one second application icon is greater than the number of application icons that can be displayed in the first area, the electronic device may display the at least one second application icon in a scrolling display manner, that is, the electronic device may first display at least one second application icon. Part of the application icons in a second application icon, and then the user can perform sliding input in the first area, so that the electronic device updates the application icons displayed in the first area, that is, switches to display other part of the application icons.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the above step 202 may be specifically implemented through the following step 202b.

Step 202b, the electronic device displays the target window in the first area in response to the first input, and displays at least one second application icon in the target window according to the target sequence.

In the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned target order is any of the following: the frequency of use of the application, the total number of times of use of the application, the preset display order, and the initial display order of the application on the desktop.

In this embodiment of the present application, after the user performs the first input on the first application icon, the electronic device may display at least one second application icon in the form of a floating window on the first area, so that the user can more intuitively select from these application icons. Select the application icon to be classified in the , and perform classification management.

It should be noted that the frequency of use of the above application refers to the number of times the user uses the application within a certain period of time; The total number of times the user uses the application; the above-mentioned preset display order refers to the display order of the application programs preset by the user; Display order from left to right.

In the embodiment of the present application, after the user inputs the first application icon, the electronic device can display multiple application icons in the electronic device in the target window according to the target order, that is, the application icon that the user is most likely to classify is displayed preferentially. , so that users can quickly find application icons that need to be classified, thereby improving the efficiency of electronic device classification application programs.

Step 203, the electronic device receives a second input from the user on the icon of the target application.

In the embodiment of the present application, the target application icon is an application icon in at least one second application icon.

In this embodiment of the present application, after the electronic device displays at least one second application icon in the electronic device, the user can select one or more application icons to be classified from the at least one second application icon, so that the electronic device can display the second application icon An application icon and the application icon selected by the user are classified.

It should be noted that the above target application icon may be one or more application icons. In one implementation manner, the target application icon is an application icon, and the user can perform a second input on the application icon, so as to trigger the electronic device to classify the first application icon and the application icon; in another implementation manner, The target application icon includes a plurality of application icons, the second input includes a plurality of sub-inputs, and the user may input the plurality of application icons in sequence, so as to trigger the electronic device to classify the first application icon and the plurality of application icons.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the second input is an input where the user drags the target application icon to the area where the first application icon is located (for example, an input where the user stacks the target application icon on the first application icon); or , the second input is the user's click input on the first application icon and the target application icon.

Step 204, the electronic device displays the target folder on the first page in response to the second input.

In the embodiment of the present application, the target folder includes the first application icon and the target application icon.

In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving the second input, the electronic device may create a folder, and add the first application icon and the target application icon to the folder, so as to implement classification management of the application icons.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first input is a user's drag input on the first application icon. Before "displaying the application list in the first area of the first page" in the above step 202, the application classification method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 205, and the above step 204 can be specifically implemented through the following Step 204a is implemented.

Step 205, the electronic device moves the first application icon to the second area in response to the first input.

In the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned second area is an area where no application icon is displayed on the first page.

In the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first input may be an input for the user to drag the first application icon to the second area, that is, the user may drag the first application icon from the original position to the application not displayed on the first page Icon area (such as the second area), to trigger the electronic device to display the first application icon in this area, and display the application list in the first area of the first page, so that the user can understand the first application icon and the applications in the application list. Icons are categorized.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned second area may be a blank position where no application icon is displayed on the first page or a blank area between application icons on the first page. It can be understood that, if there is no space on the first page, the user can drag the first application icon to a blank area between the application icons on the first page, triggering the electronic device to display the first application icon in the blank area.

Step 204a, the electronic device displays the target folder in the second area in response to the second input.

In the embodiment of the present application, after the user selects the application icon to be classified from the application list, the electronic device can display a folder in the area where the first application icon is moved, so as to display the first application icon and the target application icon on the in this folder.

