Interaction method based on anchor application and terminal equipment

The invention relates to an interaction method based on an anchor application and a terminal device, the method is implemented by the terminal device installed with the anchor application, and the method comprises the following steps: when the anchor application operates a live broadcast function in the background, the terminal device displays other interfaces except an anchor application interface, and the anchor application operates the live broadcast function in the background; providing an interaction component of the anchor application on the other interfaces; wherein the interaction component comprises an auxiliary control and at least two function controls, and the default state of the at least two function controls is a non-displayed folded state; receiving a first user input to the auxiliary control; and according to the first user input, when the at least two function controls are in the folded state, unfolding the at least two function controls on a linear track taking the auxiliary control as a re