ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING APPLICATION

摘要

Provided are an electronic device wherein a desired application can be activated on the basis of a displayed character string, and a method for activating an application. An electronic device is provided with an activation unit (45a) for activating an application wherein character input to a character input area is possible, a memory (44) for storing a predetermined character string corresponding to the application, an operation unit (11) for inputting a first character string including a single or a plurality of characters and a second character string including a single or a plurality of characters, a display unit for displaying the first character string and the second character string input from the operation unit (11), a determination unit (45b) for determining whether or not the second character string matches the predetermined character string, and a control unit (45) which, when the determination unit (45b) determines that the second character string matches the predetermined character string, functions to control an activation unit (45a) to activate an application corresponding to the predetermined character string and functions to input the first character string in the character input area of the application.