APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD, GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE AND TERMINAL

This application discloses an application control method. The method may include: detecting, by a terminal, a user operation that is based on an application icon, where an application represented by the application icon has at least one associated function; and starting, by the terminal in response to the detected user operation, an associated function corresponding to the user operation, where the associated function corresponding to the user operation belongs to the at least one associated function. The associated function of the application includes at least one of the following: an associated application of the application, a function provided by the application, a system function associated with the application, or a twin application of the application. According to the foregoing solution, an application program or a function associated with an application program can be easily and quickly started.