WO2015176352A1 - Android system-based method and device for information exchange between applications - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are an Android system-based method and device for information exchange between applications. The method comprises the following steps: receiving an instruction for information exchange between a first application running in a first child window and a second application running in a second child window; determining, on the basis of the information exchange instruction, a to-be-exchanged information resource in the first application serving as a transmitting end and transmitting a receive notification message to the second application serving as a receiving end; processing the receive notification message at the receiving end and determining a receiving location and the meaning of the receive notification message; and, applying the information resource to the second application on the basis of the meaning of the receive notification message and of the receiving location, where the first child window and the second child window are child windows simultaneously presented on a screen of an Android terminal.

Description

 Method and device for information interaction between applications based on Android system

 The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to an application method and apparatus for inter-application information exchange based on an Android system. Background technique

 With the popularity of smart terminals loaded with Android (Android) systems and the advent of the mobile Internet era, mobile terminals and tablets are increasingly becoming personal information centers and entertainment centers. As far as the development trend of Android smart terminals is concerned, PC terminals with large screen, high resolution, strong processing power and storage capacity are becoming more and more popular among people. This is represented by large-screen mobile phones and flat-panel computers.

 As far as the current hardware configuration level of the mobile phone is concerned, the processing power and computing power are comparable to those of the personal PC, but the application management method provided by the Android system is essentially a single-task mechanism and cannot be implemented between different applications. Fast information interaction, in the process of use, users are increasingly hoping to exchange information between two applications of the Android system terminal efficiently and accurately, for example:

 When browsing the gallery image, I hope that the image can be saved in a specific folder or accurately copied to the desired location by a simple operation;

 In the file manager browsing, you need to start the music player or video player, but you don't want to stop the file browsing at this time;

 When the SMS application and the contact application are split at the same time, it is desirable to be able to conveniently insert the contact information in the edited reply message;

After successful WIFI dierct or Bluetooth connection, I hope to transfer files by dragging files directly in file management. In the current application interaction method of the Android system, it is often necessary to remember the file name and enter the file manager, and copy and paste the information resources to be exchanged to the specified folder; or open the interface for selecting the file in a specific application. The application is used to run the information resources to be exchanged; or the information resources to be exchanged are copied first, and then pasted into an application. In this way of the prior art, not only the operation process is complicated, but also the probability of error is high. Summary of the invention

 In view of this, embodiments of the present invention are directed to an application-to-application information interaction method and apparatus based on an Android system, which can implement fast and accurate interaction of information between applications of an Android system terminal.

 An embodiment of the present invention provides an inter-application information interaction method based on an Android system, including: receiving an information interaction instruction between a first application running in a first sub-window and a second application running in a second sub-window;

 Determining, according to the information interaction instruction, the information resource to be exchanged in the first application as the sending end, and sending the receiving notification message to the second application as the receiving end;

 Processing the receiving notification message at the receiving end to determine a receiving location and a meaning of receiving the notification message;

 And applying the information resource to the second application according to the meaning of the receiving notification message and the receiving location;

 The first sub-window and the second sub-window are sub-windows that are simultaneously presented on the Android terminal screen. Optionally, determining, according to the information interaction instruction, the information resource to be exchanged in the first application that is the sending end, and sending the receiving the notification message to the second application that is the receiving end, the method includes: determining, in the first application, the pre-defined sending Whether the interface function can process the sending notification message, and output the first judgment result;

When the first determination result indicates that the sending interface function can process the sending notification message, determine whether the pre-defined sending message processing function in the first application matches the sending notification message, and output a second determination result; And when the second determination result indicates that the sending message processing function matches the sending notification message, calling the sending message processing function to process the sending notification message to determine an information resource to be exchanged.

 Optionally, the receiving the notification message includes a broadcast message sent by the application management service Activity Manager Service; and the sending the notification message includes a broadcast message sent by the application management service Activity Manager Service.

