Split-Screen App Dragging for Faster Multi-Window Activation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing split-screen methods for terminal devices are cumbersome and inflexible, making it difficult to implement quick and flexible screen splitting in various scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A split-screen display method that allows users to quickly split the screen by simultaneously or successively touching and dragging multiple applications to split-screen regions, utilizing simultaneous multi-finger gestures or successive finger operations, particularly in background multi-task scenarios or home screen contexts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional split-screen method is used (sliding from edge, touching application bar, dragging application), then split-screen function can be achieved, but the operation process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-arranges application icons in a dock at the screen edge and pre-defines the split-screen activation gesture (dragging from edge to center). When the user performs the gesture, the system has already prepared the target application and the split-screen interface, eliminating the need for intermediate steps like opening an application bar or selecting from multiple options. This preliminary arrangement of interface elements and activation logic directly reduces the time and complexity of split-screen activation.
2Ease of operation
If multiple steps are required for split-screen (open app, invoke bar, drag), then precise control is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the essential function of split-screen activation from the complex multi-step process and isolates it into a single, dedicated gesture operation. By removing the intermediate application bar and selection interface, the system reduces interface complexity while maintaining the core functionality. The dock at the screen edge serves as a simplified launcher that directly triggers split-screen when dragged to the center, eliminating unnecessary interface layers.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional edge sliding gesture is used, then split-screen can be activated, but it lacks flexibility for different scenarios (background apps, home screen)
Solution Approach 1:
The dock gesture mechanism serves multiple functions across different scenarios: on the home screen, it launches applications into split-screen; in the background app switcher, it activates split-screen for selected apps; and it can work with any application in the dock. This universal gesture-based activation method replaces scenario-specific operations, providing flexibility across different contexts while maintaining operational uniformity through the consistent drag-from-edge gesture.
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AI summary
Embodiments of this application provide a split-screen display method and an apparatus, and relate to the field of terminal technologies. The method includes: displaying a first interface; receiving a first trigger operation for an identifier of a first application; displaying the identifier of the first application in a first state in response to the first trigger operation; receiving a second trigger operation for an identifier of a second application in a process in which the first trigger operation continuously acts on the first application; displaying the identifier of the second application in the first state in response to the second trigger operation; and displaying content of the first application in a first split-screen region of a second interface, and displaying content of the second application in a second split-screen region of the second interface. In this way, when a terminal device receives an operation of a user for touching and holding at least two applications and/or dragging the at least two applications to split-screen regions in a scenario such as a home screen or a multi-task background, the terminal device can implement quick screen splitting, so that flexible screen splitting in a plurality of scenarios is implemented.