Electronic device comprising flexible display and control method therefor

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a first housing; a second housing disposed so as to be movable with respect to the first housing and overlapping at least a portion of the first housing; a flexible display at least partially mounted on the surface of the second housing, at least partially visible to the outside of the electronic device, and at least a portion of which is configured to be slid out from the inside of the first housing based on the second housing moving in a first direction with respect to the first housing, or inserted into the first housing based on the second housing moving in a second direction with respect to the first housing; a driving module comprising a gear disposed inside the first housing or the second housing and configured to move the second housing in the first direction or the second direction based on the operation of a driving source; at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and at least one memory operably connected to at least one processor, wherein at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to receive an input for moving the second housing, and, in response to the second housing moving in the first direction based on the input, or the size of an visible area of the flexible display, based on the moving of the second housing, being a specified value or greater, control the display to display, on a partial area of the visible area, one or more icons corresponding to respective one or more applications which are being executed.