Task management method, device, mobile terminal and storage medium

Abstract

The present application discloses a task management method, device, mobile terminal and storage medium. The task management method is applied to the mobile terminal. The task management method includes: in response to a first preset operation on the current display interface, switching the current display interface to a task management interface, wherein the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of applications; in response to a second preset operation on the task management interface, displaying application identifiers of a second number of applications in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number. The method can achieve that when viewing the task management interface on the mobile terminal, the display of more tasks can be triggered by corresponding operations, so that the user can view the tasks to be processed more conveniently.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of mobile terminal technology, and more specifically, to a task management method, device, mobile terminal and storage medium. Background Art

[0002] Mobile terminals, such as mobile phones and tablet computers, have become one of the most commonly used consumer electronic products in people's daily lives. When people use mobile terminals in daily life, they usually manage the tasks running on the mobile terminals, such as managing the running applications. However, when displaying the task management interface, the mobile terminal usually displays a limited number of tasks, which makes it inconvenient for users to view the tasks that need to be processed. Summary of the invention

[0003] In view of the above problems, the present application proposes a task management method, device, mobile terminal and storage medium.

[0004] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a task management method, which is applied to a mobile terminal, and the method comprises: in response to a first preset operation on a current display interface, switching the current display interface to a task management interface, wherein the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of applications; in response to a second preset operation on the task management interface, displaying application identifiers of a second number of applications in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number.

[0005] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a task management device, which is applied to a mobile terminal, and the device includes: a first response module and a second response module, wherein the first response module is used to respond to a first preset operation for a current display interface, and switch the current display interface to a task management interface, and the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of applications; the second response module is used to respond to a second preset operation for the task management interface, and display application identifiers of a second number of applications in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number.

[0006] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a mobile terminal, comprising: one or more processors; a memory; one or more applications, wherein the one or more applications are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, and the one or more programs are configured to execute the task management method provided in the first aspect above.

[0007] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which a program code is stored. The program code can be called by a processor to execute the task management method provided in the first aspect above.

[0008] The solution provided by the present application is that the mobile terminal switches the current display interface to a task management interface in response to a first preset operation on the current display interface, and the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of applications. In response to a second preset operation on the task management interface, the application identifiers of a second number of applications are displayed in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number. This allows the mobile terminal to trigger the display of application identifiers of a larger number of applications through the second preset operation after displaying the task management interface, thereby facilitating the user to manage tasks of a larger number of applications, improving the user's efficiency in managing application tasks, and thereby improving the user experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0010] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of an interface provided in an embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0011] Figure 2 A flow chart of a task management method according to an embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0012] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of an interface provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0013] Figure 4 Another interface schematic diagram provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0014] Figure 5 Another interface schematic diagram provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0015] Figure 6 Another interface schematic diagram provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0016] Figure 7 A flowchart of a task management method according to another embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0017] Figure 8 A flowchart of a task management method according to yet another embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0018] Fig. 9 A schematic diagram of an interface provided by yet another embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0019] Fig.10 Another interface schematic diagram provided by yet another embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0020] Fig.11 Another interface schematic diagram provided by yet another embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0021] Fig.12 Another interface schematic diagram provided by yet another embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0022] Fig.13 A flowchart of a task management method according to another embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0023] Fig.14 A schematic diagram of an interface provided by yet another embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0024] Fig.15 A block diagram of a task management device according to an embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0025] Fig.16 It is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application for executing the task management method according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0026] Fig.17 It is a storage unit of an embodiment of the present application for storing or carrying program codes for implementing the task management method according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the solution of the present application, the technical solution in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

[0028] As mobile terminals are upgraded, their functions become more and more powerful. People usually install a large number of applications on their mobile terminals to meet various needs in daily life, for example, installing various social applications, shopping applications, news applications, game applications, etc.

[0029] As more and more applications are installed on mobile terminals, people may use mobile terminals to run multiple applications. In this case, users may need to perform task management on the running applications. In the related art, when a mobile terminal detects an operation that triggers the display of a task management interface, it will display the task management interface and the identifiers of the applications to be managed in the task management interface so that users can manage these applications. Figure 1 As shown, Figure 1 An interface schematic diagram of a task management interface is shown. The task management interface may include an application identifier, and the application identifier may include an interface thumbnail A1 and an application icon A2 of the application program, wherein the interface thumbnail and the application icon of each application program may be displayed correspondingly, so that the user can conveniently know the application program corresponding to each interface thumbnail.

[0030] After a long period of research, the inventor discovered that in related technologies, the task management interface displayed by the mobile terminal usually only displays the application logos of a small number of applications. As the functions of mobile terminals become more and more powerful, there may be a large number of applications to be managed. When there are many tasks of applications to be managed in the mobile terminal, users will need more time to find the applications to be managed, resulting in low efficiency of application task management.

[0031] In view of the above problems, the inventors have proposed the task management method, device, mobile terminal and storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present application, which can realize that after the mobile terminal displays the task management interface, it can trigger the display of application identifiers of more applications through a second preset operation, so as to facilitate the user to manage tasks of a large number of applications, improve the efficiency of the user in application task management, and thus improve the user experience. Among them, the specific task management method is described in detail in the subsequent embodiments.

[0032] See also Figure 2 , Figure 2 FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a task management method provided by an embodiment of the present application. In a specific embodiment, the task management method is applied to Fig.15 The task management device 400 and the mobile terminal 100 ( Fig.16 ). The following will take a mobile terminal as an example to illustrate the specific process of this embodiment. Of course, it can be understood that the mobile terminal used in this embodiment can be a smart phone, a tablet computer, a smart watch, etc., which is not limited here. Figure 2 The process shown is described in detail, and the task management method may specifically include the following steps:

[0033] Step S110: In response to a first preset operation on a current display interface, the current display interface is switched to a task management interface, wherein the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of application programs.

