CN113760410A

CN113760410A - Mobile application generation method and device

Info

Publication number: CN113760410A
Application number: CN202010483920.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邵明海; 王亚军; 龙海翔
Original assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Current assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-01
Filing date: 2020-06-01
Publication date: 2021-12-07
Anticipated expiration: 2040-06-01
Also published as: CN113760410B

Abstract

A method and a device for generating a mobile terminal application are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: selecting a target scene from a plurality of existing scenes; setting a page in a target scene; and generating the target application based on the setting. According to the invention, the application building is limited in a specific scene, and all functions are provided in the scene, so that a user can conveniently realize the required application through function selection. Specifically, the user can build applications with different UI and display styles through the configuration and assembly of the modules. In addition, the integrity of the flow of data may be maintained through the generation of the data API and corresponding UI. The invention can realize the quick construction and iteration of the mobile terminal application.

Description

Mobile terminal application generation method and device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of information technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for generating a mobile-end application.

Background

With the popularization of mobile smart devices, various applications (e.g., APPs) are also installed on smart mobile devices to meet various needs of users, such as shopping APPs for online shopping, chat APPs for online social contact, music APPs for playing music, video APPs for publishing and watching videos, and the like.

In the prior art, before an application needs to be delivered to a user for use, the application product needs to be designed and programmed, and then a plurality of processes such as an AB test, user interface revision and the like are continuously performed. Each of the above-described processes involves a great cost and consumes a lot of time.

For this reason, an improved mobile-end application generation scheme is needed.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to provide a mobile terminal application generation scheme, which implements fast generation of a mobile terminal application through fast establishment based on a scene, rather than a programming manner. Specifically, the scheme realizes the quick construction of the application by defining different scenes, describing a scene complete set and carrying out fine-grained customization in the scenes, and meets the requirement of quickly generating the application at low cost.

According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method comprising: selecting a target scene from a plurality of existing scenes; setting a page in a target scene; and generating the target application based on the setting. The target application is an application implemented on the mobile side, such as an applet or even SaaS, and may be in particular an APP.

Optionally, selecting the target scene from a plurality of existing scenes comprises: selecting one scene corresponding to the application field of the application from a plurality of existing scenes as a target scene.

Optionally, the scenario includes all functions for the corresponding application domain, and the method further includes: at least part of the functions are selected from the total functions of the target scene for the target application.

Optionally, the setting for the page in the target scene includes: selecting a page frame;

and performing the setting aiming at the page under the page frame.

Optionally, the setting for the page in the target scene includes: and setting each page related to the preset flow based on the preset flow for realizing the target scene function.

Optionally, each page involved in the predetermined flow includes a core function module that cannot be deleted in the page.

Optionally, the setting for the page in the target scene includes: the setting of selectable function entries in a particular page.

Optionally, various settings performed in the target scenario correspond to various data services that implement application functionality, and the target application can aggregate and generate a data API based on the settings after being installed. The target application may further generate a user interface corresponding to the data API based on the settings.

Optionally, the method further comprises: selecting the integral display style of the user interface; or adjusting the display of at least one module in the user interface.

Optionally, the method further comprises: based on the set frames and pages, a page specification is generated that describes inter-page composition and intra-page composition. Generating the target application comprises: and generating a target application based on the page description.

Optionally, the method further comprises: generating the target application comprises: and packaging to generate an installation package of the target application according to the engineering specification.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and setting a general function page.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a method for generating a mobile-end application is provided, including: selecting a target scene from a plurality of existing scenes; setting a frame layer in a target scene; setting a page layer based on the setting of the frame layer; and generating the target application based on the setting.

Optionally, the setting of the framework layer in the target scene includes: from the options given in the target scene, the desired page layer is selected.

Optionally, the setting of the page layer based on the setting of the frame layer includes: in the selected page, performing style editing on the undeletable module; or add, delete and/or style edit operations to selectable modules in a selected page.

Optionally, the setting of the page layer based on the setting of the frame layer includes: and realizing the preset flow of the target scene function based on the undeletable modules in the progressive pages.

Optionally, the method further comprises: a user interface display style is selected or set for an application, page, and/or module.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and setting a general function page or a module applied to the application in a general function layer.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a mobile-end application generating apparatus is provided, including: a scene selection unit for selecting a target scene from a plurality of existing scenes; the setting unit is used for setting a page in a target scene; and an application generation unit configured to generate a target application based on the setting.

Optionally, the scene selection unit is configured to: selecting a scene corresponding to an application domain of the application from a plurality of existing scenes as a target scene, wherein the scene includes all functions for the corresponding application domain, and the apparatus further includes: a function selection unit for selecting at least a part of functions from all functions of a target scene for the target application.

Optionally, the setting unit includes: the frame setting subunit is used for selecting a page frame; and the page setting subunit is used for setting the page under the page frame.

Optionally, the setting unit is configured to: and providing each page related to the preset flow for realizing the target scene function for setting, wherein each page comprises a core function module which corresponds to the step in the preset flow and cannot be deleted.