 Optionally, processing, by the receiving end, the receiving notification message, determining the receiving location and the meaning of the receiving notification message include:

 Determining whether a pre-defined receiving interface function in the second application is capable of processing the receiving notification message, and outputting a third determination result;

 When the third determination result indicates that the receiving interface function is capable of processing the receiving notification message, determining whether the pre-defined receiving message processing function in the second application matches the receiving notification message, and outputting a fourth determination result;

 And when the fourth judgment result indicates that the received message processing function matches the receiving notification message, the receiving message processing function is called to process the receiving notification message, and determining a meaning and a receiving position of the receiving notification message.

 Optionally, before the receiving end processes the receiving the notification message, the method further includes: determining, by the parameter defined in the Menifest.xml description file of the second application, whether the second application supports the receiving function, Outputting a fifth judgment result;

 And when the fifth determination result indicates that the second application supports the receiving function, performing the receiving notification message at the receiving end.

 Optionally, before the sending the notification message to the second application as the receiving end, the method further includes: determining, by the input reading tool, the UP message reported by the input reader after receiving the information interaction instruction, the information interaction target location;

Determining, by the information interaction target location, the second application is a receiving end. Optionally, the step of using the information resource to change the state of the second application specifically includes: copying the information resource to a receiving location in the second application;

 Or, causing the second application to run the information resource.

 Optionally, before receiving the information interaction instruction between the first application running in the first sub-window and the second application running in the second sub-window, the method further includes:

 Mapping the first sub-window and the second sub-window respectively to the corresponding virtual device;

 Generating a first management mechanism required to run the first application in the first sub-window, and virtually generating a second management mechanism required to run the second application in the second sub-window;

 And starting, according to the first application startup instruction sent by the user, starting and running the first application in the first sub-window; and starting and running the second application in the second sub-window according to the second application startup instruction sent by the user;

 The virtual device maintains at least one virtual device environment capable of providing an execution environment for foreground tasks running on the virtual device.

 The embodiment of the invention further provides an inter-application information interaction device based on the Android system, which comprises:

 The information interaction instruction receiving module is configured to receive an information interaction instruction between the first application running in the first sub-window and the second application running in the second sub-window;

 Receiving a notification message sending module: configured to determine, according to the information interaction instruction, an information resource to be exchanged in a first application that is a sending end, and send a receiving notification message to a second application that is a receiving end;

 Receiving a notification message processing module: configured to process the receiving notification message at the receiving end, determine a receiving location, and receive a meaning of the notification message;

 Receiving an execution module: configured to apply the information resource to the second application according to the meaning of the received notification message and the receiving location;

The first sub-window and the second sub-window are sub-windows that are simultaneously presented on the Android terminal screen. Optionally, the receiving notification message sending module includes:

 a first determining unit: configured to determine whether the pre-defined sending interface function in the first application is capable of processing the sending notification message, and outputting the first determining result;

 a second determining unit: configured to determine, when the first determining result indicates that the sending interface function is capable of processing the sending notification message, determining whether a pre-defined sending message processing function in the first application matches the sending notification message , outputting a second judgment result;

 The information resource determining unit is configured to: when the second determining result indicates that the sending message processing function matches the sending notification message, invoking the sending message processing function to process the sending notification message to determine an information resource to be exchanged .

 Optionally, the receiving the notification message includes a broadcast message sent by the application management service Activity Manager Service; and the sending the notification message includes a broadcast message sent by the application management service Activity Manager Service.

 Optionally, the receiving the notification message processing module further includes:

 a third determining unit: configured to determine whether the receiving interface function predefined in the second application is capable of processing the receiving notification message, and outputting a third determining result;

 a fourth determining unit: configured to determine, when the third determining result indicates that the receiving interface function is capable of processing the receiving notification message, determining whether a pre-defined receiving message processing function in the second application matches the receiving notification message , outputting a fourth judgment result;

 The receiving information acquiring unit is configured to: when the fourth determining result indicates that the receiving message processing function matches the receiving notification message, invoking the receiving message processing function to process the receiving notification message, determining a meaning of receiving the notification message And receiving location.

