Electronic device and method for displaying object for providing split screen
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first surface and a second surface faced away from the first surface, a second housing including a third surface and a fourth surface faced away from the third surface, a first display including a folding part rotatably connecting a side surface of the first housing and a side surface of the second housing facing the side surface of the first housing, the first display being disposed on the first surface and the third surface across the folding part, a second display disposed on the second surface of the first housing, at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing comprising a first surface and a second surface faced away from the first surface;
a second housing comprising a third surface and a fourth surface faced away from the third surface;
a first display comprising a folding part rotatably connecting a side surface of the first housing and a side surface of the second housing facing the side surface of the first housing, the first display being disposed on the first surface and the third surface across the folding part;
a second display disposed on the second surface of the first housing;
at least one memory configured to store instructions; and
at least one processor configured to, when the instructions are executed, to:
display at least a part of a first screen within a first sub region within a display region of the first display and display at least one of a second screen or a third screen within a second sub region beside the first sub region within the display region,
receive a designated first input of rotating the first housing and the second housing around the folding part to contact portions of the first display, while displaying at least a part of the first screen within the first sub region and displaying at least one of the second screen or the third screen within the second sub region,
display a fourth screen within the second display, in response to receiving a designated second input of activating the second display, after receiving the first input,
receive a designated third input of rotating the first housing and the second housing around the folding part to separate the contacted portions of the first display, while displaying the fourth screen within the second display,
display a fifth screen at least partially related to the fourth screen displayed on the second display, within the display region of the first display, in response to receiving the third input, and
display an object for displaying the second sub region comprising at least one of the second screen or the third screen, while displaying the fifth screen.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
display a fifth screen within the first sub region, in response to receiving a designated fourth input of selecting the object, and
display at least one of the second screen or the third screen within the second sub region, while displaying the fifth screen within the first sub region.
3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive the fourth input, based on a gesture of dragging the object displayed to be superimposed on at least a part of the fifth screen, by at least a designated distance.
4. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one memory comprises a graphic random access memory (GRAM) operatively connected to the first display and the second display, and
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
remove first frame data which is stored in the GRAM, and which is for displaying at least one of the first screen, the second screen, or the third screen within the display region of the first display, in response to receiving the first input, and
store second frame data for displaying the fourth screen within the second display within the GRAM, in response to receiving the second input.
5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
store third frame data which is based on the size of the first display and the fourth screen displayed on the second display, and which corresponds to the fifth screen, within the GRAM, in response to receiving the third input, and
control the first display based on the third frame data to display the fifth screen within the first display, in response to storing the third frame data within the GRAM.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
identify at least one application executed based on the second display activated by the second input, in response to receiving the third input, and
display the fifth screen without the object, in response to identifying that all applications executed to display the second sub region were executed based on the activated second display.
7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive the first input while displaying all of the second screen and the third screen within the second sub region,
display the fourth screen within the second display based an application executed to display the second screen within the second sub region, while activating the second display in response to the second input received after the first input,
display the fifth screen within the display region of the first display based on the application, in response to receiving the third input received after the second input, and
display the third screen in the entire second sub region, in response to receiving a designated fourth input of selecting the object.
8. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute multiple applications stored in the at least one memory, thereby displaying the first screen within the first sub region and displaying at least one of the second screen or the third screen within the second sub region, and
wherein the first screen, the second screen, and the third screen correspond to applications distinguished from each other, among the multiple applications.
9. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
at least one memory configured to store instructions; and
at least one processor configured, when the instructions are executed, to:
display at least a part of a first screen within a first sub region within a display region of the display and display at least one of a second screen or a third screen within a second sub region beside the first sub region within the display region,
receive a designated first input while displaying at least a part of the first screen within the first sub region and displaying at least one of the second screen or the third screen within the second sub region,
display an object for displaying the second sub region and a fourth screen distinguished from the first screen, the second screen, and the third screen in the entire display region, in response to receiving the first input, and
display a fifth screen based on the fourth screen within the first sub region and display the second screen or the third screen within the second sub region, in response to receiving a designated second input of selecting the object.
10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive the second input, based on a gesture of dragging the object displayed to be superimposed on at least a part of the fourth screen, by at least a designated distance.
11. The electronic device of claim 9 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
display the fourth screen comprising multiple icons for executing multiple applications stored in the at least one memory, in response to receiving the first input, the multiple icons being disposed to be spaced apart by a designated first distance in the entire display region, and
display the fifth screen comprising at least some of the multiple icons within the first sub region, in response to the second input received while displaying the fourth screen, and
wherein at least some of the multiple icons displayed within the fifth screen are disposed to be spaced apart by a designated second distance that is smaller than the first distance.
12. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display the fourth screen corresponding to a home screen together with the object, in response to receiving the first input for calling the home screen.
13. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive a different input performed within the fourth screen, while displaying the fourth screen and the object in the entire display region, and
cease to display the object within the display region, in response to identifying that all applications executed to display the second sub region are executed by the different input.
14. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive the first input while displaying all of the second screen and the third screen within the second sub region,
display a different screen corresponding to an application executed to display the second screen within the fourth screen, in response to a different input of selecting the application, in the entire display region, and
display the different screen within the first sub region and display the third screen in the entire second sub region, in response to receiving the second input after displaying the different screen.
15. A method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying at least a part of a first screen within a first sub region within a display region of a first display of the electronic device;
displaying at least one of a second screen or a third screen within a second sub region beside the first sub region while displaying at least a part of the first screen within the first sub region;
receiving a designated first input of rotating a first housing and a second housing of the electronic device around a folding part of the electronic device to contact portions of the first display, while displaying at least a part of the first screen within the first sub region and displaying at least one of the second screen or the third screen within the second sub region;
displaying a fourth screen within the second display, in response to receiving a designated second input of activating the second display of the electronic device, after receiving the first input;
receiving a designated third input of rotating the first housing and the second housing around the folding part to separate the contacted portions of the first display, while displaying the fourth screen within the second display;
displaying a fifth screen at least partially related to the fourth screen displayed within the second display, within the display region of the first display, in response to receiving the third input; and
displaying an object for displaying the second sub region comprising at least one of the second screen or the third screen, while displaying the fifth screen.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
displaying a fifth screen within the first sub region, in response to receiving a designated fourth input of selecting the object; and
displaying at least one of the second screen or the third screen within the second sub region, while displaying the fifth screen within the first sub region.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
receiving the fourth input, based on a gesture of dragging the object displayed to be superimposed on at least a part of the fifth screen, by at least a designated distance.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the displaying a fourth screen comprises:
removing first frame data which is stored in a GRAM of the electronic device, and which is for displaying at least one of the first screen, the second screen, or the third screen within the display region of the first display, in response to receiving the first input; and
storing second frame data for displaying the fourth screen within the second display within the GRAM, in response to receiving the second input.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein displaying a fifth screen further comprises:
storing third frame data which is based on the size of the first display and the fourth screen displayed on the second display, and which corresponds to the fifth screen, within the GRAM, in response to receiving the third input; and
controlling the first display based on the third frame data to display the fifth screen within the first display, in response to storing the third frame data within the GRAM.
20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
identifying at least one application executed based on the second display activated by the second input, in response to receiving the third input; and
displaying the fifth screen without the object, in response to identifying that all applications executed to display the second sub region were executed based on the activated second display.