源码追溯（最新版本）——startActivity的整个流程

本文可能是独一家，网上的基本都已经老了。本文阅读起来很简单，因为仅仅是追溯，不必强行记忆，而且我们在追溯的过程中可能会碰到一些问题，解决了这些问题可以提升我们阅读源码的能力，这是本文除了满满的知识点以外又一大好处。

startActivity(new Intent(this,Main2Activity.class));

@Override
public void startActivity(Intent intent) {
    this.startActivity(intent, null);
}

@Override
public void startActivity(Intent intent, @Nullable 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(@RequiresPermission Intent intent, int requestCode,
        @Nullable Bundle options) {
    if (mParent == null) {
        options = transferSpringboardActivityOptions(options);
        Instrumentation.ActivityResult ar =
            mInstrumentation.execStartActivity(
                this, mMainThread.getApplicationThread(), mToken, this,
                intent, requestCode, options);
        if (ar != null) {
            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;
        }

        cancelInputsAndStartExitTransition(options);
        // TODO Consider clearing/flushing other event sources and events for child windows.
    } else {
        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);
        }
    }
}

你会发现，你的源码中execStartActivity这个方法是红色的，这是阅读源码的时候一个比较常见的问题。我也不知道为啥。不过你只需要搜索Instrumentation这个类并找到这个方法就可以了

public ActivityResult execStartActivity(
        Context who, IBinder contextThread, IBinder token, Activity target,
        Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options) {
    IApplicationThread whoThread = (IApplicationThread) contextThread;
    Uri referrer = target != null ? target.onProvideReferrer() : null;
    if (referrer != null) {
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_REFERRER, referrer);
    }
    if (mActivityMonitors != null) {
        synchronized (mSync) {
            final int N = mActivityMonitors.size();
            for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
                final ActivityMonitor am = mActivityMonitors.get(i);
                ActivityResult result = null;
                if (am.ignoreMatchingSpecificIntents()) {
                    result = am.onStartActivity(intent);
                }
                if (result != null) {
                    am.mHits++;
                    return result;
                } else if (am.match(who, null, intent)) {
                    am.mHits++;
                    if (am.isBlocking()) {
                        return requestCode >= 0 ? am.getResult() : null;
                    }
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    try {
        intent.migrateExtraStreamToClipData();
        intent.prepareToLeaveProcess(who);
        int result = ActivityManager.getService()
            .startActivity(whoThread, who.getBasePackageName(), intent,
                    intent.resolveTypeIfNeeded(who.getContentResolver()),
                    token, target != null ? target.mEmbeddedID : null,
                    requestCode, 0, null, options);
        checkStartActivityResult(result, intent);
    } catch (RemoteException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Failure from system", e);
    }
    return null;
}

你的源码中可以发现，startActivity又报红了！但是ActivityManager.getService()又是啥呢？这里就需要经验了，ActivityManager.getService()其实就是ActivityManagerService类

ActivityManagerService.startActivity

@Override
public final int startActivityAsUser(IApplicationThread caller, String callingPackage,
        Intent intent, String resolvedType, IBinder resultTo, String resultWho, int requestCode,
        int startFlags, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, Bundle bOptions, int userId) {
    enforceNotIsolatedCaller("startActivity");
    userId = mUserController.handleIncomingUser(Binder.getCallingPid(), Binder.getCallingUid(),
            userId, false, ALLOW_FULL_ONLY, "startActivity", null);
    // TODO: Switch to user app stacks here.
    return mActivityStarter.startActivityMayWait(caller, -1, callingPackage, intent,
            resolvedType, null, null, resultTo, resultWho, requestCode, startFlags,
            profilerInfo, null, null, bOptions, false, userId, null, null,
            "startActivityAsUser");
}

ActivityStarter.startActivityMayWait

int res = startActivityLocked(caller, intent, ephemeralIntent, resolvedType,
        aInfo, rInfo, voiceSession, voiceInteractor,
        resultTo, resultWho, requestCode, callingPid,
        callingUid, callingPackage, realCallingPid, realCallingUid, startFlags,
        options, ignoreTargetSecurity, componentSpecified, outRecord, container,
        inTask, reason);

ActivityStarter.startActivityLocked

mLastStartActivityResult = startActivity(caller, intent, ephemeralIntent, resolvedType,
        aInfo, rInfo, voiceSession, voiceInteractor, resultTo, resultWho, requestCode,
        callingPid, callingUid, callingPackage, realCallingPid, realCallingUid, startFlags,
        options, ignoreTargetSecurity, componentSpecified, mLastStartActivityRecord,
        container, inTask);

ActivityStarter.startActivity

return startActivity(r, sourceRecord, voiceSession, voiceInteractor, startFlags, true,
        options, inTask, outActivity);

ActivityStarter.startActivity(另一个)

result = startActivityUnchecked(r, sourceRecord, voiceSession, voiceInteractor,
        startFlags, doResume, options, inTask, outActivity);

ActivityStarter.startActivityUnchecked

mSupervisor.resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked(mTargetStack, mStartActivity,
        mOptions);

ActivityStackSupervisor.resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked

boolean resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked(
        ActivityStack targetStack, ActivityRecord target, ActivityOptions targetOptions) {
    if (targetStack != null && isFocusedStack(targetStack)) {
        return targetStack.resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked(target, targetOptions);
    }
    final ActivityRecord r = mFocusedStack.topRunningActivityLocked();
    if (r == null || r.state != RESUMED) {
        mFocusedStack.resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked(null, null);
    } else if (r.state == RESUMED) {
        // Kick off any lingering app transitions form the MoveTaskToFront operation.
        mFocusedStack.executeAppTransition(targetOptions);
    }
    return false;
}

