Information prompting method and apparatus

Abstract

The present application provides an information prompting method and apparatus. The method comprises: when a first media playback application of a mobile terminal starts multimedia playback, if the mobile terminal is located in a wireless local area network of a specified type, detecting whether at least one candidate terminal device exists in the wireless local area network; if the at least one candidate terminal device exists in the wireless local area network, detecting whether the candidate terminal device enables a specified port, wherein enabling of the specified port by the candidate terminal device represents that the candidate terminal device is a terminal device associated with a set type of screen; and if at least one target terminal device enabling the specified port exists among the at least one candidate terminal device, outputting a first icon prompt in a multimedia playback window of the first media playback application, the first icon prompt being used for prompting that a terminal device provided with the set type of screen exists in the wireless local area network where the mobile terminal is located. The solution of the present application can reduce resource consumption caused by invalid screen mirroring.

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