 Optionally, the device further includes:

a fifth determining module: configured to determine whether the second application supports the receiving function by using a parameter predefined in the Menifest.xml description file of the second application, and outputting a fifth determining result; when the fifth determining result indicates When the second application supports the receiving function, triggering the receiving pass Know the message processing module.

 Optionally, the device further includes:

 The information interaction target location determining module is configured to: determine, by using the input reading tool, the Reader, the UP message reported after receiving the information interaction instruction to determine the information interaction target location;

 The receiving end determining module is configured to determine, by the information interaction target location, that the second application is a receiving end.

 Optionally, the state change module specifically includes:

 a copying unit: configured to copy the information resource to a receiving location in the second application; the operation control unit: configured to cause the second application to run the information resource.

 Optionally, the device further includes:

 a sub-window mapping module: configured to map the first sub-window and the second sub-window respectively to the corresponding virtual device;

 Management virtual module: configured to virtualally generate a management mechanism required to run the first application in the first sub-window, and virtually generate a management mechanism required to run the second application in the second sub-window; application startup module: configuration Starting and running the first application in the first sub-window according to the first application startup instruction sent by the user; and starting and running the second application in the second sub-window according to the second application startup instruction sent by the user;

 The virtual device maintains at least one virtual device environment capable of providing an execution environment for foreground tasks running on the virtual device.

The information interaction instruction receiving module, the receiving notification message sending module, the receiving notification message processing module, the receiving and executing module, the first determining unit, the second determining unit, and the information resource determining unit The third determining unit, the fourth determining unit, the receiving information acquiring unit, the fifth determining module, the information interaction target position determining module, the receiving end determining module, and the state changing module The copy unit, the operation control unit, the sub-window mapping module, the management virtual module, and the application startup module The block can be implemented by a central processing unit (CPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), or a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).

 As can be seen from the above, the Android-based inter-application information interaction method and apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present invention can implement the application information interaction of the Android system terminal in a fast and accurate manner. In addition, in the scenario that the first sub-window and the second sub-window are simultaneously displayed by using the method and the device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the user can drag the information resource to be interacted to the second application by dragging. The information resource in the first application is loaded as the startup resource of the second application, and the information interaction between the first application and the second application is implemented. DRAWINGS

 FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for inter-application information exchange based on an Android system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of determining, in a first application, a information resource to be exchanged, and as a receiving end, A specific flowchart of the step of the second application transmitting and receiving the notification message; FIG. 3 is a specific flowchart of the step of processing the receiving notification message at the receiving end to determine the receiving location and receiving the meaning of the notification message;

 4 is a flowchart of creating a sub-window according to an embodiment of the present invention;

 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams showing the first sub-window and the second sub-window of the two embodiments of the present invention;

 6 is a flow chart of an inter-application information interaction method based on an Android system according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

 FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an inter-application information interaction apparatus based on an Android system according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

In order to give an effective implementation, the embodiments of the present invention provide the following embodiments, the following Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

 First, the present invention provides an application-to-application information interaction method based on an Android system, including the following steps:

 Receiving an information interaction instruction between the first application running in the first sub-window and the second application running in the second sub-window;

 Determining, according to the information interaction instruction, the information resource to be exchanged in the first application as the sending end, and sending the receiving notification message to the second application as the receiving end;

 Processing the receiving notification message at the receiving end to determine a receiving location and a meaning of receiving the notification message;

 And applying the information resource to the second application according to the meaning of the receiving notification message and the receiving location;

 The first sub-window and the second sub-window are sub-windows that are simultaneously presented on the Android terminal screen. The Android-based inter-application information interaction method provided by the present invention realizes information interaction between the first application and the second application simultaneously presented on the Android system terminal screen, and the user only needs to send the information through a touch screen or other input device. The interactive instruction can apply the information resource to be interacted to the second application as the receiving end, thereby improving the speed and efficiency of information interaction. In addition, the first application and the second application are used to display the sub-window simultaneously displayed on the screen of the Android terminal, so that the transmitting end and the receiving end can be simultaneously presented on the same screen, so that the user can intuitively control the information interaction through the information interaction instruction. Improve the accuracy of information interaction.