[0034] In an embodiment of the present application, the mobile terminal can trigger entry into the task management interface when the first preset operation in the current display interface is detected in the current display interface. It can be understood that in order to satisfy the user's task management of running applications, the mobile terminal can provide a task management interface for the user to manage the running applications, for example, to make the application run in the foreground, or to close the application, etc. Among them, the current display interface can be any interface, for example, the interface when the application is running, or the main interface (desktop) of the mobile terminal, etc., which is not limited here; the application identifier can be the application icon corresponding to the application, or it can be the interface thumbnail corresponding to the interface of the application when it is running.

[0035] In some embodiments, the task management interface may be an interface for performing task management on currently running applications, that is, the application corresponding to the application identifier in the task management interface is the application currently running on the mobile terminal; the task management interface may also be an interface for performing task management on recently running applications, that is, the application corresponding to the application identifier in the task management interface is the application recently running on the mobile terminal, wherein the recently running application may be an application that is still running or an application that is closed.

[0036] In some embodiments, the first preset operation may be a pressing operation that satisfies a preset pressing condition. The preset pressing condition may be one or more of a preset pressing force, a preset pressing duration, and a preset pressing area. For example, when the preset pressing condition is a preset pressing force, when the mobile terminal detects a pressing operation in the current display interface, it may be determined whether the pressing force of the pressing operation is greater than the preset pressing force. If the pressing force of the pressing operation is greater than the preset pressing force, it is determined that the pressing operation satisfies the preset pressing condition. Otherwise, it may be determined that the pressing operation does not satisfy the preset pressing condition. For another example, when the preset pressing condition is a preset pressing duration, when the mobile terminal detects a pressing operation in the current display interface, it may be determined whether the pressing duration of the pressing operation is greater than the preset pressing duration. If the pressing duration of the pressing operation is greater than the preset pressing duration, it is determined that the pressing operation satisfies the preset pressing condition. Otherwise, it may be determined that the pressing operation does not satisfy the preset pressing condition. For another example, when the preset pressing condition is a preset pressing area, when the mobile terminal detects a pressing operation on the current display interface, it can determine whether the pressing area of ​​the pressing operation is greater than the preset pressing area. If the pressing area of ​​the pressing operation is greater than the preset pressing area, it is determined that the pressing operation meets the preset pressing condition. Otherwise, it can be determined that the pressing operation does not meet the preset pressing condition. Of course, the specific preset pressing condition may not be used as a limitation. For example, the setting of the preset pressing condition only needs to make the first preset operation distinguishable from the operation that triggers other processing.

[0037] In other embodiments, the first preset operation may be a designated sliding operation of a designated area on the current display interface, that is, when the mobile terminal detects a designated sliding operation of a designated area in the current display interface, it triggers the current display interface to be switched to the task management interface. The designated area and the designated sliding operation may not be limited, and only need to be distinguished from the operation that triggers other processing. For example, the designated area may be the lower edge area of ​​the display interface, and the designated operation may be a sliding operation in a vertically upward sliding direction.

[0038] In some other embodiments, the mobile terminal may display a control for viewing the task management interface, and when the mobile terminal detects a trigger operation on the control, the current display interface may be switched to the task management interface. The control may be in any display interface. As a way, the position of the control in the display interface may not be limited, and may be any position in the display interface, for example, the position of the upper left corner, or the position of the upper right corner; as another way, the control may be dragged to any position in the display interface under control, that is, when the mobile terminal detects a drag operation on the control, the position of the control may be controlled to follow the drag track until the control is moved to the end of the drag track. The above trigger operation may be a click operation, that is, when a click operation on the control is detected, the current display interface is switched to the task management interface; the above trigger operation may also be a press operation when the pressing time reaches a time threshold, that is, when a pressing operation on the control is detected, the continuous pressing time of the pressing operation is monitored, and when the continuous pressing time reaches the time threshold, the current display interface is switched to the task management interface. Of course, the specific trigger operation may not be limited.

[0039] Of course, in an embodiment of the present application, the specific first preset operation for triggering the switching of the current display interface to the task management interface may not be limited, and may also be other operations. For example, a physical button such as a HOME button is provided on the mobile terminal. When a specific operation of the HOME button is detected (for example, being pressed twice in a row), the current display interface can be triggered to switch to the task management interface.

[0040] Step S120: In response to a second preset operation on the task management interface, displaying application identifiers of a second number of application programs in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number.

[0041] In the embodiment of the present application, after the mobile terminal switches the current display interface to the task management interface, it can detect the operation in the task management interface, for example, detecting the click operation, press operation, slide operation, etc. in the task management interface. The operation in the task management interface can be an operation on the application identifier in the task management interface, or an operation on other areas, which is not limited here.

[0042] In the embodiment of the present application, when the mobile terminal detects the second preset operation for the task management interface, it can respond to the second preset operation and display the application identifiers of the second number of applications in the task management interface, and the second number is greater than the first number. That is, after detecting the second preset operation of the user in the task management interface, the mobile terminal responds to the second preset operation and increases the application identifiers displayed in the task management interface, so that the user can view the application identifiers of more applications, which is convenient for the user to select the application to be managed for processing.

[0043] In some implementations, when the mobile terminal increases the application identifiers in the task management interface, the application identifiers of other applications may be added to the first number of application identifiers originally displayed, so that the number of application identifiers in the task management interface is the second number. That is, the application identifiers of the second number of applications may include the application identifiers of the first number of applications.

