The invention discloses an android system-based application program backup and recovery method, which comprises the following steps of: analyzing data of a local loaded application program of a mobile terminal; generating an application program backup list according to the acquired analysis result of the loaded application program; and extracting the backup data of the selected application program according to the selection of a user in the application program backup list, and backing up the data to a storage device. By using the method, the android application program is subjected to mirror image transfer and used among different android mobile terminals, consistency of application and desktop configuration of two mobile terminals is ensured, the using habit of a user is continued, and the satisfaction of the user is improved.