In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device can move the first application icon to the area where no application icon is displayed on the first page, so that the user can understand the application icons to be classified on the first page, and then the user can select from the application list The application icons classified with the first application icon are needed, so that these application icons are classified with the first application icon, so that the efficiency of classifying the application programs of the electronic device can be improved.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the above step 204 may be specifically implemented through the following step 204b.

Step 204b, the electronic device displays the target folder in the third area in response to the second input, and simultaneously displays the target folder in the first area.

In the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned third area is an area corresponding to the first application icon.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the third area is the second area or the initial display area of the first application icon. It should be noted that the initial display area of the first application icon can be understood as: the display position of the first application icon on the first page before the electronic device receives the user's first input.

It should be noted that synchronously displaying the target folder in the first area may be understood as: synchronously displaying the target folder in the target window on the first area.

In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device can not only display the target folder in the area corresponding to the first application icon, but also synchronously display the target folder in the area where the application list is located, so that the user can know the application icons that have been classified, so that the user When continuing to classify application icons, unclassified application icons can be quickly viewed from the application list, thereby improving the efficiency and flexibility of the electronic device classification application program.

The specific process of applying the classification method provided by the embodiment of the present application is illustrated below with an example. Exemplarily, as shown in (A), (B) and (C) in FIG. 2 , the user drags the application J to the blank area of the current page, triggering the electronic device to display the application list in the lower screen area of the current page. The lower screen area can be divided into two areas to display application icons in the application list, that is, area 1 displays application icons of the same type as application J in the electronic device, and area 2 displays application icons in the electronic device other than application J , and then, the user drags application O in the application list upwards to the area where application J is located to form a folder including application J and application O in the area where application J is located, and the file is displayed synchronously in the lower screen area of the current page folder.

As shown in (A), (B) and (C) in Figure 3, the user drags the application J to the blank area of the current page, triggering the electronic device to display the application list in the right edge area of the current page, the right edge The area can be divided into two areas to display application icons in the application list, that is, in area 1, application icons of the same type as application J in the electronic device are displayed, and in area 2, application icons in the electronic device other than application J are displayed, and then , the user drags application O in the application list to the left to the area where application J is located to form a folder including application J and application O in the area where application J is located, and the file is displayed synchronously on the right edge area of the current page folder.

As shown in (A), (B) and (C) in Figure 4, the user drags the application J to the blank area of the current page, triggering the electronic device to surround the area around the application J in the current page and display the application in the electronic device. J types the same application icon, and then the user drags the application O to the area where the application J is located, so as to form a folder including the application J and the application O in the area where the application J is located.

An embodiment of the present application provides a method for categorizing applications. The user can perform a first input on the first application icon on the first page of the desktop, so that the electronic device displays at least one of the first application icons in the first area of the page. Two application icons (i.e. the application list), and then the user can perform a second input on the target application icon in the at least one second application icon, so that the electronic device displays a target application icon including the first application icon and the target application icon on the page. folder. In this solution, when the user classifies and manages the application icons on the desktop, the user can first input the application icons on any page of the desktop, so that the electronic device can display multiple applications in the electronic device on this page Icons, so that users can directly select the application icons that need to be classified from these application icons, without the need for users to drag the application icons one by one to other pages to find the application icons that need to be classified, shortening the path to classify application icons , so as to improve the efficiency of the electronic device in classifying application programs in different pages.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the "display the application list in the first area of the first page" in the above step 202, the application classification method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 301 and step 302, and the above step 202 can be specifically implemented through the following step 303.

In step 301, the electronic device displays prompt information in response to a first input.

In the embodiment of the present application, the prompt information is used to prompt the user whether to classify the application icons.

In this embodiment of the application, after the user first inputs the first application icon, the electronic device can display a prompt message to prompt the user whether to classify the application icon, so that the user can input the prompt message to trigger the electronic device Multiple application icons in an electronic device are displayed.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above prompt information may be displayed on the first page in the form of a message box, or a prompt interface may be displayed to prompt the user whether to classify the application icons.

