Display method and electronic device

An electronic device, comprising a processor;

• and a memory having a computer program or an instruction stored thereon, wherein the computer program or the instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to implement operations comprising:
• displaying a time dial comprising K pointers, wherein the K pointers are used to indicate time, and K is a positive integer;
• receiving a first input performed on a first pointer in the K pointers;
• displaying, in response to the first input, M application icons associated with the first pointer according to a first display state, wherein M is a positive integer;
• and
• displaying an application interface corresponding to a target icon when the first pointer indicates the target icon, wherein the M application icons comprise the target icon,
• wherein the first display state of the first pointer comprises at least one of the following:
• a pointing location of the first pointer being a target location;
• a length of the first pointer being a target length;
• or
• a rotation angle of the first pointer being a target angle,
• wherein when the first display state is the target length, the M application icons are any one of the following:
• application icons corresponding to the first M applications arranged in ascending order of intervals from a current time in the most recently used applications, wherein M is determined based on the target length;
• or
• an application icon corresponding to an Nth application arranged in ascending order of intervals from a current time in the most recently used applications, wherein N is determined based on the target length;
• and
• wherein when the first display state is the target angle, the M application icons are any one of the following:
• application icons corresponding to the first M applications arranged in ascending order of intervals from a current time in the most recently used applications, wherein M is determined based on the target angle;
• or
• an application icon corresponding to an Nth application arranged in ascending order of intervals from a current time in the most recently used applications, wherein N is determined based on the target angle.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program or an instruction that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement operations comprising:

• displaying a time dial comprising K pointers, wherein the K pointers are used to indicate time, and K is a positive integer;
• receiving a first input performed on a first pointer in the K pointers;
• displaying, in response to the first input, M application icons associated with the first pointer according to a first display state, wherein M is a positive integer;
• and
• displaying an application interface corresponding to a target icon when the first pointer indicates the target icon, wherein the M application icons comprise the target icon,
• wherein the first display state of the first pointer comprises at least one of the following:
• a pointing location of the first pointer being a target location;
• a length of the first pointer being a target length;
• or
• a rotation angle of the first pointer being a target angle,
• wherein when the first display state is the target length, the M application icons are any one of the following:
• application icons corresponding to the first M applications arranged in ascending order of intervals from a current time in the most recently used applications, wherein M is determined based on the target length;
• or
• an application icon corresponding to an Nth application arranged in ascending order of intervals from a current time in the most recently used applications, wherein N is determined based on the target length;
• and
• wherein when the first display state is the target angle, the M application icons are any one of the following:
• application icons corresponding to the first M applications arranged in ascending order of intervals from a current time in the most recently used applications, wherein M is determined based on the target angle;
• or
• an application icon corresponding to an Nth application arranged in ascending order of intervals from a current time in the most recently used applications, wherein N is determined based on the target angle.