Optionally, the various settings performed in the target scenario correspond to various data services implementing application functions, and the setting unit further includes: and the API setting subunit is used for aggregating and generating the data API based on the setting after the target application is installed again. The target application may also generate a user interface corresponding to the data API based on the settings,

optionally, the apparatus further comprises: the user interface style editing unit is used for selecting the integral display style of the user interface; or adjusting the display of at least one module in the user interface.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: and the application generation unit is used for generating a target application based on the page description.

Optionally, the application generating unit includes: and the packaging unit is used for packaging and generating the installation package of the target application according to the engineering specification.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a method for generating a mobile-end application is provided, including: setting a plurality of application scenes; and defining all functions of the corresponding application field for each set application scene, wherein all the functions are composed of a framework layer option and a page layer option, and the generation of the target application is realized through the settings of the application scene, the framework layer and the page layer.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a method for generating a mobile-end application is provided, including: acquiring an existing target application; selecting a target scene from a plurality of existing scenes; setting a frame layer in a target scene; setting a page layer based on the setting of the frame layer; and generating an updated target application based on the settings.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a method for generating a mobile-side video application is provided, including: selecting a video object scene from a plurality of existing scenes; selecting a homepage setting in the video target scene, wherein the homepage setting comprises a search bar, a secondary video navigation bar and/or a bottom label bar; selecting a video classification and arrangement mode in video channels corresponding to a secondary video navigation bar and/or a bottom label bar of a home page; and generating the target video application.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a method for generating a mobile-side video application is provided, including: selecting a news target scene from a plurality of existing scenes; selecting a homepage setting in the video target scene, wherein the homepage setting comprises a search bar, a secondary news navigation bar, a channel tab and/or a bottom label bar; selecting a video classification and arrangement mode from news channels corresponding to a secondary news navigation bar and a channel tab and/or a bottom label bar of a home page; and generating a target news application.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, a method for generating a mobile-end shopping application is provided, including: selecting a shopping target scene from a plurality of existing scenes; selecting a homepage setting in the shopping target scene, wherein the homepage setting comprises a search bar, a banner bar, a secondary shopping navigation bar and/or a bottom tab bar, and a shopping cart is arranged in the bottom tab bar; selecting a classification and arrangement mode of shopping in shopping channels corresponding to a secondary shopping navigation bar and/or a bottom label bar of a home page; and generating the targeted shopping application.

Therefore, the mobile terminal application building is limited in a specific scene, and all functions are provided in the scene, so that a user can conveniently realize the required functions through function selection. Specifically, the user can build applications with different UI and display styles through the configuration and assembly of the modules. In addition, the integrity of the flow of data may be maintained through the generation of the data API and corresponding UI. The invention can realize the quick construction and iteration of the mobile terminal application.

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The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent by describing in greater detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings, in which like reference numerals generally represent like parts throughout.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic flow chart of a mobile-side application generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 shows an example of page setting according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 shows an example of specific page settings.

Fig. 4 shows an alternative example of content style.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a page display of an APP generated in accordance with the present invention when installed for use.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic flow chart of a mobile-side application generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile-side application generation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

With the popularization of mobile smart devices, various applications (e.g., APPs) are also installed on smart devices to meet various needs of users, such as shopping APPs for online shopping, chat APPs for online social contact, music APPs for playing music, video APPs for publishing and watching videos, and the like.

Therefore, the invention provides a mobile terminal application generation scheme, which realizes the rapid generation of the mobile terminal application through the rapid establishment based on scenes rather than a programming mode. Specifically, the scheme realizes the quick construction of the application by defining different scenes, describing a scene complete set and carrying out fine-grained customization in the scenes, and meets the requirement of quickly generating the application at low cost. Further, as the generation of the complete application needs to consider the integrity of the data state, and the differentiation of each application hardly allows all application scenes to be covered by functions, the invention selects the scene first and realizes all functions under the scene, thereby ensuring the corresponding functions and the integrity of the data under the scene.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic flow diagram of an application generation method according to an embodiment of the invention. The method may be implemented by the user through networking software installed locally or, preferably, by the user on an online service platform providing application generation services.

In step S110, a target scene is selected from a plurality of existing scenes. In step S120, settings for the page are made in the target scene. In step S130, based on the setting, a target application is generated. Therefore, the invention can ensure the integrity of the functions and data in the scene by selecting the target scene which realizes all the functions in the corresponding scene and setting the target scene in the scene. The target application is an application implemented on the mobile side, such as an applet or even SaaS (software as a service), and may be in particular an APP. The principles of the present invention will be described below, preferably in conjunction with APP as the target application.

In the present invention, a "scenario" may refer to a scenario in which an application (e.g., APP) performs a function of one actual application field. For example, shopping APP corresponds to an online shopping scenario, chat APP corresponds to an online social scenario, music APP corresponds to a music playing scenario, video APP corresponds to a video publishing and viewing scenario, and so on. Therefore, in the present invention, since an application generally needs to have a specific purpose (i.e. corresponding to a specific application scenario), and normal flow of data cannot be guaranteed across scene dimensions (for example, there is no case that a payment module, a novel reading module, and a friend circle module are pieced together on one page), for this purpose, with the mobile-end application generation service of the present invention, a scenario corresponding to an application field of the application is first selected from a plurality of existing scenarios as a target scenario.

