CN104462542A - Application software icon classification method and system based on Android - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and system for classifying application software icons based on Android. The method includes the following steps: when installing the application software, analyzing the configuration file of the application software to determine the application type of the application software; The icons of the application software are grouped into the same category, and an index icon is assigned to the icons of the same type of application software for display; the intent types corresponding to each operation interface in the process of using the application software are counted, and the application software is updated according to the intent type with the highest frequency of occurrence The application type of the application software; reselect the index icon to which the icon of the application software belongs according to the application type of the updated application software. The present invention improves the search efficiency of application software, and what the smart device displays is not the icon of the real application software, but the upper index icon, thereby reducing the number of icons displayed by the smart device, ensuring the overall tidiness of the display, and improving the User Visual Experience.

Description

Method and system for classifying application software icons based on Android

【Technical field】

The invention relates to the field of software technology, in particular to a method and system for classifying icons of application software based on Android.

【Background technique】

With the increase of the built-in storage space of the mobile phone, more and more applications are installed by users, and more and more icons are generated by the applications on the desktop. When there are a large number of application software, users sometimes cannot quickly Find the application software you want, although you can sort the icons by manually moving them, but as time increases linearly, the positions of some infrequently used application software icons will be forgotten, making it inconvenient to find. There are also some icon classification methods for application software in the prior art. For example, the icons of application software are sorted according to the first letter of the application software name, and the icon of the application software is found by searching the first letter of the application software name. This classification method is relatively rough. Sometimes the user does not necessarily know the full name of the application software, so that it takes a long time to find the application software. Another classification method is to divide the icons of different application software according to the functional classification in the application store. This classification method depends on the classification in the application store and cannot be adapted to the actual usage of the application software.

【Content of invention】

Based on this, in order to solve the problems in the prior art, the present invention provides a method for classifying application software icons, which divides the icons of application software of the same application type into the same index icon, which is convenient for users to find application software, and makes the display interface Keep it tidy.

The content of the embodiment of the present invention is specifically as follows:

A method for classifying application software icons, comprising the following steps:

When installing the application software, analyze the configuration file of the application software to determine the application type of the application software;

Group the icons of application software with the same application type into the same category, and assign an index icon to the icons of the same type of application software for display;

Count the intent types corresponding to each operation interface in the process of using the application software by the user, and update the application type of the application software according to the intent type with the highest frequency;

The index icon to which the icon of the application software belongs is reselected according to the application type of the updated application software.

Correspondingly, the present invention also provides a classification system for application software icons, including:

The configuration file analysis module is used for analyzing the configuration file of the application software when installing the application software, and judging the application type of the application software;

The intent statistics module is used to count the intent types corresponding to each operation interface in the process of using the application software by the user;

A type update module, configured to update the application type of the application software according to the intent type with the highest frequency of occurrence;

The index icon display module is used to classify the icons of the application software of the same application type into the same category, and assign an index icon to the icons of the application software of the same category for display.

The present invention judges the application type of the application software through the configuration file when the application software is installed and the intention type during use, divides the icon of the application software according to the application type, and divides the same index icon for the application software with the same application type. Smart devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers have many application software installed, and when some application software have the same function, it is convenient for users to quickly find the icon of the application software, and the search efficiency of the application software is improved. Moreover, what the smart device displays is not the icon of the real application software, but the upper index icon, thereby reducing the number of icons displayed by the smart device, ensuring the overall tidiness of the display, and thus improving the user's visual experience.

【Description of drawings】

Fig. 1 is a kind of schematic flow chart of the classification method of the application software icon based on Android in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for updating application software application types according to user usage in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a classification display effect diagram of application software icons in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an Android-based application software icon classification system in an embodiment of the present invention.

【Detailed ways】

The content of the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the following description only takes mobile phones as an example, but the classification method and system of application software icons of the present invention are not only applicable to mobile phones, but also to various smart devices based on the Android system such as smart tablets and notebook computers. On the screen display device, the protection scope of the present invention cannot be limited by this. Among them, Android is a free and open-source operating system based on Linux, which has been widely used in smart devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, digital cameras, and game consoles.

