Providing Search Results based on Execution of Applications

A method comprising:

• at a mobile computing device including a touchscreen display, a transceiver, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors:
• displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) via a first native application that is installed at the mobile computing device, wherein the first GUI is configured to accept search queries;
• receiving a search query via the first GUI, wherein the search query comprises one or more search terms;
• transmitting, via the transceiver, the search query to a search engine operated by a search engine operator;
• receiving, via the transceiver, search results in response to transmitting the search query, wherein at least one of the search results includes a post execution view of a second native application;
• and
• displaying the post execution view on the touchscreen display, wherein the post execution view comprises a second GUI that provides access to a function associated with the second native application;
• and
• at a search engine including a network interface device, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors:
• receiving the search query from the mobile computing device via the network interface device;
• identifying, based on the search terms of the search query, the second native application from a plurality of native applications specified in an index that stores information related to the plurality of native applications, wherein each native application comprises code that is executable at the mobile computing device;
• executing the code associated with the second native application upon identifying the second native application as being relevant to the search query;
• generating the post execution view of a particular state of the second native application upon executing the code;
• and
• transmitting the post execution view to the mobile computing device as a search result.