Split-screen method and electronic device

A method, comprising:

• displaying, by an electronic device, icons of a plurality of applications on a home screen of the electronic device;
• receiving at least one of a touch-and-hold operation or a force touch operation performed by a user on an icon of a first application, wherein the first application belongs to the plurality of applications;
• displaying a plurality of first prompts around one or more icons of one or more second-type applications in response to the at least one of the touch-and-hold operation or the force touch operation, wherein each of the one or more second-type applications are applications that support split screen in the plurality of applications, and a first prompt indicates that the one or more second-type applications support split screen;
• receiving a first operation performed by the user on an icon of the first application, wherein the first operation is dragging the icon of the first application to be in contact with the first prompt corresponding to an icon of a third application, and the third application is one of the one or more second-type applications;
• and
• switching from displaying the home screen to displaying a first split-screen interface in response to at least one of release of the first operation or contact between the icon of the first application and the first prompt corresponding to the icon of the third application and that is created by the dragging, wherein the first split-screen interface comprises an interface of the first application and an interface of the third application being displayed at a same time.

An electronic device, comprising:

• a display;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for execution by the one or more processors, the program having instructions for:
• displaying icons of a plurality of applications on a first screen shown on the display;
• receiving a first operation performed, by a user, on a first icon of a first application of the plurality of applications, wherein the first operation is at least one of a touch-and-hold operation or a force touch operation;
• displaying one or more icon prompts around an icons of a second-type application in response to the first operation, wherein the second-type application supports split screen in the plurality of applications, and wherein the one or more icon prompts indicate that the second-type application supports split screen display;
• receiving a second operation performed by the user on a second icon of the first application, wherein the second operation is dragging the second icon into contact with a prompt corresponding to an icon of the second-type application;
• and
• switching from displaying the first screen to displaying a first split-screen interface in response to at least one of the second operation or release of the first operation, wherein the first split-screen interface comprises an interface of the first application and an interface of the second-type application being displayed at a same time.