View.postDelayed()/post() 原理（1）

我们知道，Handler有postDelayed()/post()等API，在UI线程中，通过默认构造方法new Handler()，会创建一个与当前线程的Looper绑定的Handler对象，UI线程的消息循环是由框架层打开(Looper.loop())，APP开发者无需关注。维护一个挂在UI线程的Handler成员变量用以发消息/处理消息，是惯常的代码风格。
当然，还有另外一类API：View.postDelayed()/post()。Android官方文档介绍这类API也是向UI线程发消息，Runnable执行在UI线程中。与Handler.postDelayed()/post()一样，View.postDelayed()/post()的API Level是1，是非常古老的API。

1. View.postDelayed()/post()在 框架层的实现原理

本文源代码分析基于Android 7.1。从View的源代码说起：

    /**
     * <p>Causes the Runnable to be added to the message queue.
     * The runnable will be run on the user interface thread.</p>
     *
     * @param action The Runnable that will be executed.
     *
     * @return Returns true if the Runnable was successfully placed in to the
     *         message queue.  Returns false on failure, usually because the
     *         looper processing the message queue is exiting.
     *
     * @see #postDelayed
     * @see #removeCallbacks
     */
    public boolean post(Runnable action) {
        final AttachInfo attachInfo = mAttachInfo;
        if (attachInfo != null) {
            return attachInfo.mHandler.post(action);
        }

        // Postpone the runnable until we know on which thread it needs to run.
        // Assume that the runnable will be successfully placed after attach.
        getRunQueue().post(action);
        return true;
    }

很清楚的两路逻辑：
（1）如果View的成员变量mAttachInfo不为null，直接post到mAttachInfo.mHandler。
（2）如果View的成员变量mAttachInfo为null，post到自身的一个runnable队列中。

1.1 post到mAttachInfo.mHandler

View的成员变量mAttachInfo对应的类是View的一个内部final类：

    /**
     * A set of information given to a view when it is attached to its parent
     * window.
     */
    final static class AttachInfo {
    ... }

在Android的框架层设计中，View需要附着在某个Window上，AttachInfo这个类显然是用于处理View的附着相关的信息。从它的构造方法可以看到关键的一些信息成员变量，其中也看到了mHandler

        /**
         * Creates a new set of attachment information with the specified
         * events handler and thread.
         *
         * @param handler the events handler the view must use
         */
        AttachInfo(IWindowSession session, IWindow window, Display display,
                ViewRootImpl viewRootImpl, Handler handler, Callbacks effectPlayer) {
            mSession = session;
            mWindow = window;
            mWindowToken = window.asBinder();
            mDisplay = display;
            mViewRootImpl = viewRootImpl;
            mHandler = handler;
            mRootCallbacks = effectPlayer;
        }

View的成员变量mAttachInfo在什么地方被赋值？很清晰，在View.dispatchAttachedToWindow()/dispatchDetachedFromWindow()：

    /**
     * @param info the {@link android.view.View.AttachInfo} to associated with
     *        this view
     */