As shown in Figure 1, the present embodiment provides a kind of classification method of the application software icon based on Android, specifically comprises the following steps:

S11, when installing the application software, analyze the configuration file of the application software to determine the application type of the application software;

S12 classifies icons of application software of the same application type into the same category, and assigns an index icon to icons of the same category of application software for display;

S13 Count the intent types corresponding to each operation interface in the process of using the application software by the user, update the application type of the application software according to the intent type with the highest frequency of occurrence; reselect the index icon to which the icon of the application software belongs according to the application type of the updated application software.

Specifically, when an application software is installed on the mobile phone, the configuration file of the application software is analyzed, and the application type of the application software is preliminarily judged through the Intent (intent) type in the configuration file, where the Intent is an abstract description of performing a certain operation, through Analyzing the Intent type can preliminarily determine the application type of the application software. For example, if the following Intent is parsed from the configuration file: Intent.ACTION_DIAL, it can be judged that the application type of the application software is a phone type; for example, if the Intent is parsed as Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL in the configuration file of an application software, the application software can be judged The application type is email. It is also possible to analyze the category (category) or filter (filter) type in the configuration file to judge the application type of the application software. The specific judgment method is similar to the method of judging by the Intent type, and will not be described in detail here.

According to the preliminary judgment of the application type when the application software is installed, the icons of the application software are classified. The specific classification method is: put the icons of the application software of the same application type in the same category, and assign An index icon is displayed, that is, the system assigns a corresponding index icon to each application type, and then associates the application software belonging to the application type with the index icon. For example, the system allocates three index icons, corresponding to application types of phone, browser, and mail respectively. Assume that when installing application software A, it is preliminarily judged that the application type of application software A is telephone; when installing application software B, it is preliminarily judged that the application type of application software B is browser; If it is judged that the application type of the application software C is the telephone category, the icons of the application software A and C are classified as the telephone category, and the application software A and C are associated with the corresponding index icons of the telephone category. Similarly, the icon of the application software B is classified into the browser category, and the application software B is associated with the index icon corresponding to the browser category. Through this method, icons of a large number of application software can be divided into several categories according to different application types.

The judgment of the application type of the application software at the time of installation is a preliminary judgment, because an application software often has multiple functions, that is, it has multiple application types. However, the user may focus more on one of the functions in the actual use process, so it is necessary to make a second judgment on the application type of the application software according to the user's usage situation, update the application type of the application software, and make the judgment result of the application type conform to actual usage by users. The secondary judgment is mainly based on the Intent type corresponding to the activity that the user usually activates.

Intent is an abstract description of an action to be performed, generally used as a parameter, and Intent is used to assist in completing the communication between various components of Android application software. For example, call startActivity() to start an activity, or broadcastIntent() to all interested BroadcastReceivers, or startService()/bindservice() to start a background service. It is not difficult to see that Intent is mainly used to start other activities or services.

Based on the above principles, this embodiment provides a method for updating the application type of the application software according to the usage of the user, as shown in FIG. 2 , which specifically includes the following steps:

S21 monitors the switching situation of the application software operation interface, and extracts the underlying configuration files corresponding to each operation interface before and after the switching;

S22 extracts the intent type from the underlying configuration file, and counts the occurrence frequencies of different intent types.

Each operation interface of the application software corresponds to an underlying configuration file. The Intent in the underlying configuration file is responsible for describing the action, data involved in the action, and additional data of an operation in the application software. Android is responsible for finding the The corresponding component passes the Intent to the called component and completes the calling of the component. Therefore, the Intent type is extracted from the underlying configuration file, and the occurrence frequency of different Intent types is counted, and the Intent type with the highest frequency can reflect the actual usage of the application software by the user. For example, although the application software D has the browser function, it is found that Intent.ACTION_DIAL appears the most frequently during the user's use, so it can be determined that the user uses the application software D to make more calls, so the application type of the application software D is updated. for the phone class.

