US 12,468,518 B2
Controlling an android app on a windows operating system using an android simulator
Meng Liu, Beijing (CN); Jingxi Ma, Beijing (CN); Dan Wu, Beijing (CN); Lei Gong, Beijing (CN); and Hua Lv, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 18/557,736
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 20, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/087920
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/228236, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110476602.4 (CN), filed on Apr. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0241708 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 8/61 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/61 (2013.01) [G06F 8/62 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
running a Windows operating system;
installing, starting, or uninstalling, by an Android simulator installed on a terminal device, a target Android application (app) in response to an installation, starting, or uninstallation operation performed by a user on the target Android app on the terminal device, wherein the target Android app is an application applicable to an Android operating system;
performing at least one of the following steps:
when the Android simulator installs the target Android app, displaying a shortcut icon of the target Android app on the terminal device;
when the Android simulator starts the target Android app, displaying a running interface of the target Android app on a desktop of the terminal device; or
when the Android simulator uninstalls the target Android app, deleting a shortcut icon of the target Android app from the terminal device;
in response to the installation operation performed by the user on the target Android app on the terminal device, downloading a first installation package of the target Android app;
storing the first installation package of the target Android app in a shared path in the terminal device;
when the Android simulator installs the target Android app, obtaining, by the Android simulator, application information of the target Android app, wherein the application information of the target Android app comprises a package name, an application icon, or an application name; and
generating, by the Android simulator on the terminal device based on the application information of the target Android app, a second installation package associated with the shortcut icon of the target Android app, wherein the second installation package comprises the application name corresponding to the target Android app, a first driver for starting the target Android app, and a second driver for uninstalling/updating the target Android app.