Electronic device and method of controlling the same

A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

• obtaining, through a first display area of at least one display of the electronic device activated while the at least one display is folded, an input to select a plurality of applications to be executed and displayed when the at least one display is unfolded;
• detecting an unfolding of the at least one display;
• based on the detection of the unfolding, splitting a second display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is unfolded to correspond to a number of the plurality of applications;
• and
• executing the plurality of applications and displaying the plurality of applications on the split second display area.

An electronic device comprising:

• a display, at least part of the display being folded;
• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory,
• wherein the at least one memory stores instructions to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to:
• obtain an input to select a plurality of applications, in a folded state of the display,
• store data related to the plurality of applications in a frame buffer included in the at least one memory, based on the input, in the folded state of the display,
• obtain an event in which the display switches from the folded state to an unfolded state, and
• display the data stored in the frame buffer, related to the plurality of applications, through the display, based on obtaining the event.