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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 13, 2022
Honor Device Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Wenjie Chen, Shenzhen, CN;
Liwei Huang, Shenzhen, CN;
Kai Qian, Shenzhen, CN;
Jie Ren, Shenzhen, CN;
Jing Ni, Shenzhen, CN;
Xiaolong Wang, Shenzhen, CN;
Honor Device Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
This application discloses an application switching method. In the method, an electronic device may separately display interfaces of corresponding applications by using a plurality of floating windows. When a quantity of floating windows is greater than a preset quantity, and the electronic device detects that a new floating window is opened, the electronic device may switch the first displayed floating window to a form of a floating ball, and add a new floating window. In addition, the electronic device may switch the one or more floating windows to one or more corresponding floating balls for display. When detecting a sliding operation input by the user, the electronic device may switch a current floating window to a corresponding floating window on which the minimization operation is first or last performed. In this way, the electronic device can simultaneously display a plurality of applications, and quickly switch any one of the applications.