The application generation service of the present invention can provide multiple scene dimensions, such as content-consuming scenes, mall-type scenes, novel-type scenes, topic-team-type scenes, and the like. In general, all functions for the corresponding application fields are exhaustively given in each scenario. To this end, the mobile terminal application generating method of the present invention further includes a step of selecting at least a part of functions from all functions of the target scene for the target application. In other words, the application generation service of the present invention provides various scene dimensions, and after a scene is selected, a user can quickly build an application having a desired function by merely selecting a desired function from a plurality of functions exhaustively included in the scene and performing reasonable page layout within a permitted degree of freedom.

In order to ensure the integrity of data circulation, the invention adopts a strategy of firstly defining a scene and exhaustively enumerating all functions in the scene. In addition to the functions of the application itself, the scene needs to include various associated functions that the application normally performs. For example, in an application applied to a shopping scenario, in addition to a complete shopping function, it is generally required to provide an associated shopping cart function and a channel recommendation function, and may further include a chat function for facilitating communication between a user and a store, a user personal account management function, and the like. Furthermore, in order to improve the participation of the user, the shopping scene can also comprise a live broadcast module, so that the user can conveniently set under a selected page frame according to the requirement. In addition, a subsidy module and a recommendation module can be added in the shopping scene, and even the functions of the seller and the buyer can be integrated, so that the comprehensive application customization requirements of the user are met. The modules can be updated and added by the platform in real time so as to meet the requirement of continuous expansion of a specific scene.

After the target scene is selected, settings for the page may be made. Specifically, the setting for the page in the target scene may include: selecting a page frame; and performing the setting aiming at the page under the page frame. Here, the "page frame" may refer to the relationship between the upper and lower levels and the level levels of each function page inside the application, not the specific module setting inside the conventional page. For example, in an application scenario of a mobile phone APP, the selection of a page frame may include, among others, the selection of a tab bar at the bottom of a page. The selection and arrangement of specific channels in the tab bar can greatly influence the use experience of the APP. In the invention, according to different application scenarios, different label combinations can be provided for the label column, and even addition, deletion and setting of individual labels can be included, but usually the labels corresponding to the application core function are reserved in various label combinations. For example, in social APPs, the bottom tabs should include "messages" or otherwise named quick entries to chat channels. The label corresponding to the application core function is usually located at the leftmost side of the label bar, so that the user can conveniently enter the label bar. In addition, to facilitate user management of the account, the bottom tab should include a personal account operation entry such as "My", and this tab is colloquially referred to by convention as the tab that is typically the rightmost tab of the tab column. Since the bottom tab column typically includes four to five tabs, the middle two to three tabs may have a relatively large degree of freedom in arrangement depending on the respective operational considerations of the user.

Further, the "page frame" may also include the correlation and organization of the pages at each level after clicking into each tab channel. For example, in my channel, the arrangement of function pages such as personal setting and system setting

In addition, since the top page of the APP is the first entry after the user opens the APP, in a broader definition, the "page frame" may also include settings of various relevant modules and entries in the top page. Good home page setting can make things convenient for subsequent APP user to get into the page of own desire fast to promote the holistic operation convenience of APP.

Fig. 2 shows an example of page setting according to the present invention. Fig. 2 can be regarded as an example of page frame setting of APP by a user using page setting. In other words, even in the setting of the frame, the user can still perform the setting by means of the key arrangement of the page itself, and the like, thereby reducing the setting difficulty and improving the operability.

As shown on the left side of fig. 2, a user may specify a page frame in an APP by setting a navigation bar and toolbar in a primary page (typically shown as the top page of the APP), a secondary navigation bar, and a tab bar in the lower portion of the page, thereby facilitating subsequent settings for a particular page under the page frame. The right side of fig. 2 shows a navigation bar and toolbar, a secondary navigation bar, and a selectable example of a tab bar in the lower portion of the page. Generally, the mobile-side application generation service of the present invention can provide one or more alternative frameworks for the application of each scene, which are selected by the user, and the user can replace some contents, but usually needs to keep the core contents unchanged. For example, the bottom tab bar of a content-consuming APP may typically display a "headline" or recommendation tab, a "video" tab, a "novel" tab, and a "my" tab as shown in fig. 2, while the "task" tab may instead be displayed under the "my" tab.

Fig. 3 shows an example of specific page settings. The page can be regarded as a page setting example of an APP home page in a shopping scene. As shown in the left side of fig. 3, at the time of home page setup of the shopping APP, a banner advertisement (banner), selection of "shortcut entrance", setting of "special topic" and "list toolbar" may be set, followed by display of various commodities in a commodity list. An example of a shortcut entry and a list toolbar is shown on the right side of fig. 3. After setting the modules, the user can also select the display mode of each module, such as how many commodities are displayed simultaneously in what size in the commodity list area and how many graphic scale positions are in the display position of each commodity. These settings can be considered as page detail settings after the page frame has been set.