Through the above method, the application type of the application software is updated according to the actual situation of the user's daily use of the application software, so that the icons of the application software are classified again, and the corresponding index icon is selected for it.

Figure 3 is a classification display effect diagram of application software icons. In Figure 3, the circles corresponding to A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H all represent icons of different application software, and the square icon in the center is index icon. First of all, what is displayed on the display screen of the mobile phone is not icons of various application software, but index icons corresponding to different application types, and the index icons can be customized by the user or set by default by the system. This method reduces the number of icons displayed on the mobile phone, ensures the overall tidiness of the display, and avoids visual fatigue caused by fancy icons of various application software to the user, thereby improving the user's visual experience. Then, after the user clicks the index icon, the mobile phone receives the trigger instruction of the index icon, and displays the icons of the same type of application software under the index icon according to the preset display rules to generate an icon display group. The preset display rule in FIG. 3 is to display icons of all application software around the index icon, and the finally generated icon display group includes the index icon and icons of application software of the same application type under the index icon. The user can find the icon of the application software to be searched from the icon display group.

In addition, although the function of an application software can be accurately determined through the Intent, some functions may be classified vaguely, and the system has allocated several application types and corresponding index icons. At this time, the function of the application software is determined through the Intent , but the corresponding application type cannot be confirmed based on this function. For example, the system assigns index icons for e-mail, browser, phone, instant messaging, and games, and an application software judges its function as adding a contact list by analyzing the Intent, so it cannot be confirmed according to this function. corresponding application type. Therefore, this embodiment also provides a solution. For frequently used application software whose application type is unknown, a corresponding index icon can be created according to the frequency of use of the user. In addition, when the application type of the application software preliminarily determined when the application software is installed is inconsistent with the application type determined according to the intention type with the highest frequency, it means that the application software has multiple functions. For an application software with multiple functions, it may be determined as an instant messaging application software (such as WeChat) when it is installed. Users may mainly use this application software to browse the Internet for a period of time, and may use this application software for another period of time. The application software sends emails, and then uses the application software to make calls within another period of time, so the application type of the application software will be updated several times according to the user's usage. In this case, the application software can be associated with In the index icons corresponding to its different application types. For example, the application software QQ has instant messaging function, browser function, and e-mail function. When determining its application type, according to the user's usage, the application software may be determined as instant messaging, browser, or e-mail. Therefore, according to the different application types of QQ, the QQ icon is associated with the index icon corresponding to the instant messaging category, the index icon corresponding to the browser category, and the index icon corresponding to the email category. Through this classification method, it is convenient for users to search for application software with multiple functions (multiple application types).

Preferably, this embodiment also counts the usage times of the application software within the preset time, and if the usage times of the application software within the preset time is less than a threshold, the icon of the application software is deleted from the icon display group. In this way, for those application software that are rarely used, their icons can be deleted in the icon display group, so as to improve the matching efficiency when searching for commonly used application software, and save the storage space of the mobile phone.

Based on the above, the present invention divides icons of application software according to application types, and divides the same index icon for application software with the same application type, so that users can quickly find application software and improve the search efficiency of application software. When judging the application type of the application software, the actual situation of the user's use of the application software is considered comprehensively, so that the application type of the application software (especially the application software with multiple functions) can be more accurately classified. Moreover, the smart screen display device does not display the icons of the real application software, but the upper index icons, thus reducing the number of icons displayed on the smart device, ensuring the overall cleanliness of the display, and improving the user's visual experience.

Correspondingly, the present invention also provides an Android-based classification system for application software icons, and a specific embodiment of the Android-based application software icon classification system is given below.

As shown in Figure 4, the classification system of the Android-based application software icons in this embodiment specifically includes:

The configuration file parsing module 1 is used for analyzing the configuration file of the application software when the application software is installed, and judging the application type of the application software;

The intent statistics module 2 is used to count the intent types corresponding to each operation interface in the process of using the application software by the user;

A type update module 3, configured to update the application type of the application software according to the intent type with the highest frequency of occurrence;

The index icon display module 4 is configured to classify the icons of application software of the same application type into the same category, and assign an index icon to the icons of the same category of application software for display.

