前言
Activity是Android中一个很重要的概念,堪称四大组件之首,关于Activity有很多内容,比如生命周期和启动Flags,这二者想要说清楚,恐怕又要写两篇长文,更何况分析它们的源码呢。不过本文的侧重点不是它们,我要介绍的是一个Activity典型的启动过程,本文会从源码的角度对其进行分析。我们知道,当startActivity被调用的时候,可以启动一个Activity,但是你知道这个Activity是如何被启动的吗?每个Activity也是一个对象,你知道这个对象是啥时候被创建的吗(也就是说它的构造方法是什么时候被调用的)?为什么onCreate是Activity的执行入口?所有的这一切都被系统封装好了,对我们来说是透明的,我们使用的时候仅仅是传递一个intent然后startActivity就可以达到目的了,不过,阅读了本文以后,你将会了解它的背后到底做了哪些事情。在分析之前,我先介绍几个类:
- Activity:这个大家都熟悉,startActivity方法的真正实现在Activity中
- Instrumentation:用来辅助Activity完成启动Activity的过程
- ActivityThread(包含ApplicationThread + ApplicationThreadNative + IApplicationThread):真正启动Activity的实现都在这里。
源码分析
首先看入口
code:Activity#startActivity
@Override
public void startActivity(Intent intent) {
startActivity(intent, null);
}
@Override
public void startActivity(Intent intent, Bundle options) {
if (options != null) {
startActivityForResult(intent, -1, options);
} else {
// Note we want to go through this call for compatibility with
// applications that may have overridden the method.
startActivityForResult(intent, -1);
}
}
public void startActivityForResult(Intent intent, int requestCode) {
startActivityForResult(intent, requestCode, null);
}
说明:显然,从上往下,最终都是由startActivityForResult来实现的
接着看
code:Activity#startActivityForResult
public void startActivityForResult(Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options) {
//一般的Activity其mParent为null,mParent常用在ActivityGroup中,ActivityGroup已废弃
if (mParent == null) {
//这里会启动新的Activity,核心功能都在mMainThread.getApplicationThread()中完成
Instrumentation.ActivityResult ar =
mInstrumentation.execStartActivity(
this, mMainThread.getApplicationThread(), mToken, this,
intent, requestCode, options);
if (ar != null) {
//发送结果,即onActivityResult会被调用
mMainThread.sendActivityResult(
mToken, mEmbeddedID, requestCode, ar.getResultCode(),
ar.getResultData());
}
if (requestCode = 0) {
// If this start is requesting a result, we can avoid making
// the activity visible until the result is received. Setting
// this code during onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) or onResume() will keep the
// activity hidden during this time, to avoid flickering.
// This can only be done when a result is requested because
// that guarantees we will get information back when the
// activity is finished, no matter what happens to it.
mStartedActivity = true;
}
final View decor = mWindow != null ? mWindow.peekDecorView() : null;
if (decor != null) {
decor.cancelPendingInputEvents();
}
// TODO Consider clearing/flushing other event sources and events for child windows.
} else {
//在ActivityGroup内部的Activity调用startActivity的时候会走到这里,内部处理逻辑和上面是类似的
if (options != null) {
mParent.startActivityFromChild(this, intent, requestCode, options);
} else {
// Note we want to go through this method for compatibility with
// existing applications that may have overridden it.
mParent.startActivityFromChild(this, intent, requestCode);
}
}
}
说明:上述代码关键点都有注释了,可以发现,真正打开activity的实现在Instrumentation的execStartActivity方法中,去看看
code:Instrumentation#execStartActivity
public ActivityResult execStartActivity(
Context who, IBinder contextThread, IBinder token, Activity target,
Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options) {
//核心功能在这个whoThread中完成,其内部scheduleLaunchActivity方法用于完成activity的打开
IApplicationThread whoThread = (IApplicationThread) contextThread;
if (mActivityMonitors != null) {
synchronized (mSync) {
//先查找一遍看是否存在这个activity
final int N = mActivityMonitors.size();
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
final ActivityMonitor am = mActivityMonitors.get(i);
if (am.match(who, null, intent)) {
//如果找到了就跳出循环
am.mHits++;
//如果目标activity无法打开,直接return
if (am.isBlocking()