Method for switching applications, and electronic device thereof

#This application claims the priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) to Korean Patent Application Serial No. 10-2017-0013728, which was filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Jan. 31, 2017, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

#The present disclosure relates generally to a device and a method for application management and, more particularly, to a method and electronic device for switching between applications in an electronic device.

#With the development of information and communication technologies and semiconductor technology, various electronic devices are evolving into multimedia devices providing a variety of multimedia services. For example, electronic devices provide diverse services, such as voice call services, message services, broadcast services, wireless Internet services, camera services, and music playback services.

#The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of embodiments of the present disclosure will be more apparent from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

#FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an electronic device in a network environment according to various embodiments of the present disclosure;

#FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure;

#Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present document are described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the present disclosure is not limit to the various embodiments of the present document disclosed herein, but on the contrary, the present disclosure is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

#Like reference numerals may denote like components throughout the drawings. A singular expression includes the plural unless expressly indicated otherwise. Expressions or lists such as “A or B”, “A and/or B”, or the like, may include all possible combinations of the items listed. Although expressions such as “1st”, “2nd”, “first”, and “second” may be used to identify components/elements, such expressions are purely for identification, and do not define the components/elements in any order, priority, etc. When a certain (e.g., 1st) component/element is described as being “operatively or communicatively coupled with/to” or “connected to” a different (e.g., 2nd) component/element, the certain component/element may be directly coupled with/to the other component/element (i.e., 2nd) or may be connected with/to the different component/element (i.e., 2nd) via another (e.g., 3rd) component/element.

#The expression “configured to” as used in the present disclosure may be interchangeably used with, for example, “suitable for”, “having the capacity to”, “adapted to”, “made to”, “capable of”, or “designed to” in a hardware or software manner according to the situation/context. In a certain situation/context, the expression “a device configured to” may mean that the device is “capable of”. For example, “a processor configured to perform A, B, and C” may mean a dedicated processor (e.g., an embedded processor) for performing a corresponding operation or a generic-purpose processor (e.g., central processing unit (CPU) or an application processor (AP)) capable of performing that corresponding operation as well as many other operations by executing one or more software programs stored in a memory device.