[0044] In other embodiments, when the mobile terminal adds application identifiers in the task management interface, the application identifiers of the second number of applications can be re-acquired. The application identifiers of the second number of applications can include the application identifiers of the first number of applications, or can exclude the application identifiers of any application in the application identifiers of the first number of applications. As an optional method, the application identifiers of the second number of applications can exclude the application identifiers of the first number of applications. In other words, when the mobile terminal displays the application identifiers of the second number of applications in the task management interface, the application identifiers of the second number of applications can be re-acquired from other applications other than the first number of applications. It can be understood that since the user needs to trigger the display of more application identifiers through active operation, it means that the application identifier previously displayed is not the application identifier that the user needs to operate, but the application identifier of other applications needs to be viewed. Therefore, when the display of the application identifiers of more applications is triggered, the application identifiers of other applications can be displayed, which is convenient for the user to view the application identifiers of more applications while also convenient for the user to view only the application identifiers of other applications, thereby improving the user's operation efficiency.

[0045] In some embodiments, the second preset operation may also be a pressing operation that satisfies a specified pressing condition, wherein the specified pressing condition may be the same as the above-mentioned preset pressing condition and will not be repeated here; the second preset operation may also be a setting sliding operation of a setting area, wherein the setting area and the specific setting sliding operation may not be used as limitations; the second preset operation may also be a triggering operation of a control set for triggering the display of a larger number of application identifiers; the second preset operation may also be a setting operation of a physical button of the mobile terminal.

[0046] As an optional implementation, the second preset operation may be a two-finger pinch operation or a two-finger spread operation. The two-finger pinch operation may be a sliding operation of two contact points approaching each other in any area of ​​the task management interface, and the two contact points are the contact points of the two fingers on the screen respectively; the two-finger spread operation may be a sliding operation of two contact points moving away from each other in any area of ​​the task management interface, and the two contact points are the contact points of the two fingers on the screen respectively. For example, see Figure 3 By sliding two fingers close to each other, the mobile terminal can detect it as a two-finger pinch operation, thereby triggering the display of the application identifiers of the second number of application programs in the task management interface.

[0047] In some embodiments, when the task management interface includes application icons, the mobile terminal can increase the number of application icons displayed in the task management interface so that the mobile terminal displays a second number of application icons in the task management interface; when the task management interface includes interface thumbnails, the mobile terminal can increase the number of interface thumbnails displayed in the task management interface so that the mobile terminal displays a second number of interface thumbnails in the task management interface; when the task management interface includes both application icons and interface thumbnails, the mobile terminal can increase the number of interface thumbnails or application icons displayed in the task management interface so that the mobile terminal displays a second number of interface thumbnails or a second number of application icons in the task management interface.

[0048] In some embodiments, after the mobile terminal increases the number of application identifiers in the task management interface, it may also, when detecting a third preset operation in the task management interface, respond to the third preset operation and display a fourth number of application identifiers of the application programs in the task management interface, wherein the fourth number is less than the second number. It is understandable that the mobile terminal may also reduce the number of displayed application identifiers when detecting the third preset operation to meet the user's need to view fewer application identifiers in the same task management interface.

[0049] In this embodiment, the third preset operation may not be limited. The third preset operation may be a pressing operation that meets certain conditions, a sliding operation in a specific area, a triggering operation on a displayed virtual control, a corresponding operation on a physical button, etc. It can be understood that the third preset operation can be set according to actual needs and only needs to be distinguished from the operation that triggers other processing. For example, when the second preset operation is a two-finger pinch operation, the third preset operation may be a two-finger spread operation, such as Figure 4 As shown, by sliding two fingers away from each other, the mobile terminal may detect it as a two-finger spreading operation, thereby triggering the display of application identifiers of a third number of application programs in the task management interface.

[0050] In some implementations, after the mobile terminal displays the second number of application identifiers in the task management interface, it may further display a greater number of application identifiers based on the second number of application identifiers when the second preset operation is detected again. Figure 1 As shown, after responding to the first preset operation, the displayed task management interface may include interface thumbnails of three application programs; Figure 5 As shown, after responding to the second preset operation for the first time, the displayed task management interface may include 6 application interface thumbnails; Figure 6 As shown, after responding to the second preset operation for the second time, the displayed task management interface may include interface thumbnails of 12 application programs.

[0051] The task management method provided in the embodiment of the present application is that the mobile terminal switches the current display interface to the task management interface by responding to a first preset operation on the current display interface, and the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of applications, and responds to a second preset operation on the task management interface to display application identifiers of a second number of applications in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number, so that after displaying the task management interface, the mobile terminal can trigger the display of application identifiers of a larger number of applications through the second preset operation, thereby facilitating the user to manage tasks of a larger number of applications, improving the user's efficiency in managing application tasks, and thereby improving the user experience.

[0052] See also Figure 7 , Figure 7 A flowchart of a task management method provided by another embodiment of the present application is shown. The task management method is applied to the above mobile terminal. Figure 7 The process shown is described in detail, and the task management method may specifically include the following steps:

[0053] Step S210: In response to a first preset operation on the current display interface, the current display interface is switched to a task management interface, wherein the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of application programs, and the application identifiers include interface thumbnails of the application programs.

[0054] In the embodiment of the present application, the application identification displayed by the mobile terminal in the task management interface may at least include an interface thumbnail of the application program. Of course, the task management interface displayed by the mobile terminal may also include an application icon.

[0055] In some embodiments, when the mobile terminal displays the task management interface including the application identifiers of the first number of application programs, the application identifiers may be displayed in the first size. As an embodiment, the mobile terminal may determine the size of the area that can be allocated for displaying the interface thumbnails according to the size of the interface, and then determine the size of each interface thumbnail according to the ratio of the total area size and the first number, and then calculate the first size of the interface thumbnail; as another embodiment, when the mobile terminal initially displays the task management interface, the first size may be based on the preset initial size of the interface thumbnail.

[0056] Step S220: In response to a second preset operation on the task management interface, obtaining interface thumbnails of a second number of application programs in currently running application programs.

