Android中RemoteViews的用途

RemoteViews在Android中，主要用在通知栏（可参考《Android中通知栏的使用》）和桌面小部件（可参考《Android中小部件的使用》。然而，其实除了提到这两方面使用外，我们在实际开发中也会使用到RemoteViews。例如，应用程序中存在两个进程，A进程需要更新B进程的某个界面，这时可以选择AIDL去实现，但如果对界面的更新比较频繁，这时就会有效率问题，同时AIDL接口就可能会变得很复杂。此时如果界面中的View是一些简单的且被RemoteViews支持的View，那可考虑采用RemoteViews去实现。

 

实例

首先有两个Activity，它们分别运行在两个不同的进程中，发送的Activity我们叫它Activity2，而接收被更新的Activity，我们叫它Activity1。那么我们先来看看发送方Activity2的代码：

public class Main2Activity extends Activity {


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main2);


        Button btnSend = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_send);
        btnSend.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(), R.layout.layout_test_view);
                remoteViews.setTextViewText(R.id.txt_msg, "我的进程是:" + android.os.Process.myPid());
                remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.icon, R.mipmap.ic_launcher);


                PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(Main2Activity.this, 0, new Intent(Main2Activity.this, MainActivity.class), PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
                remoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.item_holder, pendingIntent);


                Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.UPDATE_UI_ACTION);
                intent.putExtra(MainActivity.EXTRA_REMOTE_VIEWS, remoteViews);
                sendBroadcast(intent);
            }
        });
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#ffffff"
    android:padding="10dp"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_send"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="给Activity1更新界面" />

</LinearLayout>

在Activity2中存在一个按钮，点击按钮后，构造一个RemoveViews对象，然后以广播的形式传递给接收UPDATE_UI_ACTION的Activity1。
接着我们看看Activity1的代码：

 

public class MainActivity extends Activity {


    public static final String UPDATE_UI_ACTION = "project.test.com.remoteviewsdemo.MAIN_ACTIVITY_UPDATE_UI";
    public static final String EXTRA_REMOTE_VIEWS = "extra_remoteViews";


    private LinearLayout mRemoteViewsContent;


    private BroadcastReceiver mRemoteViewsReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            if (!UPDATE_UI_ACTION.equalsIgnoreCase(intent.getAction())) {
                return;
            }
            RemoteViews remoteViews = intent.getParcelableExtra(EXTRA_REMOTE_VIEWS);
            if (remoteViews != null) {
                View view = remoteViews.apply(MainActivity.this, mRemoteViewsContent);
                mRemoteViewsContent.addView(view);
            }
        }
    };


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


        mRemoteViewsContent = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.remote_views_content);


        Button btnGotoActivity2 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_goto_activity);
        btnGotoActivity2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Main2Activity.class);
                startActivity(intent);
            }
        });


        IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(UPDATE_UI_ACTION);
        registerReceiver(mRemoteViewsReceiver, filter);
    }


    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        unregisterReceiver(mRemoteViewsReceiver);
        super.onDestroy();
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#ffffff"
    android:padding="10dp"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_goto_activity"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="打开Activity2" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/remote_views_content"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical" >
    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

Activity1在onCreate中动态注册了广播mRemoteViewsReceiver，当接收到广播后获得RemoteViews对象，然后执行RemoteViews的apply方法将在Activity2中的RemoteViews加载起来并更新之前在Activity2中的一些set方法，最终将得到的View对象add到界面中的LinearLayout显示出来。