当我们在处理下载或是其他需要长时间执行的任务时,如果直接把处理函数放Activity的OnCreate或是OnStart中,会导致执行过程中整个Activity无响应,如果时间过长,程序还会挂掉。Handler就是把这些功能放到一个单独的线程里执行,与Activity互不影响。
当用户点击一个按钮时如果执行的是一个常耗时操作的话,处理不好会导致系统假死,用户体验很差,而Android则更进一步,如果任意一个Acitivity没有响应5秒钟以上就会被强制关闭,因此我们需要另外起动一个线程来处理长耗时操作,而主线程则不受其影响,在耗时操作完结发送消息给主线程,主线程再做相应处理。那么线程之间的消息传递和异步处理用的就是Handler
流程:
new Thread(new myThread()).start(); =》TestHandler.this.myHandler.sendMessage(message);(sleep,间隔发送) =》handleMessage(Message msg) =》myBounceView.invalidate();package com.ray.handler; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Canvas; import android.graphics.Color; import android.graphics.Paint; import android.os.Bundle; import android.os.Handler; import android.os.Message; import android.view.View; import android.view.Window; public class TestHandler extends Activity { protected static final int GUIUPDATEIDENTIFIER = 0x101; Thread myRefreshThread = null; BounceView myBounceView = null; Handler myHandler = new Handler() { public void handleMessage(Message msg) { switch (msg.what) { case TestHandler.GUIUPDATEIDENTIFIER: myBounceView.invalidate(); break; } super.handleMessage(msg); } }; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); this.myBounceView = new BounceView(this); this.setContentView(this.myBounceView); new Thread(new myThread()).start(); } class myThread implements Runnable { public void run() { while (!Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()) { Message message = new Message(); message.what = TestHandler.GUIUPDATEIDENTIFIER; TestHandler.this.myHandler.sendMessage(message); try { Thread.sleep(1000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); } } } } }package com.ray.handler; import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Canvas; import android.graphics.Color; import android.graphics.Paint; import android.graphics.Point; import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable; import android.view.View; public class BounceView extends View { float x = 40; public BounceView(Context context) { super(context); } @Override protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) { x+=10; Paint mPaint = new Paint(); mPaint.setAntiAlias(true); mPaint.setColor(Color.GREEN); canvas.drawCircle(x%1000, 40, 40, mPaint); } }
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.ray.handler" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0"> <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name"> <activity android:name=".TestHandler" android:label="@string/app_name"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="17" /> </manifest>