之前研究过handler 和 looper 消息队列,不过android里的handler不是另外开启线程来执行的,还是在主UI线程中,如果想另启线程的话需要用到HandlerThread来实现。在使用HandlerThread的时候需要实现CallBack接口以重写handlerMessage方法,在handlerMessage方法中来处理自己的逻辑。下来给出一个小例子程序。
layout文件很简单,就一个按钮来启动HanlderTread线程
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/handlerThreadBtn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="startHandlerThread" />
</LinearLayout>
Activity代码如下:
package com.tayue;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Handler.Callback;
import android.os.HandlerThread;
import android.os.Message;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
/**
*
* @author xionglei
*
*/
public class TestHandlerActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener{
public Button handlerThreadBTN;
MyHandlerThread handlerThread;
Handler handler;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//打印UI线程的名称
System.out.println("onCreate CurrentThread = " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
setContentView(R.layout.main);
handlerThreadBTN = (Button) findViewById(R.id.handlerThreadBtn);
handlerThreadBTN.setOnClickListener(this);
handlerThread = new MyHandlerThread("myHanler");
handlerThread.start();
//注意: 这里必须用到handler的这个构造器,因为需要把callback传进去,从而使自己的HandlerThread的handlerMessage来替换掉Handler原生的handlerThread
handler = new Handler(handlerThread.getLooper(), handlerThread);
}
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//点击按钮后来开启线程
handler.sendEmptyMessage(1);
}
private class MyHandlerThread extends HandlerThread implements Callback {
public MyHandlerThread(String name) {
super(name);
}
@Override
public boolean handleMessage(Message msg) {
//打印线程的名称
System.out.println(" handleMessage CurrentThread = " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
return true;
}
}
}
点击按钮,打印的日志如下(这里点击了3次)
07-06 09:32:48.776: I/System.out(780): onCreate CurrentThread = main
07-06 09:32:55.076: I/System.out(780): handleMessage CurrentThread = myHanler
07-06 09:32:58.669: I/System.out(780): handleMessage CurrentThread = myHanler
07-06 09:33:03.476: I/System.out(780): handleMessage CurrentThread = myHanler
HandlerThread就这么简单。
当然 android自己也有异步线程的handler,就是AsyncTask,这个类就是封装了HandlerThread 和handler来实现异步多线程的操作的。