Foldable Screen Interface Layout for Preserving Icon Order
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing foldable screen displays on mobile devices fail to adaptively adjust application icons when the screen area changes, leading to inefficient use of space and inconvenience for users due to changes in icon arrangement and display order.
Innovation Solution
A method for a foldable screen display that divides the screen into multiple regions, maintaining the original icon arrangement order by displaying different interfaces in each region when the device transitions from a folded to an unfolded state, including recently used or frequently used icons in the secondary interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the screen area is increased by unfolding the foldable screen, then the display space is improved, but the application icon arrangement order changes causing user inconvenience
Solution Approach 1:
The screen is divided into multiple display regions (first display region and second display region) when unfolded, allowing different interfaces to be displayed simultaneously in different regions, thus maintaining the original icon arrangement in the first region while utilizing the expanded screen area
Solution Approach 2:
When the screen is unfolded, instead of changing the icon arrangement in a single dimension, the system displays multiple interfaces in different spatial regions (first display region and second display region), adding a spatial dimension to the display layout and preserving the original icon positions
2Area of stationary object
If the application icon arrangement is adjusted to fit the screen size change, then the screen utilization is improved, but the original icon arrangement order is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple independent display regions, where the first display region maintains the original icon arrangement order while the second display region can utilize the remaining screen space for additional content or different interfaces
Solution Approach 2:
The system determines and preserves the original application icon arrangement order before the screen unfolding occurs, and this preserved arrangement is applied to the first display region when the screen is unfolded, ensuring that the icon layout information is not lost
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AI summary
A foldable screen display method and an electronic device are disclosed, to achieve better user experience when a displayable area of an electronic device with a foldable screen changes. A specific solution includes: when an electronic device is in a folded state, displaying a first interface on a main screen of the electronic device, where the first interface is a main interface of the electronic device, and the first interface includes one or more application icons; and in response to a change of the electronic device from the folded state to an unfolded state, displaying, by the electronic device, the first interface in a first display region of the foldable screen, and displaying a second interface in a second display region of the foldable screen, where the second interface is different from the first interface.