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Application starting method and apparatus, and electronic device

US11861382B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2023
Grant dateJan 2, 2024
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/54
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide an application starting method and apparatus, and an electronic device. For any application that is installed in the electronic device and that supports multi-window display, based on configurations of an application layer and an application framework layer in a software system of the electronic device, the electronic device that supports a floating window and split-screen display may have a single-application multi-instance feature. In this way, the Dock triggers any application to start the multi-instance feature of the application, and the electronic device may simultaneously display a plurality of windows of the application on a display in a plurality of window combination forms, so that multi-instance coordination processing and operation may be performed on a same application.

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