[0057] In an embodiment of the present application, when responding to the second preset operation, the mobile terminal can obtain interface thumbnails of a second number of applications in the currently running applications. The second number of applications may include the first number of applications, may not include the first number of applications, or may only include some of the first number of applications.

[0058] In some embodiments, when the mobile terminal displays a second number of interface thumbnails in the task management interface in response to a second preset operation, it can determine the last frame interface of each application in the second number of applications when it is running in the foreground, and then generate an interface thumbnail for each application based on the last frame interface of each application when it is running in the foreground.

[0059] In other implementations, when the mobile terminal obtains the thumbnail corresponding to each application in the second number of applications, it may also be generated according to the interface of each application in the historical operation of these applications. Of course, the specific content of the thumbnail of the application may not be used as a limitation.

[0060] Step S230: Displaying the second number of interface thumbnails of the application programs in a second size in the task management interface.

[0061] In the embodiment of the present application, since more interface thumbnails need to be displayed in the task management interface, and the interface thumbnails usually occupy a larger proportion of the interface, if the second number of interface thumbnails are displayed according to the display size of the previous interface thumbnails, the task management interface will not be able to accommodate the second number of interface thumbnails. Therefore, the mobile terminal can re-determine the display size of the interface thumbnails, that is, determine the display size of each interface thumbnail in the second number of interface thumbnails as the second size, and the second size is larger than the above first size, so that the task management interface can display the second size of the interface thumbnail.

[0062] As an implementation method, the mobile terminal can determine the size of the area that can be allocated for displaying interface thumbnails based on the size of the interface, and then determine the size of each interface thumbnail based on the ratio of the total area size and the second number, and calculate the display size of the interface thumbnail as the second size.

[0063] As another implementation, the mobile terminal may also use a preset display size when displaying a second number of interface thumbnails as the second size; wherein the second size may be obtained by calculating the ratio of the size of the area used to display the interface thumbnails to the second number, and after the second size is calculated, the second size may be stored, so that each time the second number of interface thumbnails are displayed, the interface thumbnails may be displayed according to the second size.

[0064] In an embodiment of the present application, after the mobile terminal determines the second size, the interface thumbnails of the second number of applications can be displayed in the task management interface in the second size, that is, each interface thumbnail is displayed in the second size.

[0065] In an embodiment of the present application, when the mobile terminal generates an interface thumbnail for display based on the last frame interface when the application is running in the foreground, it can also update the content of the interface thumbnails corresponding to some set specified applications so that the user can also view the content changes of the specified application in the task management interface.

[0066] In some embodiments, when the mobile terminal detects that a specified type of content change occurs in a specified application among the applications corresponding to all interface thumbnails, the mobile terminal can obtain the changed content, and then update the interface thumbnail of the specified application based on the changed content. The specified application may be an application whose content changes at a speed lower than a certain speed, for example, once every 1 minute, once every 2 minutes, etc. As a method, the specified application may be a chat application, a text messaging application, a news application, a text live broadcast application, etc.; the specified type of content change may be a text change, etc. These specified applications do not require a large amount of rendering to update the interface when a specified type of content change occurs. Therefore, the mobile terminal does not need to occupy a large amount of resources to update the interface thumbnails of these applications, and there will be no jamming, thereby satisfying the user's need to view the updated content of the specified application and ensuring smoothness.

[0067] In some embodiments, when the mobile terminal displays the task management interface and uses the interface thumbnail as the application identifier, when the interface thumbnail is selected, the selected thumbnail can also increase the display ratio so that the user can know the currently selected interface thumbnail to avoid making mistakes in selecting tasks for the application.

[0068] The task management method provided in the embodiment of the present application is that the mobile terminal switches the current display interface to the task management interface by responding to the first preset operation on the current display interface, and the task management interface includes the interface thumbnails of the first number of applications. In response to the second preset operation on the task management interface, the interface thumbnails of the second number of applications are determined to be displayed, and the interface thumbnails are also updated, so that after the mobile terminal displays the task management interface, it can trigger the display of a larger number of interface thumbnails of applications through the second preset operation, which is convenient for users to manage tasks of a large number of applications, improve the efficiency of users in application task management, and thus improve user experience. In addition, the mobile terminal updates the interface thumbnails for the content changes of the specified type that occur in the specified application, which meets the needs of users to view the updated content of the specified application and ensures smoothness.

[0069] See also Figure 8 , Figure 8 A flowchart of a task management method provided by another embodiment of the present application is shown. The task management method is applied to the above mobile terminal. Figure 8 The process shown is described in detail, and the task management method may specifically include the following steps:

[0070] Step S310: In response to a first preset operation on a current display interface, the current display interface is switched to a task management interface, wherein the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of application programs.

[0071] In the embodiment of the present application, step S310 may refer to the content of step S110 in the aforementioned embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0072] Step S320: In response to a second preset operation on a first preset area in the task management interface, display application icons of a second number of application programs in the first preset area.

[0073] In the embodiment of the present application, the second preset operation may be an operation in the first preset area, that is, only when the user performs the second preset operation in the first preset area will the display of more application identifiers be triggered. In addition, when responding to the second preset operation, the mobile terminal may display application icons of a second number of application programs in the first preset area.

[0074] In some embodiments, the first preset area may be an edge area, for example, an upper edge area in the task management interface, another example, a lower edge area in the task management interface, another example, a left edge area in the task management interface, and another example, a right edge area in the task management interface. The edge area refers to an area within a preset range at the edge of the task management interface, and the specific size of the preset range can be set according to actual conditions.

[0075] As an optional implementation, the first preset area may be a left edge area and / or a right edge area. The second preset operation may be a sliding operation in the first sliding direction in the left edge area or the right edge area. When the mobile terminal displays the second number of application icons, the application icons of the second number of application programs may be arranged in columns in the first preset area. For example, see Fig. 9 as well as Fig.10 When a vertical downward sliding operation is detected on the right edge area, it can trigger the display of a second number of interface thumbnails in the first preset area, so that the user can operate these application icons to complete the required task management.

