关于使用RequestWindowFeature为啥一定要在setContentView之前调用

网上关于RequestWindowFeature()的用法有很多，却难找一篇解释清楚的文章供大家了解，下面这是我遇到这个问题并且得出的一点结论供大家参考。

Activity的RequestWindowFeature()实际上走的是PhoneWIndow的requestFeature()，在PhoneWIndow的requestFeature()中有个前提条件，成员属性mContentParent不能为非null，这是构建窗体的view，即在为窗体设置属性时，还不能构建窗体。如下：

    @Override
    public boolean requestFeature(int featureId) {
        if (mContentParent != null) {
            throw new AndroidRuntimeException("requestFeature() must be called before adding content");
        }

        .....

        return super.requestFeature(featureId);
    }

但是在activity中使用setContentView()时，实际上走的是phonewindow的setContentView，根据代码我们看到

    @Override

    public void setContentView(View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) {
        if (mContentParent == null) {
            installDecor();
        } else {
            mContentParent.removeAllViews();
        }
        mContentParent.addView(view, params);
        final Callback cb = getCallback();
        if (cb != null && !isDestroyed()) {
            cb.onContentChanged();
        }

    }

它会首先判断mContentParent 是否为null，如果为null，进入installDecor();

private void installDecor() {

......

if (mContentParent == null) {
            mContentParent = generateLayout(mDecor);


            mTitleView = (TextView)findViewById(com.android.internal.R.id.title);
            if (mTitleView != null) {
                if ((getLocalFeatures() & (1 << FEATURE_NO_TITLE)) != 0) {
                    View titleContainer = findViewById(com.android.internal.R.id.title_container);
                    if (titleContainer != null) {
                        titleContainer.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                    } else {
                        mTitleView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                    }
                    if (mContentParent instanceof FrameLayout) {
                        ((FrameLayout)mContentParent).setForeground(null);
                    }
                } else {
                    mTitleView.setText(mTitle);
                }
            }

.....

}

这是installDecor方法的部分代码，从中我们可以看到，它会对mContentParent 进行初始化，从而赋予相应的值，这就是RequestWindowFeature为啥一定要在setContentView之前调用就会抛此类异常

Caused by: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: requestFeature() must be called before adding content
10-04 15:15:36.218: E/AndroidRuntime(5176): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.requestFeature(PhoneWindow.java:181)
10-04 15:15:36.218: E/AndroidRuntime(5176): at android.app.Activity.requestWindowFeature(Activity.java:2729)
10-04 15:15:36.218: E/AndroidRuntime(5176): at com.solar.BaseActivity.onCreate(BaseActivity.java:20)
10-04 15:15:36.218: E/AndroidRuntime(5176): at com.solar.SetupInfoActivity.onCreate(SetupInfoActivity.java:53)
10-04 15:15:36.218: E/AndroidRuntime(5176): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
10-04 15:15:36.218: E/AndroidRuntime(5176): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1611)d