Further, the setting for the page in the target scene includes: and setting each page related to the preset flow based on the preset flow for realizing the target scene function. For example, in a shopping flow, a commodity detail, a shopping cart, a payment page and an order page need to be set one by one. Each page involved in the predetermined flow includes a core function module that cannot be deleted in the page, e.g., a payment module cannot be deleted in the payment page. In other words, in the scene dimension, the mobile-side application generation service of the present invention may preset some unchangeable core functions, which may be implemented by pages presented in a predetermined order, such as the above-mentioned goods details, shopping cart, payment and order pages, thereby ensuring the normal implementation of the application functions and the integrity circulation of data.

The invention also provides sufficient freedom for the design of individual applications, in addition to the core functionality which cannot be changed. For this reason, the setting for the page in the target scene may include: the setting of selectable function entries in a particular page. For example, a user may select page presentation levels of different information under the allowed range of scene degrees of freedom, and may provide various functional entries in different pages.

To increase flexibility in application generation and reduce installation package volume, the application generation service of the present invention preferably provides applications that dynamically generate relevant pages. In other words, although the user can use the paged settings to build the application, the generated application installation package does not include individually set static pages, but rather pages that can be dynamically generated according to data flow after installation. For this reason, it is necessary to ensure the correct functioning of the data between the various pages, which is why, as mentioned above, the setting of the pages by presentation in a predetermined order needs to be enforced at the time of application set-up.

Further, various settings made in the target scenario correspond to various data services that implement the application function. Thus, the target application can be aggregated to generate the data API based on the setting after being installed again. Further, the target application, when actually used after installation, can generate a user interface corresponding to the data API based on the setting.

Since the preferably generated application generates a dynamic module after installation, rather than a fixed displayed page, the dynamic module requires data support in addition to a User Interface (UI). These data are provided by a data interface, e.g., read from a server, that satisfies all the presentation and interaction needs of the current page. These data interfaces can be obtained by the application generation service of the present invention through microservices and service orchestration, thereby meeting the page needs. In particular to a shopping process, which relates to the preset process of commodity details- > shopping cart- > payment- > order. Four pages (steps) in the flow require corresponding API support, and these four APIs correspond to UIs. For example, a page may have other functions in addition to the necessary functions. For example, the payment page must satisfy the function of payment, but there may be other functions, such as recommending other goods, etc., for which an API providing recommended goods data may be included in addition to the API implementing payment. In addition, the core functionality of the page needs to remain unchanged as it relates to data flow. The User Interface (UI) of the page can be customized as well, but the UI can vary to support data flow and integrity. For example, the order page includes the item, and the item module cannot be deleted regardless of how the order is customized, but the UI of the item module may be changed.

After selecting the user interface, the method may further include selecting an overall display style of the user interface; or adjusting the display of at least one module in the user interface. The user may adjust the presentation style of the application. In different implementations, the application generation service of the present invention can provide different dimensional functions such as application ensemble style rendering, page ensemble style rendering, single module display adjustment in a page, and the like. Fig. 4 shows an alternative example of content style. As shown in fig. 4, when the latest book comment is displayed, a style in which a plurality of book comments are displayed simultaneously on the left side, a single-picture book comment style in the middle, or a multi-picture book comment style on the right side may be selected. The user may further set, for example, text color, font size, etc.

In the present invention, a dynamic module may be created by a platform (e.g., a platform administrator) for each specific scenario first. A module is created that includes the aggregation of the UI and the interaction, data API. When a user generates an application by using a platform, whether a certain specific dynamic module is needed for operation or not is determined, and the UI and the elements of the dynamic module are adjusted and configured. The dynamic module itself has certain configurability, such as whether to display, adjust the position and the like on the UI, but generally does not support the user to change freely in order to ensure normal data flow in the background, and the user can only configure the externally exposed settings (i.e., editable settings) of the module.

After the user completes the setting of the target application and generates the target application through page frame selection and dynamic module adjustment in each actual page (for example, a corresponding installation package is generated as described below), the user who needs to use the set target application can realize actual use of the target application through downloading and installation.

Because the above-mentioned settings of the platform user for the target application are recorded in the installation package of the target application, when the target application is installed for use, the display and interactive operation of the page can be realized by generating each dynamic module set in the page. Each dynamic module can be created when the page where the dynamic module is located is clicked by a user, and a data API is generated through microservice aggregation during creation, and meanwhile UI display corresponding to the API is included. In other words, when the target application is used, the online data (e.g., the personal point data corresponding to the point of integration of the personal user) corresponding to the target application can be obtained in real time at the corresponding point, and displayed in a preset UI style. Micro-services are fine-grained data services from which the APIs needed by the modules can be compiled. The micro-services can be reasonably divided when the platform provides various application scenes.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a page display of an APP generated in accordance with the present invention when installed for use. Fig. 5 shows a screenshot of an item purchase page of the item purchase APP. The display content of the above-described page is longer than the length of the display screen, and generally requires the user to perform display by a slide-up and slide-down operation. In the item purchase page shown in fig. 5, in addition to the item purchase module 510, an item evaluation module 520 and an item detail module 530 are simultaneously displayed.

