Android中Handler原理

Handler主要是主线程和子线程通信。一般子线程中做一些耗时操作做完之后通知主线程来修改UI。

实际上android系统在Activity启动或者状态变化等都是通过Handler机制实现的。

首先进入到ActivityThread的main方法中

public static void main(String[] args) {
        ……
        Looper.prepareMainLooper();
        ActivityThread thread = new ActivityThread();
        thread.attach(false);

        if (sMainThreadHandler == null) {
            sMainThreadHandler = thread.getHandler();
        }
		……
        Looper.loop();
		……
}

下面主要分析上面几句代码。

1.     Looper.prepareMainLooper();

public static void prepareMainLooper() {
        prepare(false);
        synchronized (Looper.class) {
            if (sMainLooper != null) {
                throw new IllegalStateException("The main Looper has already been prepared.");
            }
            sMainLooper = myLooper();
        }
}
private static void prepare(boolean quitAllowed) {
        if (sThreadLocal.get() != null) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Only one Looper may be created per thread");
        }
        sThreadLocal.set(new Looper(quitAllowed));//为这个线程会新建一个Looper对象
    }

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