A method, performed by an electronic device, of transmitting a mobile edge application, includes obtaining information related to an execution environment of at least one pre-installed mobile edge application, receiving an installation request for a new mobile edge application, determining a mobile edge computing host for installing the new mobile edge application, based on the information related to the execution environment and the requirement information related to an execution environment of the new mobile edge application, and transmitting the new mobile edge application to the determined mobile edge computing host.