Activity setContentView()处理流程

setContentView()使用如下：

    protected void onCreate(Bundle bundle)
    {
       super.onCreate(bundle);
       this.setContentView(R.layout.hwpay_mybill);
    }

Activity实现如下：

    public void setContentView(@LayoutRes int layoutResID) {
        getWindow().setContentView(layoutResID);
        initWindowDecorActionBar();
    }

getWindow()返回的是Window类型，他的实例是PhoneWindow，所以会调用到PhoneWindow的setContentView()方法，PhoneWindow类的实现如下：

    public void setContentView(int layoutResID) {
        if (mContentParent == null) {
            installDecor();
        } else if (!hasFeature(FEATURE_CONTENT_TRANSITIONS)) {
            mContentParent.removeAllViews();
        }

        if (hasFeature(FEATURE_CONTENT_TRANSITIONS)) {
            final Scene newScene = Scene.getSceneForLayout(mContentParent, layoutResID,
                    getContext());
            transitionTo(newScene);
        } else {
            mLayoutInflater.inflate(layoutResID, mContentParent);
        }
        final Callback cb = getCallback();
        if (cb != null && !isDestroyed()) {
            cb.onContentChanged();
        }
    }

如果mContentParent为null，则调用 installDecor()去初始化mContentParent，mContentParent就是Actvity的layout的父容器，他的id就是com.android.internal.R.id.content，是一个FrameLayout。接下来看installDecor()是如何初始化mContentParent的：

 private void installDecor() {
        if (mDecor == null) {
       //初始化mDecor，因为mDecor(FrameLayout子类)是mContentParent的父容器
        }
        if (mContentParent == null) {
            mContentParent = generateLayout(mDecor);
            ...
            ...
            ...
        }
    }

mContentParent是调用generateLayout(mDecor)去初始化的：

    protected ViewGroup generateLayout(DecorView decor) {
        TypedArray a = getWindowStyle();
        mIsFloating = a.getBoolean(R.styleable.Window_windowIsFloating, false);
        int flagsToUpdate = (FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN|FLAG_LAYOUT_INSET_DECOR)
                & (~getForcedWindowFlags());
    //此处省略200行代码，主要是解析style里面的一些属性，设置窗口风格（Dialog还是Activity）,给Window类变量初始化一些值

    //关键代码如下:layoutResource是mContentParent的布局id
        int layoutResource;
        int features = getLocalFeatures();
        //通过features加载不同的布局
        if ((features & (1 << FEATURE_SWIPE_TO_DISMISS)) != 0) {
            layoutResource = R.layout.screen_swipe_dismiss;
        } else if ((features & ((1 << FEATURE_LEFT_ICON) | (1 << FEATURE_RIGHT_ICON))) != 0) {
            if (mIsFloating) {
                TypedValue res = new TypedValue();
                getContext().getTheme().resolveAttribute(
                        R.attr.dialogTitleIconsDecorLayout, res, true);
                layoutResource = res.resourceId;
            } else {
                layoutResource = R.layout.screen_title_icons;
            }
            removeFeature(FEATURE_ACTION_BAR);
        } else if ((features & ((1 << FEATURE_PROGRESS) | (1 << FEATURE_INDETERMINATE_PROGRESS))) != 0
                && (features & (1 << FEATURE_ACTION_BAR)) == 0) {
            layoutResource = R.layout.screen_progress;
        } else if ((features & (1 << FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE)) != 0) {
            if (mIsFloating) {
                TypedValue res = new TypedValue();
                getContext().getTheme().resolveAttribute(
                        R.attr.dialogCustomTitleDecorLayout, res, true);
                layoutResource = res.resourceId;
            } else {
                layoutResource = R.layout.screen_custom_title;
            }
            removeFeature(FEATURE_ACTION_BAR);
        } else if ((features & (1 << FEATURE_NO_TITLE)) == 0) {
            if (mIsFloating) {
                TypedValue res = new TypedValue();
                getContext().getTheme().resolveAttribute(
                        R.attr.dialogTitleDecorLayout, res, true);
                layoutResource = res.resourceId;
            } else if ((features & (1 << FEATURE_ACTION_BAR)) != 0) {
                layoutResource = a.getResourceId(
                        R.styleable.Window_windowActionBarFullscreenDecorLayout,
                        R.layout.screen_action_bar);
            } else {
                layoutResource = R.layout.screen_title;
            }
        } else if ((features & (1 << FEATURE_ACTION_MODE_OVERLAY)) != 0) {
            layoutResource = R.layout.screen_simple_overlay_action_mode;
        } else {
            layoutResource = R.layout.screen_simple;
        }
                mDecor.startChanging();
    //关键代码块
        View in = mLayoutInflater.inflate(layoutResource, null);
        decor.addView(in, new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(MATCH_PARENT, MATCH_PARENT));
        mContentRoot = (ViewGroup) in;

        ViewGroup contentParent = (ViewGroup)findViewById(ID_ANDROID_CONTENT);
    // ......此处代码有省略
        return contentParent;
    }

通过features给mContentParent配不同的布局,features可以通过requestWindowFeature(featureId)去设置，这些布局都有一个共同的特点，那就是都有一个id为content的FrameLayout，然后通过findViewById找到id为content的FrameLayout，至此mContentParent初始化完成。

        View in = mLayoutInflater.inflate(layoutResource, null);
        decor.addView(in, new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(MATCH_PARENT, MATCH_PARENT));
        mContentRoot = (ViewGroup) in;

        ViewGroup contentParent = (ViewGroup)findViewById(ID_ANDROID_CONTENT);

再回到setContentView()，初始化完mContentParent，

    public void setContentView(int layoutResID) {
        // Note: FEATURE_CONTENT_TRANSITIONS may be set in the process of installing the window
        // decor, when theme attributes and the like are crystalized. Do not check the feature
        // before this happens.
        if (mContentParent == null) {
            installDecor();
        } else if (!hasFeature(FEATURE_CONTENT_TRANSITIONS)) {
            mContentParent.removeAllViews();
        }

        if (hasFeature(FEATURE_CONTENT_TRANSITIONS)) {
            final Scene newScene = Scene.getSceneForLayout(mContentParent, layoutResID,
                    getContext());
            transitionTo(newScene);
        } else {
            mLayoutInflater.inflate(layoutResID, mContentParent);
        }
        final Callback cb = getCallback();
        if (cb != null && !isDestroyed()) {
            cb.onContentChanged();
        }
    }

采用LayoutInfater将Activity的layout膨胀到mContentParent里面，这样setContenView就执行完了。然后通过onContentChanged()

mLayoutInflater.inflate(layoutResID, mContentParent);

回调onContentChanged()，Activity可以重写这个函数做点事情。

        final Callback cb = getCallback();
        if (cb != null && !isDestroyed()) {
            cb.onContentChanged();
        }

但是此时只是初始化好了视图，但是并没有显示，正在显示的时候是在ActivityThread中handleResumeActivity方法中执行完Activity的onResume方法之后，调用到activity的makeVisible得以显示。

    void makeVisible() {
        if (!mWindowAdded) {
            ViewManager wm = getWindowManager();
            wm.addView(mDecor, getWindow().getAttributes());
            mWindowAdded = true;
        }
        mDecor.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    }

ViewManager的实例其实是一个WindowManager，远程调用WindowManagerService的addView方法，添加视图。
完了，呵呵，稍微了解一下这个过程就OK了。