Android-->将布局文件放在服务器上，动态改变布局。

目前在做项目时候有这样的需求：布局文件的控件类型大致相同，例如某布局文件由GridView、ScrollView、TextView、Button四个控件组成，但是控件的摆放位置不同。因为摆放的方式很多，不可能把所有摆放方式都写一个布局文件，因为这样不利于迭代开发。这时候就想出能不能把布局文件放在服务器上，当需要某布局的时候，从服务器下载布局文件保存到存储卡上，然后读取存储卡上的布局文件。

思路大致清除了，那么现在开始进行可行性分析。

	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
	}

上面的代码太熟悉不过了，创建一个新Android工程，这玩意就已经写好了！通过setContentView()方法，我们可以设置布局文件，但是这里的参数是R文件的布局ID，如果是布局文件的路径就好了，这样就可以直接读取SD卡的XML布局文件了！按住Ctrl+鼠标左键，点击setContentView()进入：

    /**
     * Set the activity content from a layout resource.  The resource will be
     * inflated, adding all top-level views to the activity.
     *
     * @param layoutResID Resource ID to be inflated.
     * 
     * @see #setContentView(android.view.View)
     * @see #setContentView(android.view.View, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams)
     */
    public void setContentView(int layoutResID) {
        getWindow().setContentView(layoutResID);
        initActionBar();
    }

从这里我们可以看到，setContentView()方法调用了Window类里的setContentView()方法，调来调去啊！继续按住Ctrl+鼠标左键，点击setContentView()进入：

    /**
     * Convenience for
     * {@link #setContentView(View, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams)}
     * to set the screen content from a layout resource.  The resource will be
     * inflated, adding all top-level views to the screen.
     *
     * @param layoutResID Resource ID to be inflated.
     * @see #setContentView(View, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams)
     */
    public abstract void setContentView(int layoutResID);

花擦，这里变成了抽象函数，在哪里实现啊！不要惊慌，通过源码可以得知，Window类是一个抽象类，那么它的实现应该是在子类中。那么Window类有哪些子类？

/**
 * Abstract base class for a top-level window look and behavior policy.  An
 * instance of this class should be used as the top-level view added to the
 * window manager. It provides standard UI policies such as a background, title
 * area, default key processing, etc.
 *
 * <p>The only existing implementation of this abstract class is
 * android.policy.PhoneWindow, which you should instantiate when needing a
 * Window.  Eventually that class will be refactored and a factory method
 * added for creating Window instances without knowing about a particular
 * implementation.
 */

这是Window类源码的开头说明，从中可以立马看到PhoneWindow，对！没错就是它！在PhoneWindow中终于找到了它的具体实现！

    @Override
    public void setContentView(int layoutResID) {
        if (mContentParent == null) {
            installDecor();
        } else {
            mContentParent.removeAllViews();
        }
<span style="color:#ff0000;">         mLayoutInflater.inflate(layoutResID, mContentParent);
</span>         final Callback cb = getCallback();
        if (cb != null && !isDestroyed()) {
            cb.onContentChanged();
        }
    }

从标红的代码，我们可以看到，布局的ID是用在了该段代码，看到了inflate方法，我想大家应该不陌生，在BaseAdpter中经常会用到，用来填充布局的！继续按住Ctrl+鼠标左键，点击inflate(....)进入：

    /**
     * Inflate a new view hierarchy from the specified xml resource. Throws
     * {@link InflateException} if there is an error.
     * 
     * @param resource ID for an XML layout resource to load (e.g.,
     *        <code>R.layout.main_page</code>)
     * @param root Optional view to be the parent of the generated hierarchy.
     * @return The root View of the inflated hierarchy. If root was supplied,
     *         this is the root View; otherwise it is the root of the inflated
     *         XML file.
     */
    public View inflate(int resource, ViewGroup root) {
        return inflate(resource, root, root != null);
    }