In different implementations, the microservice may arrange the two contents of comments and details in different services and provide respective data interface support. When the page is constructed on the platform of the invention, besides the necessary commodity purchasing module, a commodity comment and detail module can be added in the page at the same time according to the selection of the user. The user can edit the UI, interaction and other details of the modules. The user's above-described settings may be packaged in the generated APP installation package. When the installation package is installed and used subsequently, the commodity purchasing module 510, the commodity evaluating module 520 and the commodity detail module 530 are dynamically generated according to the support of the micro-service and the data interface when the user clicks the corresponding commodity page, and the corresponding data content to be displayed in the modules is acquired based on the corresponding data API.

In other implementations, the microservice may couple both the comment and the detail in one service or in one data interface. Therefore, when the user edits the application on the platform, the combined module of the comments and the details can be directly selected. The above combination, while able to facilitate user selection in certain situations, requires new interface support if other users choose to put comments separately on other pages, such as item lists. As application scenarios and pages increase, improper distribution of content can lead to an exponential increase in the interface. For this reason, in the present invention, it is preferable that each independent function provides independent data service and interface.

In order to realize the generation of the page dynamic display of the application after installation, the method of the invention may further include: based on the set frames and pages, a page specification is generated that describes inter-page composition and intra-page composition. Here, the page specification (pageschema) may be a file for describing the modality of the application pages (including the inter-page framework and the intra-page framework), which may be packaged into the target application and used for dynamically reproducing each page when the application is subsequently installed.

Further, in order to generate the target application, an installation package of the target application can be generated by packaging according to the engineering specification. At this point, an application refers in particular to an APP that needs to be installed separately. Therefore, the content contained in the project is defined by using the project specification (schema), and the project of building the APP is smoothly completed (namely, the APP is packaged into a mounting package).

In addition, the application generation service of the present invention may further include a general function setting function. To this end, the method may further include: and setting a general function page. In particular, some functions may be abstracted away from a specific application service scenario, forming a common function, i.e. a module or function that is common across multiple application service scenarios. For example, the user may set a search function among the pass-through functions. After the data is bound, the search function can become a search module in the scene.

A mobile-side application generation method according to the present invention is described above in connection with fig. 1-5. The method may be implemented in particular as an online service provided by an application generation service platform. In the online service, a platform can design a plurality of specific application scenarios, and various dynamic modules are arranged in the scenarios. When the user actually constructs the mobile terminal application, the user can add the dynamic module and modify the display on the selected page frame. In a specific page setting, a dynamic module corresponding to a core function needs to be reserved to ensure a complete flow of data. At this time, the user may make display settings such as composition and the like for the dynamic module, for example, the goods purchase module 510 in the goods purchase page shown in fig. 5. For the non-necessary module, the freedom degree of dynamic addition and deletion of the user is reserved, for example, the commodity comment and commodity detail module can also be implemented in a lower page of a commodity purchase page, or have other architectures, such as a parallel page capable of sliding left and right.

In order to generate a complete application, the integrity of the data state needs to be considered, and the differentiation of each application is difficult to have functions capable of covering all application scenes, so the method selects the scenes first, realizes all the functions under the scenes, and ensures the integrity of the functions and the data under the scenes through the free selection of the user under the existing functions. In particular, the application generation scheme of the present invention may provide data services. The service includes a fine-grained data service and can serve multiple application scenarios. Meanwhile, the data API meeting the application service function can be aggregated and compiled based on fine-grained data service. According to the data API, the UI under a specific function can be realized. And various UIs with similar functions can be realized to perform interaction and data processing development under the UIs. Because the application of the invention generates the service definition scene and defines all functions under the specific scene, the integrity of the data state flow in the application can be aggregated and realized. In addition, by selecting different modules and configuration combinations under specific functions and the integral UI style of the skin theme, the UI can be quickly modified. Finally, depending on custom specifications (e.g., page specifications and engineering specifications), plus framework-level support, the actual functionality of the application can be implemented and packaged into an executable installation package.

Therefore, the method and the system can also realize the matched cloud resource allocation and establishment. Specifically, the invention relates to a mobile terminal application generation method, which can be implemented in a cloud and used as a precondition for a user to actually build a mobile terminal APP. The method can comprise the following steps: setting a plurality of application scenes; and defining all functions of the corresponding application field for each set application scene, wherein all the functions are composed of a framework layer option and a page layer option, and the generation of the target application is realized through the settings of the application scene, the framework layer and the page layer. The method may further comprise: micro-services and corresponding data API support are provided for each function.

According to another aspect of the invention, the invention can also realize a mobile terminal application generation method. FIG. 6 shows a schematic flow diagram of an application generation method according to one embodiment of the invention. The method may be performed by a user, for example in an editable page provided by an application generation service.

In step S610, a target scene is selected from a plurality of existing scenes. In step S620, the setting of the frame layer is performed in the target scene. In step S630, based on the setting of the frame layer, setting of a page layer is performed. In step S640, based on the settings, a target application is generated.

Specifically, the setting of the framework layer in the target scene includes: from the options given in the target scene, the desired page layer is selected. For example, the basic settings for the framework of the application may be made in the page shown in fig. 2.

Further, based on the setting of the frame layer, the setting of the page layer includes: in the selected page, performing style editing on the undeletable module; or add, delete and/or style edit operations to selectable modules in a selected page. And realizing the preset flow of the target scene function based on the undeletable modules in the progressive pages.

