Application porting method and apparatus, device, and medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12405778-B2
Application number	US-202418438306-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2024
Priority date	Jun 3, 2020
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

A method of porting a first application, corresponding to a third-party development tool, into a second application, corresponding to a sub-application that depends on a parent application to run, is performed by an electronic device. The device transforms the first application from a first project mechanism into a second project mechanism. The device converts a design resource in the transformed first application from a first resource format into a second resource format. The device exports the design resource to a development tool of the sub-application. The device converts a code resource in the transformed first application from a first programming language into a second programming language. The device exports the code resource to the development tool of the sub-application, The device also performs secondary development on the design resource and the code resource in the development tool of the sub-application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for porting a first application into a second application performed by an electronic device, wherein the first application corresponds to a third-party development tool and the second application is a sub-application that executes on a social networking platform, the method comprising:
transforming the first application from a first operating mechanism corresponding to the third-party development tool into a second operating mechanism corresponding to the sub-application, wherein the first operating mechanism allows the first application to operate in an offline mode and the second operating mechanism requires that the sub-application operates in an online mode only;
converting a design resource in the transformed first application from a first resource format corresponding to the third-party development tool into a second resource format corresponding to the social networking platform and a code resource in the transformed first application from a first programming language corresponding to the third-party development tool into a second programming language corresponding to the social networking platform, respectively;
exporting the converted design resource and the converted code resource to a development tool of the second application on the social networking platform; and
performing secondary development on the design resource and the code resource in the development tool of the sub-application, to obtain the second application corresponding to the social networking platform.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first resource format and the first programming language correspond to the third-party development tool, and the second resource format and the second programming language correspond to the sub-application.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
adapting a target function interface of the first application in the third-party development tool to be supported by the social network platform.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the converting and exporting of the design resource further comprise:
searching for the design resource in the first application;
converting the found design resource from the first resource format into the second resource format; and
exporting the design resource in the second resource format to the second application.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the converting and exporting of the code resource further comprise:
converting a C#code in the first application into a JavaScript™ (JS) script code; and
exporting the JS script code to the second application.

6. An electronic device comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform a method for porting a first application into a second application, wherein the first application corresponds to a third-party development tool and the second application is a sub-application that executes on a social networking platform, including:
transforming the first application from a first operating mechanism corresponding to the third-party development tool into a second operating mechanism corresponding to the sub-application, wherein the first operating mechanism allows the first application to operate in an offline mode and the second operating mechanism requires that the sub-application operates in an online mode only;
converting a design resource in the transformed first application from a first resource format corresponding to the third-party development tool into a second resource format corresponding to the social networking platform and a code resource in the transformed first application from a first programming language corresponding to the third-party development tool into a second programming language corresponding to the social networking platform, respectively;
exporting the converted design resource and the converted code resource to a development tool of the second application on the social networking platform; and
performing secondary development on the design resource and the code resource in the development tool of the sub-application, to obtain the second application corresponding to the social networking platform.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the first resource format and the first programming language correspond to the third-party development tool, and the second resource format and the second programming language correspond to the sub-application.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:
adapting a target function interface of the first application in the third-party development tool to be supported by the social network platform.

9. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the converting and exporting of the design resource further comprise:
searching for the design resource in the first application;
converting the found design resource from the first resource format into the second resource format; and
exporting the design resource in the second resource format to the second application.

10. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the converting and exporting of the code resource further comprise:
converting a C#code in the first application into a JavaScript™ (JS) script code; and
exporting the JS script code to the second application.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program that, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a method for porting a first application into a second application, wherein the first application corresponds to a third-party development tool and the second application is a sub-application that executes on a social networking platform, including:
transforming the first application from a first operating mechanism corresponding to the third-party development tool into a second operating mechanism corresponding to the sub-application, wherein the first operating mechanism allows the first application to operate in an offline mode and the second operating mechanism requires that the sub-application operates in an online mode only;
converting a design resource in the transformed first application from a first resource format corresponding to the third-party development tool into a second resource format corresponding to the social networking platform and a code resource in the transformed first application from a first programming language corresponding to the third-party development tool into a second programming language corresponding to the social networking platform, respectively;
exporting the converted design resource and the converted code resource to a development tool of the second application on the social networking platform; and
performing secondary development on the design resource and the code resource in the development tool of the sub-application, to obtain the second application corresponding to the social networking platform.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein the first resource format and the first programming language correspond to the third-party development tool, and the second resource format and the second programming language correspond to the sub-application.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:
adapting a target function interface of the first application in the third-party development tool to be supported by the social network platform.

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lei Danxiong
• Jiang Weizhou
• Wang Zhaowei
• Lu Qiang

Classifications

• G06F9/44526

  Plug-ins; Add-ons · CPC title

• G06F8/36

  Software reuse · CPC title

• G06F8/76 Primary

  Adapting program code to run in a different environment; Porting · CPC title

• G06F8/51 Primary

  Source to source · CPC title