Patent ID: 9733815
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A split-screen display method, wherein the method is applied to an electronic device having a touchscreen, the method comprising: receiving a screen splitting touch signal from the touchscreen, wherein the screen splitting touch signal comprises a horizontal slide signal along the touchscreen; dividing, according to the horizontal slide signal, display area of the touchscreen into a first display window and a second display window, wherein an open button and prompt information are displayed in the first display window, and wherein the prompt information is used to prompt a user to select an application to be opened; displaying an application list comprising identifiers of multiple applications in the first display window in response to a click operation on the open button; obtaining start signals for a plurality of applications selected by the user from the identifiers in the application list; displaying a content of a first application of the plurality of applications in the first display window and a content of a second application of the plurality of applications in the second display window in response to obtaining start signals corresponding to the first application and the second application; and operating a third application of the plurality of applications in a background of the electronic device when a number of opened applications is greater than a number of display windows, wherein the third application is opened in response obtaining start signals corresponding the third application.