[0076] Step S330: In response to a selection operation on a first application icon among the second number of application icons, displaying an interface thumbnail in a middle position in the task management interface as an interface thumbnail of an application corresponding to the first application icon.

[0077] In an embodiment of the present application, the mobile terminal can also detect the operation in the task management interface, control the application icon to be in a selected state, and when the first application icon is in a selected state, the mobile terminal can display the interface thumbnail in the middle position of the task management interface as the interface thumbnail of the application corresponding to the first application icon, so as to facilitate the user to know the currently selected application in order to determine whether to process it. It can be understood that the application identification in the task management interface includes not only the application icon located in the first preset area, but also the interface thumbnail. The number of interface thumbnails can be one or more, which is not limited here. When there is one interface thumbnail, the interface thumbnail in the task management interface is the interface thumbnail corresponding to the application icon in the selected state, and the interface thumbnail is located in the middle position of the task management interface; when there are multiple interface thumbnails, the interface thumbnail corresponding to the application icon in the selected state in the task management interface is displayed in the middle position of the task management interface. Among them, the middle position is the location of the central area of ​​the task management interface, and the size of the central area can be set according to actual conditions.

[0078] In some embodiments, the mobile terminal can respond to a sliding operation in a second sliding direction in a first preset area to control different application icons to be in a selected state. When the first application icon is selected by sliding, the first application icon can be controlled to be in a selected state. The second sliding direction is opposite to the first sliding direction. It can be understood that the user experience can be improved by triggering the display of a second number of application icons in the first preset area through a sliding operation in one sliding direction, and triggering the selection of different application icons through a sliding operation in the opposite sliding direction. For example, when the first sliding direction is vertically downward, the second sliding direction can be numerically upward, such as Fig.11 As shown, different application icons can be selected by sliding vertically upward in the right edge area.

[0079] In this embodiment, when an application icon is selected, the selected application icon can be distinguished from other application icons in the task management interface by using different display states. As a way, the selected application icon can be in a state of enlarged display ratio, for example, Fig.11 As shown, when the right edge area is the first preset area, the application icon in the middle position of the first preset area can be used as the application icon in the selected state, and different application icons can be placed in the middle position by sliding vertically on the right edge area, thereby making different application icons in the selected state; and the display ratio of the application icon in the middle position can be greater than the display ratio of other application icons, for example, Fig.11When the application icon "Application C" is in the middle position, the application icon "Application C" is in the selected state, and the display ratio of the application icon "Application C" is greater than the display ratio of other application icons. As another way, the application icon in the selected state can also be distinguished by displaying a mark, for example, highlighting the application icon in the selected state, or displaying a mark box to select the application icon in the selected state.

[0080] Step S340: In response to the selection operation on the first application icon, the task corresponding to the first application icon is processed.

[0081] In the embodiment of the present application, after the first application icon is controlled to be in a selected state, if the user performs a selection operation on the first application icon, the mobile terminal can detect the selection operation accordingly, and then respond to the selection operation to process the task corresponding to the first application icon. The processing of the task corresponding to the first application icon may be to clean up the application corresponding to the first application icon, or to put the application corresponding to the first application icon in a foreground running state, etc., which is not limited here, for example, it may also be to allocate resources to the application corresponding to the first application icon, etc.

[0082] In some implementations, when the number of application icons displayed in the first preset area is different, they can also be displayed in the first preset area in different arrangements. For example, please also refer to Fig.10 and Fig.12 When the number of application icons is different, the display effect of the application icons in the first preset area is also different, that is, the application icons can be displayed in different arrangements.

[0083] In some embodiments, after the first application icon is in a selected state and the interface thumbnail in the middle position in the task management interface is in the middle position, the mobile terminal may also respond to the selection operation on the interface thumbnail when detecting the selection operation on the interface thumbnail, and then process the task of the application corresponding to the first application icon, for example, controlling the application to run in the foreground, or for example, closing the application, etc.

[0084] The task management method provided by the embodiment of the present application is that the mobile terminal switches the current display interface to the task management interface by responding to the first preset operation on the current display interface, and the task management interface includes the application identifiers of the first number of applications, and responds to the second preset operation on the first preset area in the task management interface, and displays the application icons of the second number of applications in the first preset area. When the application icon is selected, the interface thumbnail in the middle position of the task management interface is displayed as the interface thumbnail corresponding to the selected application icon, so that the user can know the task of the currently selected application. When the application icon is selected, the selection operation can be performed to complete the task processing of the application corresponding to the application icon, so that the mobile terminal can display the application icons of more applications through the second preset operation in the first preset area after displaying the task management interface, so that the user can manage the tasks of a large number of applications, improve the efficiency of the user in the application task management, and thus improve the user experience. In addition, the task management interface can also display interface thumbnails. When the application icon is selected, the interface thumbnail in the middle position can be displayed as the interface thumbnail of the application corresponding to the selected application refund, so that the user knows the currently selected task and avoids the user's misoperation.

[0085] See also Fig.13 , Fig.13 A flowchart of a task management method provided by another embodiment of the present application is shown. The task management method is applied to the above mobile terminal. Fig.13 The process shown is described in detail, and the task management method may specifically include the following steps:

[0086] Step S410: In response to a first preset operation on the current display interface, a currently running application is obtained.

[0087] In the embodiment of the present application, when the mobile terminal detects the first preset operation for triggering the entry into the task management interface, it can obtain the currently running application to generate the task management interface for display. The currently running application can refer to the application currently running in the foreground and the application currently running in the background.

[0088] Step S420: Based on the currently running application, the current display interface is switched to a task management interface, wherein the task management interface includes a second preset area and a third preset area.