 In some embodiments of the present invention, the method for inter-application information interaction based on the Android system includes the steps shown in FIG. 1 , specifically:

 Step 101: Receive an information interaction instruction between the first application running in the first sub-window and the second application running in the second sub-window.

The user may send the information interaction instruction through a touch screen of the Android system terminal, or may send the information interaction instruction through other devices of the Android system terminal. Step 102: Determine, according to the information interaction instruction, the information resource to be exchanged in the first application that is the sending end, and send the receiving notification message to the second application that is the receiving end.

 Specifically, the sending notification message may be sent to the first application that is the sending end by using an Activity Manager Service.

 When the information interaction instruction is an instruction sent by the user by touching the touch screen of the Android terminal, the information resource to be interacted can be determined by the starting position pressed by the user.

 Step 103: Processing the receiving notification message at the receiving end to determine the meaning of the receiving location and the receiving notification message.

 The information resource to be exchanged may be determined by parsing the sending notification message by matching the behavior capability set in the message processing function to the manner in which the notification message is sent.

 Step 104: Apply the information resource to the second application according to the meaning of the receiving notification message and the receiving location.

 Applying the information resource to the second application process may include copying and pasting the information resource from the first application into the second application, and may further include the information resource in the second application Play and so on.

 The first sub-window and the second sub-window are sub-windows that are simultaneously presented on the Android terminal screen. In some embodiments, the step of determining, according to the information interaction instruction, the information resource to be exchanged in the first application as the transmitting end, and sending the receiving notification message to the second application as the receiving end, specifically includes the method shown in FIG. 2 Steps:

 Step 1021: Determine whether the pre-defined transmission interface function in the first application can process the sending notification message, and output the first judgment result.

 If the sending interface function is unable to process the sent notification message, it indicates that the first application running in the first sub-window does not support inter-application interaction.

Step 1022: When the first determination result indicates that the sending interface function can process the sending notification message, determine whether a pre-defined sending message processing function in the first application is The sending notification message is matched, and the second determination result is output.

 If the pre-defined send message processing function in the first application does not match the send notification message, it indicates that the information interaction instruction does not select an information resource available for interaction in the first application.

 Step 1023: When the second determination result indicates that the sending message processing function matches the sending notification message, invoking the sending message processing function to process the sending notification message to determine an information resource to be interacted.

 In some embodiments, the receiving the notification message includes a broadcast message sent by the application management service Activity Manager Service; the sending the notification message including a broadcast message sent by the application management service Activity Manager Service.

 In some embodiments, the step of processing the receiving notification message at the receiving end, determining the receiving location, and receiving the meaning of the notification message specifically includes the steps shown in FIG. 3:

 Step 1031: Determine whether the pre-defined receiving interface function in the second application is capable of processing the receiving notification message, and outputting the third determining result.

 If the receiving interface function is unable to process the receiving notification message, it indicates that the second application does not support information interaction between applications.

 Step 1032: When the third determination result indicates that the receiving interface function is capable of processing the receiving notification message, determining whether the pre-defined receiving message processing function in the second application matches the receiving notification message, and outputting the fourth critical result.

 If there is no behavior variable defined in the received message processing function that matches the received notification message, that is, the received message processing function does not match the received notification message, the second application cannot apply the determined resource. information.

Step 1033: When the fourth determination result indicates that the received message processing function matches the receiving notification message, the receiving message processing function is called to process the receiving notification message, and determining a meaning and a receiving location of the receiving notification message. In some embodiments, before the receiving end processes the receiving the notification message, the method further includes: determining, by predefining a parameter in the Menifest.xml description file of the second application, whether the second application supports the receiving function. , outputting the fifth judgment result;

 And when the fifth determination result indicates that the second application supports the receiving function, performing the step of processing the receiving notification message at the receiving end.

