Mobile device and method for executing particular function through touch event on communication related list

An apparatus comprising:

• memory to store a specified application;
• communication circuitry;
• and
• a processor adapted to:
• execute the specified application, the executing including displaying, in a user interface corresponding to the specified application, an item including an identification corresponding to a message sent to or received from an external electronic device via the communication circuitry;
• display a first object indicative of a first specified function concurrently with at least one part of the item in the user interface in response to the item being moved in a first direction according to a first input received with respect to the item;
• and
• display a second object indicative different from the first object of a second specified function different from the first specified function, the second object displayed concurrently with at least another part of the item in the user interface in response to the item being moved in a second direction opposite the first direction, according to a second input received with respect to the item,
• wherein the processor is further adapted to display an animated image disposed between the item that is moved and one of the first object and the second object, and displayed in response to the item being moved in the first direction or the second direction.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• executing, at an electronic device, a specified application, the executing including displaying, in a user interface corresponding to the specified application, an item including an identification corresponding to a message sent to or received from an external electronic device;
• displaying a first object indicative of a first specified function concurrently with at least one part of the item in the user interface in response to the item being moved in a first direction according to a first input received with respect to the item;
• and
• displaying a second object different from the first object indicative of a second specified function different from the first specified function, the second object displayed concurrently with at least another part of the item in the user interface in response to the item being moved in a second direction opposite the first direction, according to a second input received with respect to the item,
• wherein an animated image is displayed between the item that is moved and one of the first object and the second object, and displayed in response to the item being moved in the first direction or the second direction.