A method for adding a menu item to a local menu, comprising: receiving a request for opening the local menu, wherein the request carries a menu ID which uniquely identifies each local menu; and creating the local menu corresponding to the menu ID; wherein the local menu is on an Android system, and the method further comprises: obtaining according to the menu ID, in a stored correspondence between a menu item of a third-party application and the menu ID, a menu item of a corresponding third-party application; adding the menu item of the third-party application to the local menu; and displaying the local menu to which the menu item of the third-party application is added; wherein the correspondence between the menu item of the third-party application and the menu ID is obtained in the following manner: searching a file set of the third-party application for a configuration file; obtaining, by parsing the configuration file, the menu item of the third-party application and the menu ID to which the menu item belongs; and storing the menu item of the third-party application and the menu ID to which the menu item belongs in unoccupied space. receiving a request for opening the local menu, wherein the request carries a menu ID which uniquely identifies each local menu; and creating the local menu corresponding to the menu ID; wherein the local menu is on an Android system, and the method further comprises: obtaining according to the menu ID, in a stored correspondence between a menu item of a third-party application and the menu ID, a menu item of a corresponding third-party application; adding the menu item of the third-party application to the local menu; and displaying the local menu to which the menu item of the third-party application is added; wherein the correspondence between the menu item of the third-party application and the menu ID is obtained in the following manner: searching a file set of the third-party application for a configuration file; obtaining, by parsing the configuration file, the menu item of the third-party application and the menu ID to which the menu item belongs; and storing the menu item of the third-party application and the menu ID to which the menu item belongs in unoccupied space. obtaining according to the menu ID, in a stored correspondence between a menu item of a third-party application and the menu ID, a menu item of a corresponding third-party application; adding the menu item of the third-party application to the local menu; and displaying the local menu to which the menu item of the third-party application is added; wherein the correspondence between the menu item of the third-party application and the menu ID is obtained in the following manner: searching a file set of the third-party application for a configuration file; obtaining, by parsing the configuration file, the menu item of the third-party application and the menu ID to which the menu item belongs; and storing the menu item of the third-party application and the menu ID to which the menu item belongs in unoccupied space. searching a file set of the third-party application for a configuration file; obtaining, by parsing the configuration file, the menu item of the third-party application and the menu ID to which the menu item belongs; and storing the menu item of the third-party application and the menu ID to which the menu item belongs in unoccupied space.