Exemplarily, after the user makes the first input, the electronic device may display a message box, in which the options of "whether to classify application icons" and "yes" and "no" are displayed, and the user may ” or “No” to trigger the electronic device to classify application icons.

In step 302, the electronic device receives a third input of the prompt information from the user.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned third input is an input for the user to select the "Yes" option in the above-mentioned message box, and the electronic device may display the application list in the first area in response to the third input.

Step 303, the electronic device displays the application list in the first area in response to the third input.

In the embodiment of the present application, after the user inputs the first application icon, the electronic device may display a prompt message to prompt the user whether to classify the application icons. In this way, when the user needs to classify the application icons, The user can input the prompt information to trigger the electronic device to display multiple application icons in the electronic device in the first area, so as to facilitate subsequent classification and management of the application icons, avoid the occurrence of false touches, and thus improve the classification of electronic devices application efficiency.

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

Fig. 5 shows a possible structural schematic diagram of the application classification apparatus involved in the embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 5 , the application classification device 70 may include: a receiving module 71 and a display module 72 .

Wherein, the receiving module 71 is configured to receive a first input from a user on a first application icon, where the first application icon is an application icon in a first page, and the first page is a page in a desktop of the electronic device. The display module 72 is configured to display an application list in the first area of the first page in response to the first input received by the receiving module 71, where the application list includes at least one second application icon in the electronic device. The above-mentioned receiving module 71 is further configured to receive a second input from the user on a target application icon, where the target application icon is an application icon in at least one second application icon. The display module 72 is further configured to display the target folder on the first page in response to the second input received by the receiving module 71 , where the target folder includes the first application icon and the target application icon.

An embodiment of the present application provides an application classification device. When the user classifies and manages the application icons on the desktop, the user can perform a first input on the application icons on any page of the desktop, so that the electronic device can view the application icons on this page. Displaying multiple application icons in the electronic device, so that the user can directly select the application icon that needs to be classified from these application icons, without the need for the user to drag the application icons one by one to other pages to find the application icon that needs to be classified, The path for categorizing application icons is shortened, thereby improving the efficiency of categorizing applications in different pages.

In a possible implementation manner, the above-mentioned first input is a user's drag input on the first application icon. The application classification apparatus 70 provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes: a mobile module. The moving module is used for the display module 72 to move the first application icon to a second area before the application list is displayed in the first area of the first page, and the second area is an area where no application icon is displayed on the first page. The display module 72 is specifically configured to display the target folder in the second area.

In a possible implementation manner, the above-mentioned at least one second application icon includes at least one of the following: other application icons in the electronic device except the first application icon, N application icons, N is a positive integer; the above-mentioned first area includes a first sub-area and a second sub-area. The above-mentioned display module 72 is specifically configured to display N application icons in the first sub-area, display target marks in the first sub-area, and display other application icons in the second sub-area, and the target marks are used to indicate N application icons to the user. The application icon has the same attributes as the first application icon.

In a possible implementation manner, the display module 72 is specifically configured to display the target window in the first area, and display at least one second application icon in the target window according to the target sequence. Wherein, the target order is any one of the following: the frequency of use of the application, the total number of times of use of the application, a preset display order, and an initial display order of the application on the desktop.

In a possible implementation manner, the above-mentioned display module 72 is specifically configured to display the target folder in a third area, and synchronously display the target folder in the first area, where the third area is an area corresponding to the first application icon.

In a possible implementation manner, the display module 72 is further configured to display prompt information before displaying the application list in the first area of the first page, where the prompt information is used to prompt the user whether to classify the application icons. The receiving module 71 is further configured to receive a third input from the user on the prompt information displayed by the display module 72 . The display module 72 is specifically configured to display the application list in the first area in response to the third input received by the receiving module 71 .