 As an embodiment, in the Menifest.xml description file of the second application, it is defined whether the second application supports the receiving function if the Android terminal runs at least two applications at the same time. If supported, when the second application receives the receiving notification message, acquiring an application package name of the second application by using the application management service, and sending a receiving notification message to the second application, where the receiving end processes the extended message processing function Receive notification messages.

 In some embodiments, before sending the notification message to the second application as the receiving end, the method further includes:

 By inputting the reading tool Input Reader, after receiving the information interaction instruction

The UP message determines the information interaction target location;

 Determining, by the information interaction target location, the second application is a receiving end.

 When the information interaction command is a touch command sent by the user through the terminal screen of the Android system, when the user leaves the touch screen, the input reading tool reports an UP message, where the UP message carries the coordinate position data of the end of the touch command. The position of the receiving end can be determined by the coordinate position data.

 In some embodiments, the information interaction target location is only within the scope of the first application interface, indicating that the information interaction instruction sent by the user is invalid.

 In some embodiments, the step of using the information resource to change the state of the second application comprises: copying the information resource to a receiving location in the second application.

If the meaning of the notification message indicates the copying of the information resource, such as copying of the file, copying of the text, etc., the information resource is copied to the receiving location in the second application. When the receiving notification message indicates a copy of the text, the receiving location may be a location of the receiving point in the second application determined according to the information interaction instruction. When the receiving notification message indicates that the file is copied, the receiving location may be a location where the second application is located.

 In some embodiments, the step of using the information resource to change the state of the second application specifically includes: causing the second application to run the information resource.

 When the meaning of the reception notification message indicates the presentation of a file, such as display of a picture or playback of audio, a picture or audio as an information resource is opened in the second application.

 In some embodiments, before receiving the information interaction instruction between the first application running in the first child window and the second application running in the second child window, the first child may be implemented by using the method shown in FIG. The window and the second sub-window are simultaneously presented:

 Step 401: Map the first sub-window and the second sub-window respectively to the corresponding virtual device. Step 402: Virtually generate, in the first sub-window, a first management mechanism required to run the first application, and in the The second sub-window virtually generates a second management mechanism required for running the second application; Step 403: Start and run the first application in the first sub-window according to the first application startup instruction sent by the user; Applying a startup instruction, starting and running the second application in the second sub-window;

 The virtual device maintains at least one virtual device environment capable of providing an execution environment for foreground tasks running on the virtual device.

 The presentation interface of the first sub-window and the second sub-window in the Android system terminal may refer to FIG. 5A, and the Android terminal screen is horizontally divided into a first sub-window and a second sub-window, or may be as shown in FIG. 5B. The terminal screen is vertically divided to form a first sub-window and a second sub-window.

 In other embodiments, the Android terminal screen can simultaneously present more than two child windows, with corresponding applications running in each of the child windows.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the inter-application information interaction method based on the Android system includes the steps shown in FIG. 6: Step 601: Map the first sub-window and the second sub-window respectively to the corresponding virtual device. Step 602: Virtually generate a first management mechanism required to run the first application in the first sub-window, and virtually generate a second management mechanism required to run the second application in the second sub-window.

 Step 603: Start and run the first application in the first sub-window according to the first application startup instruction sent by the user, and start and run the second in the second sub-window according to the second application startup instruction sent by the user. application.

 Step 604: Receive an information interaction instruction between the first application running in the first sub-window and the second application running in the second sub-window.

 Step 605: Determine the information interaction target location by inputting the reading tool Input Reader after receiving the information interaction instruction.

 Step 606: Determine, by the information interaction target location, that the second application is a receiving end. Step 607: Determine, according to the information interaction instruction, the information resource to be exchanged, and send a notification message to the second application that is the receiving end.

 Step 608: Determine whether the second application supports the receiving function by predefining a parameter in the Menifest.xml description file of the second application, and if yes, proceed to step 609.

 Step 609: The receiving notification message is processed at the receiving end to determine the meaning of the receiving location and the receiving notification message.