[0089] In an embodiment of the present application, the task management interface may include both application icons and interface thumbnails. The task management interface may include a second preset area and a third preset area, the second preset area being used to display interface thumbnails of a first number of applications in currently running applications, and the third preset area being used to display application icons corresponding to a third number of applications in currently running applications, the third number being greater than the first number, and the third number of applications including the first number of applications. Thus, the task management interface can not only display interface thumbnails, but also display more application icons than the number of interface thumbnails, so that users can view different applications for corresponding management. For example, Fig.14 As shown, the task management interface includes not only the interface thumbnail A1, but also application icons A2 are displayed in the lower area, and the number of application icons is greater than the number of interface thumbnails.

[0090] Step S430: In response to a sliding operation in a third sliding direction in the third preset area, controlling a second application icon among the third number of application icons to be in a selected state.

[0091] Step S440: Control the interface thumbnail in the middle position in the second preset area to be displayed as the target interface thumbnail of the application corresponding to the second application icon.

[0092] Step S450: In response to a confirmation operation of selecting the second application icon or the target interface thumbnail, a task corresponding to the second application icon is processed.

[0093] In the embodiment of the present application, after displaying the task management interface, the mobile terminal can also respond to the operation of the application icon to complete the selection of tasks of different application programs and the processing of the tasks. Among them, the third sliding direction can be any sliding direction, which is not limited here. For example, when the third preset area is the lower area, the third sliding direction can be a sliding direction horizontally to the left or horizontally to the right.

[0094] In an embodiment of the present application, by responding to a sliding operation in a third sliding direction in a third preset area, different application icons can be controlled to be in a selected state, and when an application icon is selected, the interface thumbnail in the middle position can also be displayed as the interface thumbnail of the application corresponding to the selected application icon. It can be understood that the application identification in the task management interface includes not only the application icon located in the third preset area, but also the interface thumbnail located in the second preset area. The number of interface thumbnails can be one or more, which is not limited here. When there is one interface thumbnail, the interface thumbnail in the task management interface is the interface thumbnail corresponding to the application icon in the selected state, and the interface thumbnail is located in the middle position of the task management interface; when there are multiple interface thumbnails, the interface thumbnail corresponding to the application icon in the selected state in the task management interface is displayed in the middle position of the task management interface. Among them, the middle position is the location of the central area of ​​the task management interface, and the size of the central area can be set according to actual conditions.

[0095] In some embodiments, when an application icon is selected, the application icon in the selected state can be distinguished from other application icons in the task management interface by different display states. As one way, the selected application icon can be in a state of enlarged display ratio. When the third preset area is the lower area, the application icon in the middle position of the third preset area can be used as the application icon in the selected state. By sliding horizontally on the third preset area, different application icons can be placed in the middle position, thereby making different application icons in the selected state, and the display ratio of the application icon in the middle position can be greater than the display ratio of other application icons. As another way, the application icon in the selected state can also be distinguished by displaying a mark, for example, highlighting the application icon in the selected state, and for example, displaying a mark box to frame the application icon in the selected state.

[0096] Step S460: In response to a second preset operation on the task management interface, displaying application identifiers of a second number of application programs in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number.

[0097] In the embodiment of the present application, step S460 can refer to the above-mentioned embodiment in response to the second preset operation on the task management interface, and display the content of the application identification of the second number of application programs in the task management interface, which will not be repeated here. For example, a larger number of interface thumbnails can be displayed in the above second preset area in the task management interface. Thus, the task management interface not only displays a larger number of application icons, but also a larger number of interface thumbnails, which is convenient for users to view and manage the tasks of the application.

[0098] The task management method provided in the embodiment of the present application is that the mobile terminal responds to a first preset operation for the currently displayed interface. When displaying the task management interface in response to the first preset operation, it obtains the currently running application, and then displays interface thumbnails of a first number of applications in a second preset area of ​​the task management interface, and displays application icons of a third number of applications in a third preset area, and the third number is greater than the first number, so that the character management interface can not only display interface thumbnails, but also display more application icons than the number of interface thumbnails, so that users can view different applications conveniently for corresponding management.

[0099] In addition, the task management interface can respond to the selection of application icons, so that different application icons are in a selected state, and the interface thumbnail in the middle position can be updated to the selected application icon accordingly, so that the user knows the task of the selected application and avoids user misoperation. And it can also respond to the second preset operation for the task management interface, and display the application identifiers of the second number of applications in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number, so that after the mobile terminal displays the task management interface, it can trigger the display of the application identifiers of more applications through the second preset operation, which is convenient for users to manage the tasks of a large number of applications, improve the efficiency of users in application task management, and thus improve user experience.

[0100] See also Fig.15 , which shows a structural block diagram of a task management device 400 provided in an embodiment of the present application. The task management device 400 applies the above-mentioned mobile terminal, and the task management device 400 includes: a first response module 410 and a second response module 420. Among them, the first response module 410 is used to respond to a first preset operation on the current display interface, and switch the current display interface to a task management interface, and the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of applications; the second response module 420 is used to respond to a second preset operation on the task management interface, and display the application identifiers of a second number of applications in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number.

[0101] In some embodiments, the application identifier includes an interface thumbnail of the application, and when the application identifiers of the first number of applications are displayed in the task management interface, the interface thumbnail is displayed in a first size. The second response module 420 may include: a thumbnail acquisition unit and a thumbnail display unit. The thumbnail acquisition unit is used to respond to a second preset operation on the task management interface and acquire interface thumbnails of a second number of applications in currently running applications; the thumbnail display unit is used to display the interface thumbnails of the second number of applications in the task management interface in a second size. The second size is smaller than the first size.

[0102] In this embodiment, the thumbnail acquisition unit may include: an interface determination subunit and a thumbnail generation subunit. The interface determination subunit is used to respond to the second preset operation on the task management interface and determine the last frame interface of each application in the second number of applications when it is running in the foreground; the thumbnail generation subunit is used to generate an interface thumbnail of each application based on the last frame interface of each application when it is running in the foreground.