Additionally, the user may select or set a user interface display style for the application, page, and/or module. Further, the user can also set a general function page or module applied to the application at a general function layer.

In some cases (e.g., early in the promotion), the mobile-side application generation function may be free, but in a more conventional application scenario, the mobile-side application generation function provided by the present invention may be a member-based or fee-based function.

To this end, the method may further comprise selecting different user ratings. For example, the user may select a membership (which may require payment of a fee or other credit) rating, or a guest rating. Further, the members may be classified into, for example, general members, paid members, premium paid members, and the like. Higher user ratings may involve: more optional existing scenarios; more optional frame layer arrangements; and/or more optional page layer settings. Therefore, the method and the device facilitate high-level users to build target application with richer functions and more beautiful and reasonable scenes.

In addition, in order to facilitate popularization, a trial system can be introduced. At this time, the user can select to try out the higher user level and view the effect of the target application generated corresponding to the higher user level. In other words, the trial user can check the application effect set up under the trial level, but cannot perform packaging or other online operations.

When the user selects a low user level, the unavailable high level scenes, framework layer and/or page layer options may also be displayed, or the high level scenes, framework layer and/or page layer options that are available but cannot be packaged to generate the target application are displayed. Therefore, the willingness of the user to increase the user level is improved through the display of higher authority.

Further, the high-level scene, frame layer and/or page layer options can be priced; and unlocking the corresponding advanced scene, framework layer, and/or page layer options based on the user's payment. In other words, the user can purchase or unlock a setting option alone to raise his or her lifting needs for a particular aspect.

In addition, after the target application is generated, for example, packaged into an APP installation package or an applet is online, the target application may be updated based on, for example, an AB test or user feedback. To this end, the method may further include: modifying the setting of the frame layer and/or the page layer; and generating an updated target application based on the modification.

Accordingly, with the mobile-side application generation function of the present invention, existing APP or other applications (e.g., applications not previously generated using this method) can also be modified to introduce new scenario modules. Therefore, the present invention can be implemented as a mobile terminal application generation method, including: acquiring an existing target application; selecting a target scene from a plurality of existing scenes; setting a frame layer in a target scene; setting a page layer based on the setting of the frame layer; and generating an updated target application based on the settings. Further, in order to facilitate good operation of the update application, the micro-service and the data API of the existing target application can be integrated with the added micro-service and the data API of the target scene.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention may also implement a mobile-end application generating apparatus. Fig. 7 shows a schematic composition diagram of an application generation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the application generating apparatus 700 may include a scene selecting unit 710, a setting unit 720, and an application generating unit 730. The respective units of the apparatus 700 may be respective functional modules included in the online application building service.

In particular, the scene selection unit 710 may be configured to select a target scene from a plurality of existing scenes. The setting unit 720 may be used to make settings for a page in a target scene. The application generation unit may be configured to generate the target application based on the setting. Therefore, the user can conveniently and directly build the application through the page setting based on the scene.

Further, the scene selection unit 710 may be configured to select a scene corresponding to the application domain of the application from a plurality of existing scenes as a target scene, where the scene includes all functions for the corresponding application domain. To this end, the device further comprises: a function selection unit for selecting at least a part of functions from all functions of a target scene for the target application.

Further, the setting unit 720 may include: the frame setting subunit is used for selecting a page frame; and a page setting subunit, configured to perform the setting for a page under the page frame.

Further, the setting unit 720 may be configured to: and providing each page related to the preset flow for realizing the target scene function for setting, wherein each page comprises a core function module which corresponds to the step in the preset flow and cannot be deleted.

In order to guarantee data integrity, various settings made in a target scenario require various data services corresponding to implementing application functions. For this, the setting unit 710 may further include: and the API setting subunit is used for aggregating and generating the data API based on the setting after the target application is installed again. After the target application is installed, when actually used, a user interface corresponding to the data API may be generated based on the settings. In order to implement the final dynamically generated page application, the apparatus 600 may further include a user interface style editing unit for selecting an overall display style of the user interface; or adjusting the display of at least one module in the user interface.

Further, the apparatus 700 may further include: a page specification generating unit, configured to generate a page specification describing inter-page components and intra-page components based on the set frame and page, where the application generating unit may be configured to generate a target application based on the page description.

To achieve engineering, the application generation unit may include: and the packaging unit is used for packaging and generating the installation package of the target application according to the engineering specification.

The application generation method and apparatus according to the present invention have been described in detail hereinabove with reference to the accompanying drawings. According to the invention, the application building is limited in a specific scene, and all functions are provided in the scene, so that a user can conveniently realize the required functions through function selection. Specifically, the user can build different UIs and applications of the user through configuration and assembly of the modules. In addition, the integrity of the flow of data may be maintained through the generation of the data API and corresponding UI. The invention can realize the quick construction and iteration of the mobile terminal application.

Specifically, the method can realize application building in various popular fields, such as building and detailing of video APP, news APP and shopping APP.