 Step 610: Apply the information resource to the second application according to the meaning of the receiving notification message and the receiving location.

 Further, the present invention provides an inter-application information interaction device based on an Android system. The structure is as shown in FIG. 7, and includes:

 The information interaction instruction receiving module 701 is configured to receive an information interaction instruction between the first application running in the first sub-window and the second application running in the second sub-window;

The receiving notification message sending module 702 is configured to: determine, according to the information interaction instruction, the information resource to be exchanged in the first application as the sending end, and send the information resource to be the receiving end Send and receive notification messages;

 Receiving a notification message processing module 703: configured to process the received notification message at the receiving end, determine a receiving location, and receive a meaning of the notification message;

 Receiving execution module 704: configured to apply the information resource to the second application according to the meaning of the receiving notification message and the receiving location;

 The first sub-window and the second sub-window are sub-windows that are simultaneously presented on the Android terminal screen. The Android-based inter-application information interaction device provided by the present invention allows the user to implement information interaction between the first application and the second application by sending information interaction instructions to the first application and the second application, without requiring the user to perform complicated operations. The information resource to be interacted can be applied to the second application as the receiving end, thereby enabling the user to implement the information interaction operation more efficiently. In addition, the first application and the second application are used to display the sub-window simultaneously displayed on the screen of the Android terminal, so that the transmitting end and the receiving end can be simultaneously presented on the same screen, so that the user can intuitively control the information interaction through the information interaction instruction. Improve the accuracy of information interaction.

 In some embodiments, the receiving the notification message sending module specifically includes:

 a first determining unit: configured to determine whether the pre-defined sending interface function in the first application is capable of processing the sending notification message, and outputting the first determining result;

 a second determining unit: configured to determine, when the first determining result indicates that the sending interface function is capable of processing the sending notification message, determining whether a pre-defined sending message processing function in the first application matches the sending notification message , outputting a second judgment result;

 The information resource determining unit is configured to: when the second determining result indicates that the sending message processing function matches the sending notification message, invoking the sending message processing function to process the sending notification message to determine an information resource to be exchanged .

In some embodiments, the receiving the notification message includes a broadcast message sent by the application management service Activity Manager Service; the sending the notification message including a broadcast message sent by the application management service Activity Manager Service. In some embodiments, the receiving the notification message processing module further includes: a third determining unit: configured to determine whether the receiving interface function defined in the second application is capable of processing the receiving notification message, and outputting the third determining result;

 a fourth determining unit: configured to determine, when the third determining result indicates that the receiving interface function is capable of processing the receiving notification message, determining whether a pre-defined receiving message processing function in the second application matches the receiving notification message , outputting a fourth judgment result;

 The receiving information acquiring unit is configured to: when the fourth determining result indicates that the receiving message processing function matches the receiving notification message, invoking the receiving message processing function to process the receiving notification message, determining a meaning of receiving the notification message And receiving location.

 In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

 a fifth determining module: configured to determine whether the second application supports the receiving function by using a parameter predefined in the Menifest.xml description file of the second application, and outputting a fifth determining result; when the fifth determining result indicates When the second application supports the receiving function, the receiving notification message processing module is triggered.

 In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

 The information interaction target location determining module is configured to: determine, by using the input reading tool, the Reader, the UP message reported after receiving the information interaction instruction to determine the information interaction target location;

 The receiving end determining module is configured to determine, by the information interaction target location, that the second application is a receiving end.

 In some embodiments, the state change module specifically includes:

 a copying unit: configured to copy the information resource to a receiving location in the second application; the operation control unit: configured to cause the second application to run the information resource.

 In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

a sub-window mapping module: configured to map the first sub-window and the second sub-window respectively to the corresponding virtual device; Management virtual module: configured to virtualally generate a management mechanism required to run the first application in the first sub-window, and virtually generate a management mechanism required to run the second application in the second sub-window; application startup module: configuration Starting and running the first application in the first sub-window according to the first application startup instruction sent by the user; and starting and running the second application in the second sub-window according to the second application startup instruction sent by the user;

 The virtual device maintains at least one virtual device environment capable of providing an execution environment for foreground tasks running on the virtual device.