[0103] Furthermore, the task management device 400 may also include: a content acquisition module and a thumbnail update module. The content acquisition module is used to acquire the changed content when detecting that a specified type of content change occurs in a specified application among the applications corresponding to all interface thumbnails; the thumbnail update module is used to update the interface thumbnail of the specified application based on the changed content.

[0104] In some implementations, the application identifier includes an application icon. The second response module may be specifically configured to: in response to a second preset operation on a first preset area in the task management interface, display a second number of application icons of application programs in the first preset area.

[0105] In this embodiment, the application identifier also includes an interface thumbnail. The task management device 400 may also include: a thumbnail adjustment module and a first task processing module. The thumbnail adjustment module is used to, in response to the second preset operation on the first preset area in the task management interface, after displaying the application icons of the second number of application programs in the first preset area, and in response to the selection operation of the first application icon among the second number of application icons, display the interface thumbnail in the middle position in the task management interface as the interface thumbnail of the application corresponding to the first application icon; the first task processing module is used to process the task corresponding to the first application icon in response to the selection operation on the first application icon.

[0106] Further, the first preset area includes a left edge area and / or a right edge area of ​​the task management interface. The second response module 420 can be specifically used to: in response to a sliding operation in a first sliding direction in the first preset area, display a second number of application icons of the application program in the first preset area in the form of a column arrangement. The thumbnail adjustment module can be specifically used to: in response to a sliding operation in a second sliding direction in the first preset area, control the first application icon to be in a selected state, wherein the second sliding direction is opposite to the first sliding direction.

[0107] In some embodiments, the first response module 410 may include: an application acquisition unit and an interface switching unit. The application acquisition unit is used to respond to a first preset operation on the current display interface and acquire the currently running application; the interface switching unit is used to switch the current display interface to a task management interface based on the currently running application, and the task management interface includes a second preset area and a third preset area. The second preset area is used to display interface thumbnails of a first number of applications in the currently running application, and the third preset area is used to display application icons corresponding to a third number of applications in the currently running application, the third number is greater than the first number, and the third number of applications includes the first number of applications.

[0108] Furthermore, the task management device 400 may also include: an icon state control module, a thumbnail control module, and a second task processing module. The icon state control module is used to respond to a sliding operation in a third sliding direction in the third preset area, and control the second application icon in the third number of application icons to be in a selected state; the thumbnail control module is used to control the interface thumbnail in the middle position of the second preset area to be displayed as a target interface thumbnail of the application corresponding to the second application icon; the second task processing module is used to respond to a confirmation operation for selecting the second application icon or the target interface thumbnail, and process the task corresponding to the second application icon.

[0109] In some embodiments, the task management device 400 may further include: a third response module. The third response module is used to respond to a third preset operation on the task management interface and display the application identifiers of a fourth number of application programs in the task management interface after the second number of application programs are displayed in the task management interface in response to the second preset operation on the task management interface, wherein the fourth number is less than the second number.

[0110] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described devices and modules can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0111] In several embodiments provided in the present application, the coupling between modules may be electrical, mechanical or other forms of coupling.

[0112] In addition, each functional module in each embodiment of the present application can be integrated into a processing module, or each module can exist physically separately, or two or more modules can be integrated into one module. The above integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional modules.

[0113] To summarize, the solution provided by the present application is that the mobile terminal switches the current display interface to a task management interface by responding to a first preset operation for the current display interface, and the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of applications, and responds to a second preset operation for the task management interface to display application identifiers of a second number of applications in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number. This allows the mobile terminal to trigger the display of application identifiers of a larger number of applications through the second preset operation after displaying the task management interface, thereby facilitating users to manage tasks of a larger number of applications, improving the efficiency of users in managing application tasks, and thereby improving user experience.

[0114] Please refer to Fig.16 , which shows a structural block diagram of a mobile terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application. The mobile terminal 100 can be a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, an e-book, a smart watch, etc. that can run applications. The mobile terminal 100 in the present application may include one or more of the following components: a processor 110, a memory 120, a display screen 130, and one or more applications, wherein one or more applications may be stored in the memory 120 and configured to be executed by one or more processors 110, and one or more programs are configured to execute the method described in the aforementioned method embodiment.

[0115] The processor 110 may include one or more processing cores. The processor 110 uses various interfaces and lines to connect various parts of the entire mobile terminal 100, and executes various functions and processes data of the mobile terminal 100 by running or executing instructions, programs, code sets or instruction sets stored in the memory 120, and calling data stored in the memory 120. Optionally, the processor 110 can be implemented in at least one hardware form of digital signal processing (DSP), field-programmable gate array (FPGA), and programmable logic array (PLA). The processor 110 can integrate one or a combination of a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), and a modem. Among them, the CPU mainly processes the operating system, user interface, and application programs; the GPU is responsible for rendering and drawing display content; and the modem is used to process wireless communications. It can be understood that the above-mentioned modem may not be integrated into the processor 110, but may be implemented separately through a communication chip.

[0116] The memory 120 may include a random access memory (RAM) or a read-only memory (ROM). The memory 120 may be used to store instructions, programs, codes, code sets or instruction sets. The memory 120 may include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store instructions for implementing an operating system, instructions for implementing at least one function (such as a touch function, a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), instructions for implementing the following various method embodiments, etc. The data storage area may also store data (such as a phone book, audio and video data, chat record data) created by the terminal 100 during use.

[0117] The display screen 130 is used to display information input by the user, information provided to the user, and various graphical user interfaces of the mobile terminal 100. These graphical user interfaces can be composed of graphics, text, icons, numbers, videos, and any combination thereof. In one example, the display screen 130 can be a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), which is not limited here.