Therefore, the present invention can also be implemented as a mobile terminal video application generation method, including: selecting a video object scene from a plurality of existing scenes; selecting a homepage setting in the video target scene, wherein the homepage setting comprises a search bar, a secondary video navigation bar and/or a bottom label bar; selecting a video classification and arrangement mode in video channels corresponding to a secondary video navigation bar and/or a bottom label bar of a home page; and generating the target video application. Specifically, in the building scene of the video APP, a homepage with a search bar, recommended video content (secondary video navigation bar) and a bottom tab bar may be built first. The bottom tab may also include specific channel categories, short videos, and membership management (e.g., "my") channels, among others. In the homepage, different recommended contents may be presented by pull-down, and tabs such as "recommend", "hit", "catch up", "movie", and the like may be further included. In addition, the homepage may also be provided with a banner bar below the search bar to recommend the most popular videos, etc. In other video channels, categories such as "food", "learning", and "ghost animals" may also be made based on user preferences or content subject matter.

The invention can also be realized as a method for generating a mobile terminal news application, comprising the following steps: selecting a news target scene from a plurality of existing scenes; selecting a homepage setting in the video target scene, wherein the homepage setting comprises a search bar, a secondary news navigation bar, a channel tab and/or a bottom label bar; selecting a video classification and arrangement mode from news channels corresponding to a secondary news navigation bar and a channel tab and/or a bottom label bar of a home page; and generating a target news application. Specifically, in a setting scene of a news APP, a homepage having a search bar, recommended news content (secondary video navigation bar), and a bottom tab bar may be set up first. The bottom tab column may also include specific channel categories, video news, and membership management (e.g., "my") channels, among others. In the homepage, different recommended contents may be presented by a pull-down, and tabs such as "headline", "recommendation", "international", "business", and the like may be further included. In addition, the homepage may also be provided with a banner bar below the search bar to recommend the heaviest-pound news, etc. In other video channels, categories such as "subscription number", "data through", etc. may also be made according to user preferences or content material. The news APP may also be a function of the browser APP. To this end, the browser APP may also include other functions such as a novel reading channel, a messaging channel, etc., which may be accessed through a tab bar or other channel entry based on settings.

The invention can also be realized as a mobile-end shopping application generation method, comprising: selecting a shopping target scene from a plurality of existing scenes; selecting a homepage setting in the shopping target scene, wherein the homepage setting comprises a search bar, a banner bar, a secondary shopping navigation bar and/or a bottom tab bar, and a shopping cart is arranged in the bottom tab bar; selecting a classification and arrangement mode of shopping in shopping channels corresponding to a secondary shopping navigation bar and/or a bottom label bar of a home page; and generating the targeted shopping application. Specifically, in the setting up scene of the news APP, a homepage having a search bar, a title bar purchase connection, recommended shopping content (secondary video navigation bar), and a bottom tab bar may be set up first. The bottom tab bar may also include specific channel categories, life circles, shopping carts, and membership management (e.g., "my") channels, among others. In the homepage, different recommended contents may be presented by pull-down, and tabs such as "group purchase", "live broadcast", "favorite recommendation", and the like may be further included. In other shopping channels, categories such as "fresh", "clothes", "new" and the like may be categorized according to user preferences or content material.

Furthermore, the method according to the invention may also be implemented as a computer program or computer program product comprising computer program code instructions for carrying out the above-mentioned steps defined in the above-mentioned method of the invention.

Alternatively, the invention may also be embodied as a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium (or computer-readable storage medium, or machine-readable storage medium) having stored thereon executable code (or a computer program, or computer instruction code) which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device (or computing device, server, etc.), causes the processor to perform the steps of the above-described method according to the invention.

Those of skill would further appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both.

The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems and methods according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

Having described embodiments of the present invention, the foregoing description is intended to be exemplary, not exhaustive, and not limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments. The terminology used herein is chosen in order to best explain the principles of the embodiments, the practical application, or improvements made to the technology in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the embodiments disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal application generation method comprises the following steps:

selecting a target scene from a plurality of existing scenes;

setting a page in a target scene; and

based on the settings, a target application is generated.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the target scene from a plurality of existing scenes comprises:

selecting one scene corresponding to the application field of the application from a plurality of existing scenes as a target scene.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the scene includes all functions for the corresponding application domain, and

the method further comprises the following steps:

at least part of the functions are selected from the total functions of the target scene for the target application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein making settings for a page in a target scenario comprises:

selecting a page frame; and

and performing the setting aiming at the page under the page frame.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein making settings for a page in a target scenario comprises:

and setting each page related to the preset flow based on the preset flow for realizing the target scene function.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein each page involved in the predetermined flow comprises a core function module in the page that cannot be deleted.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein making settings for a page in a target scenario comprises:

the setting of selectable function entries in a particular page.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the various settings made in the target scenario correspond to various data services implementing application functionality,

and after the target application is installed again, the data API can be generated by aggregation based on the setting.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the target application generates a user interface corresponding to the data API based on the settings.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

selecting the integral display style of the user interface; or

Display of at least one module in the user interface is adjusted.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on the set frames and pages, a page specification is generated that describes inter-page composition and intra-page composition.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein generating a target application comprises:

and generating a target application based on the page description.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein generating a target application comprises:

and packaging to generate an installation package of the target application according to the engineering specification.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

and setting a general function page.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the target application comprises:

