Methods and apparatuses are provided for displaying a screen in an electronic device. A message application is executed. An execution screen of the message application and a keyboard are displayed through a touch screen display of the electronic device while the message application is executed. A layer of the execution screen is overlaid with a layer of the keyboard. Based on a touch input on an object related to the keyboard, data related to the keyboard is transmitted to an external electronic device through a communication interface of the electronic device such that the external electronic device, based on the data related to the keyboard, displays the keyboard through a display of the second external electronic device. The execution screen is displayed through the touch screen display. The keyboard which has been displayed disappears from the touch screen display.