[0118] Please refer to Fig.17, which shows a structural block diagram of a computer-readable storage medium provided in an embodiment of the present application. The computer-readable medium 800 stores program codes, which can be called by a processor to execute the method described in the above method embodiment.

[0119] The computer readable storage medium 800 may be an electronic memory such as a flash memory, an EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory), an EPROM, a hard disk, or a ROM. Optionally, the computer readable storage medium 800 includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium 800 has storage space for program code 810 that performs any method step in the above method. These program codes can be read from or written to one or more computer program products. The program code 810 can be compressed, for example, in an appropriate form.

[0120] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, rather than to limit it. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or make equivalent replacements for some of the technical features therein. However, these modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A task management method, characterized in that: Applied to a mobile terminal, the method comprises: In response to a first preset operation on a current display interface, the current display interface is switched to a task management interface, the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of application programs, the task management interface is an interface for performing task management on currently running application programs or recently running application programs, the application identifiers include interface thumbnails of the application programs, and the interface thumbnails are displayed in a first size; In response to a second preset operation on the task management interface, displaying a second number of application identifiers of application programs in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number; If the second preset operation is detected again, displaying a third number of application identifiers of application programs in the task management interface, wherein the third number is greater than the second number; The step of displaying a second number of application program identifiers in the task management interface in response to a second preset operation on the task management interface includes: In response to a second preset operation on the task management interface, obtaining interface thumbnails of a second number of application programs among currently running application programs; Displaying the second number of interface thumbnails of the application programs in a second size in the task management interface; The second size is smaller than the first size.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The step of obtaining, in response to a second preset operation on the task management interface, a second number of interface thumbnails of application programs in currently running application programs includes: In response to a second preset operation on the task management interface, determining a last frame interface of each application program in the second number of applications program when the application program is running in the foreground; Based on the last frame interface of each application when it is running in the foreground, an interface thumbnail of each application is generated.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The method further comprises: When it is detected that a content change of a specified type occurs in a specified application among the applications corresponding to all the interface thumbnails, the changed content is obtained; Based on the changed content, the interface thumbnail of the specified application is updated.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The application identifier includes an application icon, and the step of displaying a second number of application identifiers of application programs in the task management interface in response to a second preset operation on the task management interface includes: In response to a second preset operation on a first preset area in the task management interface, a second number of application icons of application programs are displayed in the first preset area.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The application identification further includes an interface thumbnail. After displaying a second number of application icons of application programs in the first preset area in response to the second preset operation on the first preset area in the task management interface, the method further includes: In response to a selection operation on a first application icon among the second number of application icons, displaying an interface thumbnail in a middle position in the task management interface as an interface thumbnail of an application corresponding to the first application icon; In response to the selection operation on the first application icon, the task corresponding to the first application icon is processed.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The first preset area includes a left edge area and / or a right edge area of ​​the task management interface, and the step of displaying a second number of application icons of application programs in the first preset area in response to a second preset operation on the first preset area in the task management interface includes: In response to a sliding operation in a first sliding direction in the first preset area, displaying a second number of application icons of application programs in a column arrangement in the first preset area; In response to the selection operation of the first application icon in the second number of application icons, displaying the interface thumbnail in the middle position of the task management interface as the interface thumbnail of the application corresponding to the first application icon includes: In response to a sliding operation in a second sliding direction in the first preset area, the first application icon is controlled to be in a selected state, wherein the second sliding direction is opposite to the first sliding direction.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The step of switching the current display interface to the task management interface in response to a first preset operation on the current display interface includes: In response to a first preset operation on the current display interface, obtaining a currently running application; Based on the currently running application, switching the current display interface to a task management interface, wherein the task management interface includes a second preset area and a third preset area; Among them, the second preset area is used to display interface thumbnails of a first number of applications among the currently running applications, and the third preset area is used to display application icons corresponding to a third number of applications among the currently running applications, the third number is greater than the first number, and the third number of applications includes the first number of applications.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that After the current display interface is switched to the task management interface in response to the first preset operation on the current display interface, the method further includes: In response to a sliding operation in a third sliding direction in the third preset area, controlling a second application icon among the third number of application icons to be in a selected state; Controlling the interface thumbnail in the middle position of the second preset area to be displayed as a target interface thumbnail of the application corresponding to the second application icon; In response to a confirmation operation of selecting the second application icon or the target interface thumbnail, a task corresponding to the second application icon is processed.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: After displaying the application identifiers of a second number of application programs in the task management interface in response to the second preset operation on the task management interface, the method further includes: In response to a third preset operation on the task management interface, a fourth number of application identifiers of application programs are displayed in the task management interface, where the fourth number is less than the second number.

10. A task management device, characterized in that: Applied to a mobile terminal, the device comprises: a first response module and a second response module, wherein: The first response module is used to respond to a first preset operation on the current display interface, switch the current display interface to a task management interface, the task management interface includes application identifiers of a first number of application programs, the task management interface is an interface for performing task management on currently running applications or recently running applications, the application identifier includes an interface thumbnail of the application program, and the interface thumbnail is displayed in a first size; The second response module is used to respond to a second preset operation on the task management interface, and display application identifiers of a second number of application programs in the task management interface, wherein the second number is greater than the first number; if the second preset operation is detected again, display application identifiers of a third number of application programs in the task management interface, wherein the third number is greater than the second number; The second response module is specifically used to respond to a second preset operation for the task management interface, obtain interface thumbnails of a second number of applications among currently running applications; display the interface thumbnails of the second number of applications in a second size in the task management interface; the second size is smaller than the first size.

11. A mobile terminal, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; Memory; One or more application programs, wherein the one or more application programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, and the one or more programs are configured to execute the method according to any one of claims 1-9.

12. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that: The computer-readable storage medium stores program codes, which can be called by a processor to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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