Systems and Methods for Multitasking on an Electronic Device with a Touch-Sensitive Display

摘要

Systems and methods for multitasking using touch-sensitive devices are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a method includes: displaying, on a touch-sensitive display (“TSD”) of a device, first and second applications such that the first and second applications occupy substantially all of the TSD and are separated at a border between the first and second applications. The method further includes: detecting a swipe gesture at the second application, the swipe gesture moving in a direction that is substantially parallel to the border. In response to detecting the swipe gesture, the method includes: determining whether the swipe gesture satisfies a threshold. Upon determining that the swipe gesture satisfies the threshold, the method includes: replacing the second application with an application selector that includes a plurality of selectable affordances corresponding to applications available on the device, the application selector being displayed in an area of the TSD previously occupied by the second application.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the electronic device to:
display a first application in a full-screen mode on the touch-sensitive display; receive a first contact on the touch-sensitive display; in response to receiving the first contact, display an application selector on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the displayed application selector overlays at least a portion of the displayed first application; detect a second contact at an affordance displayed within the application selector; in response to detecting the second contact at the affordance:
cease to display the application selector; anddisplay a second application corresponding to the selected affordance in an area of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the application selector.