 As can be seen from the above, the method and device for inter-application information exchange based on the Android system provided by the present invention and the embodiments thereof can realize the information interaction between applications of the Android system terminal in a fast and accurate manner. In addition, in the scenario that the first sub-window and the second sub-window are simultaneously displayed by using the method and the device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the user can drag the information resource to be interacted to the second application by dragging. The information resource in the first application is loaded as the startup resource of the second application, and the information interaction between the first application and the second application is implemented.

 It is to be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are intended to illustrate and explain the invention. And in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments of the present application can be combined with each other. The spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and modifications of the invention Industrial applicability

The method and device for inter-application information interaction based on the Android system provided by the embodiment of the invention can realize the information interaction between applications of the Android system terminal in a fast and accurate manner. In addition, in the scenario that the first sub-window and the second sub-window are simultaneously displayed by using the method and the device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the user can drag the information resource to be interacted to the second by dragging. In the application, the information resource in the first application is loaded as the startup resource of the second application, and the information interaction between the first application and the second application is implemented.

Claims

Claim  1. An Android-based application-to-application information interaction method, comprising:  Receiving an information interaction instruction between the first application running in the first sub-window and the second application running in the second sub-window;  Determining, according to the information interaction instruction, the information resource to be exchanged in the first application as the sending end, and sending the receiving notification message to the second application as the receiving end;  Processing the receiving notification message at the receiving end to determine a receiving location and a meaning of receiving the notification message;  And applying the information resource to the second application according to the meaning of the receiving notification message and the receiving location;  The first sub-window and the second sub-window are sub-windows that are simultaneously presented on the Android terminal screen. The method according to claim 1, wherein, according to the information interaction instruction, determining the information resource to be exchanged in the first application as the sending end, and sending the receiving notification message to the second application as the receiving end includes:  Determining whether the pre-defined transmission interface function in the first application is capable of processing the sending notification message, and outputting the first determination result;  When the first determination result indicates that the sending interface function can process the sending notification message, determine whether the pre-defined sending message processing function in the first application matches the sending notification message, and output a second determination result;  And when the second determination result indicates that the sending message processing function matches the sending notification message, calling the sending message processing function to process the sending notification message to determine an information resource to be exchanged. The method according to claim 2, wherein the receiving the notification message comprises a broadcast message sent by an application management service Activity Manager Service; and the sending the notification message comprises a broadcast message sent by an application management service Activity Manager Service. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving the notification message at the receiving end, determining the receiving location and receiving the notification message include:  Determining whether a pre-defined receiving interface function in the second application is capable of processing the receiving notification message, and outputting a third determination result;  When the third determination result indicates that the receiving interface function is capable of processing the receiving notification message, determining whether the pre-defined receiving message processing function in the second application matches the receiving notification message, and outputting a fourth determination result;  And when the fourth judgment result indicates that the received message processing function matches the receiving notification message, the receiving message processing function is called to process the receiving notification message, and determining a meaning and a receiving position of the receiving notification message.  The method according to claim 1, wherein before the receiving end processes the receiving the notification message, the method further includes:  Determining whether the second application supports the receiving function by predefining a parameter in the Menifest.xml description file of the second application, and outputting a fifth determination result;  And when the fifth determination result indicates that the second application supports the receiving function, performing the receiving notification message at the receiving end.  The method according to claim 1, wherein before the sending the notification message to the second application as the receiving end, the method further includes:  Determining an information interaction target position by inputting an UP message reported by the input reader after receiving the information interaction instruction;  Determining, by the information interaction target location, the second application is a receiving end.  7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the changing the state of the second application by using the information resource comprises:  Copying the information resource to a receiving location in the second application; Or, causing the second application to run the information resource. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising: before receiving the information interaction instruction between the first application running in the first sub-window and the second application running in the second sub-window :  Mapping the first sub-window and the second sub-window respectively to the corresponding virtual device;  Generating a first management mechanism required to run the first application in the first sub-window, and virtually generating a second management mechanism required to run the second application in the second sub-window;  And starting, according to the first application startup instruction sent by the user, starting and running the first application in the first sub-window; and starting and running the second application in the second sub-window according to the second application startup instruction sent by the user;  The virtual device maintains at least one virtual device environment capable of providing an execution environment for foreground tasks running on the virtual device.  9. An inter-application information interaction device based on Android system, comprising:  The information interaction instruction receiving module is configured to receive an information interaction instruction between the first application running in the first sub-window and the second application running in the second sub-window;  Receiving a notification message sending module: configured to determine, according to the information interaction instruction, an information resource to be exchanged in a first application that is a sending end, and send a receiving notification message to a second application that is a receiving end;  Receiving a notification message processing module: configured to process the receiving notification message at the receiving end, determine a receiving location, and receive a meaning of the notification message;  Receiving an execution module: configured to apply the information resource to the second application according to the meaning of the received notification message and the receiving location;  The first sub-window and the second sub-window are sub-windows that are simultaneously presented on the Android terminal screen. 10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the receiving notification message sending module comprises: First judging unit: configured to determine that the pre-defined sending interface function in the first application is Whether it is possible to process the sending of the notification message and output the first determination result;  a second determining unit: configured to determine, when the first determining result indicates that the sending interface function is capable of processing the sending notification message, determining whether a pre-defined sending message processing function in the first application matches the sending notification message , outputting a second judgment result;  The information resource determining unit is configured to: when the second determining result indicates that the sending message processing function matches the sending notification message, invoking the sending message processing function to process the sending notification message to determine an information resource to be exchanged .  11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the receiving the notification message comprises a broadcast message sent by the application management service Activity Manager Service; the sending the notification message comprises a broadcast message sent by the application management service Activity Manager Service.  The device according to claim 9, wherein the receiving the notification message processing module further comprises:  a third determining unit: configured to determine whether the receiving interface function predefined in the second application is capable of processing the receiving notification message, and outputting a third determining result;  a fourth determining unit: configured to determine, when the third determining result indicates that the receiving interface function is capable of processing the receiving notification message, determining whether a pre-defined receiving message processing function in the second application matches the receiving notification message , outputting a fourth judgment result;  The receiving information acquiring unit is configured to: when the fourth determining result indicates that the receiving message processing function matches the receiving notification message, invoking the receiving message processing function to process the receiving notification message, determining a meaning of receiving the notification message And receiving location.  13. The device according to claim 9, further comprising: a fifth determining module: configured to determine whether the second application supports the receiving function by using a parameter predefined in the Menifest.xml description file of the second application, and outputting a fifth determining result; when the fifth determining result indicates When the second application supports the receiving function, the receiving notification message processing module is triggered. 14. The device according to claim 9, further comprising:  The information interaction target location determining module is configured to: determine, by using the input reading tool, the Reader, the UP message reported after receiving the information interaction instruction to determine the information interaction target location;  The receiving end determining module is configured to determine, by the information interaction target location, that the second application is a receiving end.  The device according to claim 9, wherein the state changing module comprises: a copying unit: configured to copy the information resource to a receiving location in the second application; and operating control unit: configured to The second application runs the information resource.  The device according to any one of claims 9-15, further comprising: a sub-window mapping module: configured to map the first sub-window and the second sub-window respectively to the corresponding virtual device;  Management virtual module: configured to virtualally generate a management mechanism required to run the first application in the first sub-window, and virtually generate a management mechanism required to run the second application in the second sub-window; application startup module: configuration Starting and running the first application in the first sub-window according to the first application startup instruction sent by the user; and starting and running the second application in the second sub-window according to the second application startup instruction sent by the user;  The virtual device maintains at least one virtual device environment capable of providing an execution environment for foreground tasks running on the virtual device.