In-App Applet Navigation for Direct Application Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing applet switching methods require users to close the current applet and navigate back to the main application page to access another applet, leading to redundant operations and poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method that allows users to perform a first touch operation on a content display page of a first application, determining if the operation meets a predetermined condition, and if so, displays a navigation page with applet entry icons, enabling a second touch operation to directly switch to the desired applet page without closing the first application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user closes the current applet and navigates back to the main application page to access another applet, then the user can switch between applets, but the operation steps become cumbersome and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds a mini-program navigation page within the current applet's display area. The navigation page is nested as an overlay or popup that allows users to access other applets without leaving the current applet context. This nested structure enables direct switching while maintaining the parent applet's display state, eliminating the need to close and reopen applets through the main application page.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a mini-program navigation page as an intermediary interface between the current applet and the main application's applet list. This intermediary navigation page provides direct access to other applets within the current applet's display area, serving as a mediator that enables efficient switching without requiring users to navigate back to the main application page.
2Ease of operation
If a navigation page is displayed in a partial area on the content display page, then the user can access applets directly, but the display area for applet content is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic navigation page that can adjust its display area and position based on the current applet's content requirements. The navigation page may be displayed as a sidebar, popup, or overlay that dynamically resizes or repositions itself. This dynamic behavior allows the navigation page to occupy only the necessary space while maximizing the content display area, and enables users to access applets directly without permanently reducing the available content area.
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AI summary
One or more embodiments of this specification disclose application switching methods, apparatuses, and devices, and mediums. This solution includes: obtaining a first touch operation performed by a user on a content display page of a first application; determining whether the first touch operation satisfies a predetermined operation condition; displaying a navigation page in at least a partial area on the content display page if the predetermined operation condition is satisfied, where the navigation page includes at least a first entry icon of an applet of the first application; obtaining a second touch operation performed by the user to select the first entry icon on the navigation page; and switching, based on the second touch operation, to an applet page corresponding to the first entry icon selected by the user.