面试常客Handler详细解析（HandlerThread是什么）(四)

下面的代码会报异常：
SecondActivity.java:

package com.example.handler;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Looper;
import android.os.Message;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class SecondActivity extends Activity {

    private Handler handler = new Handler(){
        public void handleMessage(android.os.Message msg) {
            System.out.println("UI---------->"+Thread.currentThread());

        };
    };

    class MyThread extends Thread{
        public Handler handler;
        public Looper looper;
        @Override
        public void run() {
            Looper.prepare();
            looper=Looper.myLooper();
            handler =new Handler(){
                @Override
                public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
                    System.out.println("currentThread:"+Thread.currentThread());
                }
            };
            Looper.loop();
        }
    }


    private MyThread thread;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        TextView tv = new TextView(this);
        tv.setText("hello handler");
        setContentView(tv);

        thread = new MyThread();
        thread.start();
//      try {
//          Thread.sleep(500);
//      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
//          // TODO Auto-generated catch block
//          e.printStackTrace();
//      }
//      thread.handler.sendEmptyMessage(1);
//      handler.sendEmptyMessage(1);

        handler = new Handler(thread.looper){
            @Override
            public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
                System.out.println(msg);
            }
        };
        handler.sendEmptyMessage(1);


}
}

之所以会报异常的原因是由于多线程并发引起的，我们在子线程中创建的与主线程的looper会出现冲突，而在主线程运行到handler时，handler内部的looper还没有创建，却要从子线程传入一个looper对象，这就是报空指针异常。

针对以上问题，Android提供了HandlerThread来保证handler的正常运行，不会出现空指针异常，HandlerThread内部实现了同步机制，所以可以有效解决以上问题：
贴出源码：

package com.example.handler;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.HandlerThread;
import android.os.Message;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class ThreeActivity extends Activity {

    private TextView tv;
    private HandlerThread thread;
    private Handler handler;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        tv = new TextView(this);
        tv.setText("handler Thread");
        setContentView(tv);
        thread = new HandlerThread("handler thread");
        thread.start();
        handler = new Handler(thread.getLooper()){
            @Override
            public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
                System.out.println("current thread------>"+Thread.currentThread());
            }
        };

        handler.sendEmptyMessage(1);
    }
}