Patent attributes
Disclosed are a method and device for switching between double cameras, which belong to the technical field of electronic equipment. The method includes displaying an application icon corresponding to different shooting modes according to a preset operation mode, and detecting a gesture of a user corresponding to the application icon, and starting up a corresponding shooting mode according to the operation of the user. Different operation modes are provided to present an application icon capable of differentiating different shooting modes to a user and corresponding camcorder mode can be directly and rapidly started according to the application icon. Accordingly, fast switching between the cameras on a terminal equipped with double cameras is realized, and the efficiency is improved.