Taking a mobile phone as an example, when an application software is installed on the mobile phone, the configuration file of the application software is parsed through the configuration file parsing module 1, and the application type of the application software is preliminarily judged by the Intent (intention) type in the configuration file, or the configuration file is analyzed. The category (category) or filter (filter) type is analyzed to determine the application type of the application software. The specific determination method has been described above and will not be described in detail here.

The configuration file parsing module 1 makes a preliminary judgment on the application type of the application software when it is installed, and the index icon display module 4 classifies the icons of the application software according to the application type. The specific classification method is: return the icons of the application software of the same application type The same category, and assign an index icon to the icon of the same type of application software for display, that is, assign a corresponding index icon to each application type, and then associate the application software with the application type to the index icon.

The judgment of the application type of the application software at the time of installation is a preliminary judgment, because an application software often has multiple functions, and users may pay more attention to one of the functions in the actual use process, so it is necessary The application type of the application software is judged a second time, and the application type of the application software is updated. In this embodiment, the intent statistics module 2 counts the intent types corresponding to each operation interface during the user's use of the application software, and then the type update module 3 updates the application type of the application software according to the intent type with the highest frequency of occurrence.

In a specific implementation manner, the intention statistics module 2 includes:

The monitoring module 21 is used to monitor the switching situation of the application software operation interface, and extract the underlying configuration files corresponding to each operation interface before and after the switching;

The statistical module 22 is configured to extract intent types from the underlying configuration file, and count the occurrence frequencies of different intent types.

Each operation interface of the application software corresponds to a bottom configuration file, and the monitoring module 21 monitors the switching situation of the application software operation interface, and extracts the bottom configuration files corresponding to each operation interface before and after switching, and the Intent in the bottom configuration file is responsible for the application software. The action of an operation, action related data, and additional data are described, and Android is responsible for finding the corresponding component according to the description of the Intent, passing the Intent to the calling component, and completing the calling of the component. Therefore, the statistical module 22 extracts the Intent type from the underlying configuration file, and performs statistics on the frequency of occurrence of different Intent types, and the Intent type with the highest frequency of occurrence can reflect the user's actual use of the application software. The application type of the Intent type update application software is more in line with the actual use needs of the user.

The Android-based application software icon classification system in this embodiment also includes an icon display group generation module 5, which is used to press the icons of the same type of application software under the index icon after receiving the trigger instruction of the index icon Display according to preset display rules, and generate icon display groups. After the user clicks the index icon, the icon display group generation module 5 receives the trigger command of the index icon, and displays the icons of the same type of application software under the index icon according to the preset display rules to generate the icon display group. The preset display rule in FIG. 3 is to display icons of all application software around the index icon, and the finally generated icon display group includes the index icon and icons of application software of the same application type under the index icon. The user can find the icon of the application software to be searched from the icon display group.

The Android-based application software icon classification system in this embodiment also includes an icon deletion module 6 for counting the number of times the application software is used within the preset time, if the number of times the application software is used within the preset time is less than the threshold, then The icon of the application software is deleted from the icon display group. Like this, for those application softwares that are rarely used, their icons can be deleted in the icon display group by the chart deletion module 6, so as to improve the matching efficiency when searching for commonly used application software, and save the storage space of the mobile phone.

In addition, although the function of an application software can be accurately found through the Intent, some functions may be classified vaguely, and the corresponding application type cannot be determined. Therefore, for frequently used application software whose application type is unknown, the index icon display module 4 can create corresponding index icons according to the frequency of use of the user. In addition, for an application software with multiple functions, the configuration file analysis module 1 judges it as a certain application type when installing the application software, and during the user's use, according to the user's usage habits, the type update module 3 may The application type that will update the application software many times, for example, the user mainly uses the application software to browse the Internet for a period of time, uses the application software for sending emails for another period of time, and uses the application software for making calls during another period of time, so The type update module 3 will constantly update the application type of the application software. In this case, the index icon display module 4 associates the application software with the application type determined by the configuration file analysis module 1 and the application type updated by the type update module 3. Among the index icons corresponding to different application types, this classification method facilitates users to search for application software with multiple functions (multiple application types).

