The present invention discloses a communication application triggering method and an electronic device. A communication application triggering method is applied to an electronic device that has a touch sensor, where the method includes: detecting a touch track or touch point on the touch sensor after an object is selected or is called; and matching the detected touch track or touch point with at least one standard model; and if the matching is successful, and the object can be used as a sent object of a communication application that corresponds to the successfully matched standard model, triggering the communication application that corresponds to the successfully matched standard model, and adding the object as a to-be-sent object of the communication application, where different communication applications correspond to different standard models. Technical solutions of embodiments of the present invention are useful for simplifying a communication application triggering mechanism and improving user experience.