A display method for an electronic device comprising a foldable screen, wherein the foldable screen can be folded to form at least two screens, and the at least two screens comprise a first screen and a second screen; the electronic device further comprises a third screen disposed on a back of the first screen; and the method comprises: when the foldable screen is in an expanded form, in response to an operation applied to an icon of a camera application, displaying, by the electronic device, a first interface (820, 1310) of the camera application in full screen on the foldable screen, wherein the first interface (820, 1310) comprises a first image (824, 1314) captured by a camera, a photographing control (822, 1312), and a setting control (826, 1316), and the first image (824, 1314) captured by the camera is displayed on the first screen and the second screen, the photographing control (822, 1312) on the second screen, and the setting control (826, 1316) on the first screen, wherein the photographing control (822, 1312) is configured to trigger saving of an image photographed by the camera, and the setting control (826, 1316) is configured to set a photographing function; and when the foldable screen changes from the expanded form to a half-folded form, displaying, by the electronic device, a second image captured by the camera on the first screen, displaying the setting control on the second screen, and displaying the photographing control on the second screen; wherein when the foldable screen is in a half-folded form, an included angle (α) between the first screen and the second screen is between P1 and P2, and wherein 0° < P1 < P2 < 180°; when the foldable screen is in the half-folded form and a timing photographing function is enabled, receiving, by the electronic device, a first input of a user; in response to the first input, displaying, by the electronic device, a first countdown prompt and a third image captured by the camera on the third screen. when the foldable screen is in an expanded form, in response to an operation applied to an icon of a camera application, displaying, by the electronic device, a first interface (820, 1310) of the camera application in full screen on the foldable screen, wherein the first interface (820, 1310) comprises a first image (824, 1314) captured by a camera, a photographing control (822, 1312), and a setting control (826, 1316), and the first image (824, 1314) captured by the camera is displayed on the first screen and the second screen, the photographing control (822, 1312) on the second screen, and the setting control (826, 1316) on the first screen, wherein the photographing control (822, 1312) is configured to trigger saving of an image photographed by the camera, and the setting control (826, 1316) is configured to set a photographing function; and when the foldable screen changes from the expanded form to a half-folded form, displaying, by the electronic device, a second image captured by the camera on the first screen, displaying the setting control on the second screen, and displaying the photographing control on the second screen; wherein when the foldable screen is in a half-folded form, an included angle (α) between the first screen and the second screen is between P1 and P2, and wherein 0° < P1 < P2 < 180°; when the foldable screen is in the half-folded form and a timing photographing function is enabled, receiving, by the electronic device, a first input of a user; in response to the first input, displaying, by the electronic device, a first countdown prompt and a third image captured by the camera on the third screen.