The specific methods for realizing the functions of the above-mentioned modules can adopt the method provided in the above-mentioned embodiment of the method for classifying application software icons based on Android, which will not be repeated here.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several implementation modes of the present invention, and the description thereof is relatively specific and detailed, but should not be construed as limiting the patent scope of the present invention. It should be pointed out that those skilled in the art can make several modifications and improvements without departing from the concept of the present invention, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent for the present invention should be based on the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1., based on a sorting technique for the application software icon of Android, it is characterized in that, comprise the steps:

When installing application software, the configuration file of application software being resolved, judges the application type of application software;

The icon of application software identical for application type is classified as same class, and shows for the icon of same class application software distributes an index icon;

Counting user uses the intention type that in application software process, each operation interface is corresponding, and the intention type the highest according to the frequency of occurrences upgrades the application type of application software;

The index icon belonging to icon of application software is reselected according to the application type of the application software after renewal.

2. the sorting technique of the application software icon based on Android according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described configuration file comprises intention type.

3. the sorting technique of the application software icon based on android system according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described counting user uses the step of the intention type that each operation interface is corresponding in application software process specifically to comprise:

The switch instances at monitoring application software operation interface, extracts the bottom configuration file that before and after switching, each operation interface is corresponding;

From described bottom configuration file, extract intention type, add up the frequency of occurrences of different intention type.

4. the sorting technique of the application software icon based on Android according to claim 1 or 2 or 3, is characterized in that, also comprise the steps:

After receiving key map target triggering command, the icon of the same class application software of described index icon subordinate is shown by default display rule, generate icon display group.

5. the sorting technique of the application software icon based on Android according to claim 1 or 2 or 3, is characterized in that, also comprise the steps:

When installing application software, if resolve the application type of rear this application software of judgement to the configuration file of this application software, with when using intention type that in the process of this application software, each operation interface is corresponding at counting user, the application type of this application software that judges of the highest according to the frequency of occurrences intention type is inconsistent, then according to several different application types of this application software, the index icon that the icon for this application software selects several different.

6. the sorting technique of the application software icon based on Android according to claim 4, is characterized in that, also comprise the steps:

The access times of statistics application software in Preset Time, if the access times of application software are less than threshold value in Preset Time, then delete the icon of this application software from described icon display group.

7., based on a categorizing system for the application software icon of Android, it is characterized in that, comprising:

Configuration file parsing module, for when installing application software, resolving the configuration file of application software, judging the application type of application software;

Intention statistical module, uses for counting user the intention type that in application software process, each operation interface is corresponding;

Type update module, upgrades the application type of application software for the intention type the highest according to the frequency of occurrences;

Index icon display module, for the icon of application software identical for application type is classified as same class, and shows for the icon of same class application software distributes an index icon.

8. the categorizing system of the application software icon based on Android according to claim 7, is characterized in that, described intention statistical module comprises:

Monitoring module, for monitoring the switch instances at application software operation interface, and extracts the bottom configuration file that before and after switching, each operation interface is corresponding;

Statistical module, for extracting intention type from described bottom configuration file, adds up the frequency of occurrences of different intention type.

9. the categorizing system of the application software icon based on Android according to claim 7 or 8, is characterized in that, also comprise:

Icon display group generation module, for after receiving key map target triggering command, shows the icon of the same class application software of described index icon subordinate by default display rule, generates icon display group.

10. the categorizing system of the application software icon based on Android according to claim 9, is characterized in that, also comprise:

Icon removing module, for adding up the access times of application software in Preset Time, if the access times of application software are less than threshold value in Preset Time, then deletes the icon of this application software from described icon display group.