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

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

The application classification device provided by the embodiment of the present application can realize the various processes realized by the above method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 6 , the embodiment of the present application further provides an electronic device 90, including a processor 91, a memory 92, and programs or instructions stored in the memory 92 and operable on the processor 91, When the program or instruction is executed by the processor 91, the various processes of the above-mentioned application classification method embodiments can be achieved, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

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

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device 100 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 101, a network module 102, an audio output unit 103, an input unit 104, a sensor 105, a display unit 106, a user input unit 107, an interface unit 108, a memory 109, and a processor 110, etc. part.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the electronic device 100 can also include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power supply can be logically connected to the processor 110 through the power management system, so that the management of charging, discharging, and function can be realized through the power management system. Consumption management and other functions. The structure of the electronic device shown in FIG. 7 does not constitute a limitation to the electronic device. The electronic device may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine some components, or arrange different components, and details will not be repeated here. .

Wherein, the user input unit 107 is configured to receive a user's first input on a first application icon, where the first application icon is an application icon in a first page, and the first page is a page in a desktop of the electronic device. The display unit 106 is configured to display an application list in the first area of the first page in response to the first input received by the user input unit 107, the application list including at least one second application icon in the electronic device. The user input unit 107 is further configured to receive a second input from the user on the target application icon, where the target application icon is an application icon in at least one second application icon. The display unit 106 is further configured to display a target folder on the first page in response to the second input received by the user input unit 107, where the target folder includes the first application icon and the target application icon.

An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device. When the user classifies and manages the application icons on the desktop, the user can first input the application icons on any page of the desktop, so that the electronic device can display the electronic Multiple application icons in the device, so that users can directly select the application icons that need to be classified from these application icons, without the need for users to drag the application icons one by one to other pages to find the application icons that need to be classified, shortening the Paths of application icons are classified, so as to improve the efficiency of electronic devices in classifying application programs in different pages.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first input is a user's drag input on the first application icon. The processor 110 is configured for the display unit 106 to move the first application icon to a second area before the application list is displayed in the first area of the first page, and the second area is an area where no application icon is displayed on the first page. The display unit 106 is specifically configured to display the target folder in the second area.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned at least one second application icon includes at least one of the following: other application icons in the electronic device except the first application icon; N application icons, where N is a positive integer; the above-mentioned first area includes a first sub-area and a second sub-area. The display unit 106 is specifically configured to display N application icons in the first subarea, display target marks in the first subarea, and display other application icons in the second subarea, where the target marks are used to indicate the N application icons to the user The icon has the same attributes as the first application icon.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the display unit 106 is specifically configured to display the target window in the first area, and display at least one second application icon in the target window according to the target sequence. Wherein, the target order is any one of the following: the frequency of use of the application, the total number of times of use of the application, a preset display order, and an initial display order of the application on the desktop.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the display unit 106 is specifically configured to display the target folder in a third area and synchronously display the target folder in the first area, where the third area corresponds to the first application icon.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the display unit 106 is further configured to display prompt information before displaying the application list in the first area of the first page, where the prompt information is used to prompt the user whether to classify the application icons. The user input unit 107 is further configured to receive a third input from the user on the prompt information displayed on the display unit 106 . The display unit 106 is specifically configured to display the application list in the first area in response to the third input received by the user input unit 107 .

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application can realize each process realized by the above method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

For the beneficial effects of the various implementations in this embodiment, refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding implementations in the foregoing method embodiments. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the input unit 104 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the graphics processor 1041 is used for the image capture device ( Such as the image data of the still picture or video obtained by the camera) for processing. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, and the display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072 . The touch panel 1071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be repeated here. Memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data, including but not limited to application programs and operating systems. The processor 110 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes operating systems, user interfaces, and application programs, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communications. It can be understood that the foregoing modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 110 .

The embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned application classification method embodiment is implemented, and can achieve The same technical effects are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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A method for classifying applications, the method comprising: receiving a user's first input on a first application icon, where the first application icon is an application icon in a first page, and the first page is a page in the desktop of the electronic device; In response to the first input, displaying an application list in a first area of the first page, the application list including at least one second application icon in the electronic device; receiving a second input from a user on a target application icon, where the target application icon is an application icon in the at least one second application icon; In response to the second input, a target folder is displayed on the first page, and the target folder includes the first application icon and the target application icon. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first input is a user's dragging input of the first application icon; Before the application list is displayed in the first area of the first page, the method further includes: moving the first application icon to a second area, where the second area is an area where no application icon is displayed on the first page; The displaying the target folder on the first page includes: The target folder is displayed in the second area. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one second application icon includes at least one of the following: other application icons in the electronic device except the first application icon, The first application icon has N application icons with the same attribute, and N is a positive integer; the first area includes a first sub-area and a second sub-area; The displaying the application list in the first area of the first page includes: Displaying the N application icons in the first sub-area, displaying a target mark in the first sub-area, and displaying the other application icons in the second sub-area, the target mark is used to inform the user Indicates that the attributes of the N application icons are the same as those of the first application icon. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the displaying the target folder on the first page comprises: The target folder is displayed in a third area, and the target folder is synchronously displayed in the first area, and the third area is an area corresponding to the first application icon. The method according to claim 1, wherein, before the application list is displayed in the first area of the first page, the method further comprises: displaying prompt information, where the prompt information is used to prompt the user whether to classify the application icons; receiving a third input from the user on the prompt information; The displaying the application list in the first area of the first page includes: In response to the third input, the list of applications is displayed in the first area. An application classification device, the application classification device includes: a receiving module and a display module; The receiving module is configured to receive a user's first input to a first application icon, the first application icon is an application icon in a first page, and the first page is a page in the desktop of the electronic device; The display module is configured to display an application list in the first area of the first page in response to the first input received by the receiving module, the application list including at least one second application in the electronic device. application icon; The receiving module is further configured to receive a second input from a user on a target application icon, where the target application icon is an application icon in the at least one second application icon; The display module is further configured to display a target folder on the first page in response to the second input received by the receiving module, and the target folder includes the first application icon and the Target app icon. The device according to claim 6, wherein the first input is a user's dragging input on the first application icon; the application classification device further comprises: a moving module; The moving module is configured to move the first application icon to a second area before the display module displays the application list in the first area of the first page, and the second area is the The area of the first page where the app icon is not displayed; The display module is specifically configured to display the target folder in the second area. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one second application icon includes at least one of the following: other application icons in the electronic device except the first application icon, The first application icon has N application icons with the same attribute, and N is a positive integer; the first area includes a first sub-area and a second sub-area; The display module is specifically configured to display the N application icons in the first subarea, display a target mark in the first subarea, and display the other application icons in the second subarea, The target mark is used to indicate to the user that the attributes of the N application icons and the first application icon are the same. The device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the display module is specifically configured to display the target folder in the third area and synchronously display the target folder in the first area, the second The third area is the area corresponding to the first application icon. The device according to claim 6, wherein the display module is further configured to display prompt information before displaying the application list in the first area of the first page, and the prompt information is used to prompt the user whether to Categorize the application icons; The receiving module is further configured to receive a third input from the user on the prompt information displayed by the display module; The display module is specifically configured to display the application list in the first area in response to the third input received by the receiving module. An electronic device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and operable on the processor, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, claims 1 to 5 are realized The step of applying the classification method described in any one of the above. A readable storage medium, storing programs or instructions on the readable storage medium, and implementing the steps of the application classification method according to any one of claims 1 to 5 when the programs or instructions are executed by a processor. An application categorization device, the device is used to execute the application categorization method according to any one of claims 1 to 5. A chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, the processor is used to run programs or instructions, and realize the application according to any one of claims 1 to 5 classification method.

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