US Patent 11528535 Video file playing method and apparatus, and storage medium

This application discloses a video file playing method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The video file playing method includes playing an animation file frame by frame according to a playback time of a video file, the video file comprising at least one displayed object, and the animation file comprising an animation element generated according to the displayed object; determining click/tap position information of a screen clicking/tapping event in response to the screen clicking/tapping event being detected; determining an animation element display area corresponding to the click/tap position information of the screen clicking/tapping event in the animation file according to the click/tap position information; determining, according to the corresponding animation element display area, an animation element triggered by the screen clicking/tapping event; and determining an interactive operation corresponding to the triggered animation element and performing the interactive operation.