Electronic device with a funiction of applying applications of different operating systems and method thereof

An electronic device with a function of applying a plurality of applications of different operating systems, the electronic device installed a plurality of operating systems, the electronic device comprising:

• a display unit configured to display an icon interface;
• a processing unit comprising:
• an operation detection module configured to detect operations on the icon interface by the user and determines an icon selected by the user according to the operation of the user;
• an application determination module configured to determine an application corresponding to the selected icon and an operating system supporting the application;
• and
• an execution controlling module configured to determine whether the operating system currently running in the electronic device is the same as the operating system determined by the application determination module, and control to execute the application directly if yes;
• and to switch the operating system of the electronic device to the determined operating system and control to execute the application in the switched operating system if not.

A method for applying a plurality of applications of different operating systems on an electronic device, the electronic device comprises a display unit and a storage unit, the method comprising:

• storing installation information into a shared storage area of the storage unit after an application is installed on the electronic device in one operating system, wherein the installation information comprises an installation identifier for identifying the installation information and an icon file corresponding to the installed application;
• searching whether the shared storage area of the storage unit comprises the installation information after an operating system is started up completely;
• and
• adding a corresponding icon to the icon interface of the started operating system according to the icon file of the installation information when searching the installation information of the storage unit.

A method for applying a plurality of applications of different operating systems on an electronic device, the electronic device comprises a display unit, the method comprising:

• detecting operations on the icon interface by the user and determining an icon selected by the user according to the operation of the user;
• determining an application corresponding to the selected icon and an operating system supporting the application;
• and
• determining whether the operating system currently running in the electronic device is the same as the determined operating system;
• controlling to execute the application directly if yes;
• and
• switching the operating system of the electronic device to the determined operating system and controlling to execute the application in the switched operating system if not.