APP；

a small program; or

SaaS。

16. A mobile terminal application generation method comprises the following steps:

selecting a target scene from a plurality of existing scenes;

setting a frame layer in a target scene;

setting a page layer based on the setting of the frame layer; and

based on the settings, a target application is generated.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein performing framework layer setup in the target scene comprises:

from the options given in the target scene, the desired page layer is selected.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein performing the setting of the page layer based on the setting of the frame layer comprises:

in the selected page, performing style editing on the undeletable module; or is

In the selected page, add, delete and/or style edit operations are performed on the selectable modules.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein performing the setting of the page layer based on the setting of the frame layer comprises:

and realizing the preset flow of the target scene function based on the undeletable modules in the progressive pages.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

a user interface display style is selected or set for an application, page, and/or module.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

and setting a general function page or a module applied to the application in a general function layer.

22. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

a different user level is selected and,

wherein a higher user level relates to:

more optional existing scenarios;

more optional frame layer arrangements; and/or

More optional page layer settings.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

selecting a higher user level for trial use; and

and viewing the effect of the target application corresponding to the higher user level.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

when the user selects a low user rating,

display unavailable advanced scene, framework level and/or page level options, or

Advanced scene, framework layer, and/or page layer options that are available but cannot be packaged to generate the target application are displayed.

25. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

pricing advanced scene, frame layer and/or page layer options; and

unlocking the corresponding advanced scene, framework layer, and/or page layer options based on the user's payment.

26. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

modifying the setting of the frame layer and/or the page layer; and

based on the modification, an updated target application is generated.

27. A mobile-side application generation apparatus, comprising:

a scene selection unit for selecting a target scene from a plurality of existing scenes;

the setting unit is used for setting a page in a target scene; and

and the application generating unit is used for generating the target application based on the setting.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the scene selection unit is to:

selecting a scene corresponding to an application domain of the application from a plurality of existing scenes as a target scene, wherein the scene includes all functions for the corresponding application domain,

the device further comprises:

a function selection unit for selecting at least a part of functions from all functions of a target scene for the target application.

29. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the setting unit comprises:

the frame setting subunit is used for selecting a page frame; and

and the page setting subunit is used for setting the page under the page frame.

30. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the setting unit is to:

the various pages involved in the predetermined flow to implement the target scenario function are provided for setup,

wherein each page includes a core function module that cannot be deleted corresponding to a step in the predetermined flow.

31. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the various settings made in the target scenario correspond to various data services implementing application functionality,

the setting unit further includes:

and the API setting subunit is used for aggregating and generating the data API based on the setting after the target application is installed again.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the target application generates a user interface corresponding to the data API based on the settings, the apparatus further comprising a user interface style editing unit to select an overall display style of the user interface; or adjusting the display of at least one module in the user interface.

33. The apparatus of claim 27, further comprising:

a page specification generating unit for generating a page specification describing inter-page composition and intra-page composition based on the set frame and page,

and the application generation unit is used for generating a target application based on the page description.

34. The apparatus of claim 27, the application generation unit comprising:

and the packaging unit is used for packaging and generating the installation package of the target application according to the engineering specification.

35. A mobile terminal application generation method comprises the following steps:

setting a plurality of application scenes;

the full functions of the corresponding application domain are defined for each set application scenario,

wherein all the functions are composed of a frame layer option and a page layer option, and the generation of the target application is realized through the setting of the application scene and the frame layer and the page layer.

36. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

micro-services and corresponding data API support are provided for each function.

37. A mobile terminal application generation method comprises the following steps:

acquiring an existing target application;

selecting a target scene from a plurality of existing scenes;

setting a frame layer in a target scene;

setting a page layer based on the setting of the frame layer; and

based on the settings, an updated target application is generated.

38. The method of claim 37, further comprising:

and integrating the micro service and the data API thereof of the existing target application with the added micro service and the data API thereof of the target scene.

39. A method for generating a video application at a mobile terminal comprises the following steps:

selecting a video object scene from a plurality of existing scenes;

selecting a homepage setting in the video target scene, wherein the homepage setting comprises a search bar, a secondary video navigation bar and/or a bottom label bar;

selecting a video classification and arrangement mode in video channels corresponding to a secondary video navigation bar and/or a bottom label bar of a home page; and

and generating the target video application.

40. A method for generating a mobile terminal news application comprises the following steps:

selecting a news target scene from a plurality of existing scenes;

selecting a homepage setting in the video target scene, wherein the homepage setting comprises a search bar, a secondary news navigation bar, a channel tab and/or a bottom label bar;

selecting a video classification and arrangement mode from news channels corresponding to a secondary news navigation bar and a channel tab and/or a bottom label bar of a home page; and

a target news application is generated.

41. A mobile-end shopping application generation method comprises the following steps:

selecting a shopping target scene from a plurality of existing scenes;

selecting a homepage setting in the shopping target scene, wherein the homepage setting comprises a search bar, a banner bar, a secondary shopping navigation bar and/or a bottom tab bar, and a shopping cart is arranged in the bottom tab bar;

selecting a classification and arrangement mode of shopping in shopping channels corresponding to a secondary shopping navigation bar and/or a bottom label bar of a home page; and

and generating the target shopping application.