Method and device for displaying icon badge

A device for displaying a badge of an icon, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• acquire feature information of the icon, the feature information including at least a feature color of the icon;
• determine a display element of the badge according to the acquired feature information;
• and
• generate and display the badge, according to the determined display element, at a preset position of the icon, and
• wherein in determining the display element of the badge according to the acquired feature information, the processor is further configured to:
• determine at least one of a shape of the badge, a background color of the badge, a color of a character in the badge, or a font of a character in the badge according to the acquired feature information, and
• wherein when an application corresponding to the icon is an application folder, the processor is further configured to perform at least one of:
• acquiring all image files of all application icons in the application folder, and using a most frequently appearing color value among color values of all pixels in all the image files as the feature color of the icon, or
• acquiring all image files of all application icons in the application folder;
• and averaging color values of pixels with similar colors among all pixels in the image files, and using the averaged value as the feature color of the icon.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor in a terminal device, cause the terminal device to perform a method for displaying a badge of an icon, the method comprising:

• acquiring feature information of the icon, the feature information including at least a feature color of the icon;
• determining a display element of the badge according to the acquired feature information, the determining of the display element of the badge comprises:
• determining at least one of a shape of the badge, a background color of the badge, a color of a character in the badge, or a font of a character in the badge according to the acquired feature information;
• and
• generating and displaying the badge, according to the determined display element, at a preset position of the icon,
• wherein when an application corresponding to the icon is an application folder, acquiring the feature information of the icon comprises at least one of:
• acquiring all image files of all application icons in the application folder, and using a most frequently appearing color value among color values of all pixels in all the image files as the feature color of the icon, or
• acquiring all image files of all application icons in the application folder;
• and averaging color values of pixels with similar colors among all pixels in the image files, and using the averaged value as the feature color of the icon.