ActivityStack.resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked

boolean resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked(ActivityRecord prev, ActivityOptions options) {
    if (mStackSupervisor.inResumeTopActivity) {
        // Don't even start recursing.
        return false;
    }

    boolean result = false;
    try {
        // Protect against recursion.
        mStackSupervisor.inResumeTopActivity = true;
        result = resumeTopActivityInnerLocked(prev, options);
    } finally {
        mStackSupervisor.inResumeTopActivity = false;
    }
    // When resuming the top activity, it may be necessary to pause the top activity (for
    // example, returning to the lock screen. We suppress the normal pause logic in
    // {@link #resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked}, since the top activity is resumed at the end.
    // We call the {@link ActivityStackSupervisor#checkReadyForSleepLocked} again here to ensure
    // any necessary pause logic occurs.
    mStackSupervisor.checkReadyForSleepLocked();

    return result;
}

ActivityStack.resumeTopActivityInnerLocked

mStackSupervisor.startSpecificActivityLocked(next, true, false);

ActivityStackSupervisor.startSpecificActivityLocked

realStartActivityLocked(r, app, andResume, checkConfig);

ActivityStackSupervisor.realStartActivityLocked

app.thread.scheduleLaunchActivity(new Intent(r.intent), r.appToken,
        System.identityHashCode(r), r.info,
        // TODO: Have this take the merged configuration instead of separate global and
        // override configs.
        mergedConfiguration.getGlobalConfiguration(),
        mergedConfiguration.getOverrideConfiguration(), r.compat,
        r.launchedFromPackage, task.voiceInteractor, app.repProcState, r.icicle,
        r.persistentState, results, newIntents, !andResume,
        mService.isNextTransitionForward(), profilerInfo);

最终你找到了这里，app.thread也是需要经验来判断的，是ActivityThread的内部类，ApplicationThread

ApplicationThread.scheduleLaunchActivity

@Override
public final void scheduleLaunchActivity(Intent intent, IBinder token, int ident,
        ActivityInfo info, Configuration curConfig, Configuration overrideConfig,
        CompatibilityInfo compatInfo, String referrer, IVoiceInteractor voiceInteractor,
        int procState, Bundle state, PersistableBundle persistentState,
        List<ResultInfo> pendingResults, List<ReferrerIntent> pendingNewIntents,
        boolean notResumed, boolean isForward, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo) {

    updateProcessState(procState, false);

    ActivityClientRecord r = new ActivityClientRecord();

    r.token = token;
    r.ident = ident;
    r.intent = intent;
    r.referrer = referrer;
    r.voiceInteractor = voiceInteractor;
    r.activityInfo = info;
    r.compatInfo = compatInfo;
    r.state = state;
    r.persistentState = persistentState;

    r.pendingResults = pendingResults;
    r.pendingIntents = pendingNewIntents;

    r.startsNotResumed = notResumed;
    r.isForward = isForward;

    r.profilerInfo = profilerInfo;

    r.overrideConfig = overrideConfig;
    updatePendingConfiguration(curConfig);

    sendMessage(H.LAUNCH_ACTIVITY, r);
}

接受者是谁？你直接从sendMessage(H.LAUNCH_ACTIVITY, r);可以看出来，是H，这个H也是ActivityThread的内部类，继承自Handler

H中的处理

public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
    if (DEBUG_MESSAGES) Slog.v(TAG, ">>> handling: " + codeToString(msg.what));
    switch (msg.what) {
        case LAUNCH_ACTIVITY: {
            Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "activityStart");
            final ActivityClientRecord r = (ActivityClientRecord) msg.obj;

            r.packageInfo = getPackageInfoNoCheck(
                    r.activityInfo.applicationInfo, r.compatInfo);
            handleLaunchActivity(r, null, "LAUNCH_ACTIVITY");
            Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
        } break;

ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity

private void handleLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r, Intent customIntent, String reason) {
    // If we are getting ready to gc after going to the background, well
    // we are back active so skip it.
    unscheduleGcIdler();
    mSomeActivitiesChanged = true;

    if (r.profilerInfo != null) {
        mProfiler.setProfiler(r.profilerInfo);
        mProfiler.startProfiling();
    }

    // Make sure we are running with the most recent config.
    handleConfigurationChanged(null, null);

    if (localLOGV) Slog.v(
        TAG, "Handling launch of " + r);

    // Initialize before creating the activity
    WindowManagerGlobal.initialize();

    Activity a = performLaunchActivity(r, customIntent);//1 这里进行app的创建、反射创建Activity、onCreate、onStart

    if (a != null) {
        r.createdConfig = new Configuration(mConfiguration);
        reportSizeConfigurations(r);
        Bundle oldState = r.state;
        handleResumeActivity(r.token, false, r.isForward,//2 这里进行onResume
                !r.activity.mFinished && !r.startsNotResumed, r.lastProcessedSeq, reason);

        if (!r.activity.mFinished && r.startsNotResumed) {
           
            performPauseActivityIfNeeded(r, reason);

           
            if (r.isPreHoneycomb()) {
                r.state = oldState;
            }
        }
    } else {
        // If there was an error, for any reason, tell the activity manager to stop us.
        try {
            ActivityManager.getService()
                .finishActivity(r.token, Activity.RESULT_CANCELED, null,
                        Activity.DONT_FINISH_TASK_WITH_ACTIVITY);
        } catch (RemoteException ex) {
            throw ex.rethrowFromSystemServer();
        }
    }
}

至此，全部流程追溯完毕。至于这个流程中的详细的代码的含义，如果能完整的看下来，会有很大的收获。因为这里面的许多代码都会跟你平时使用Activity的情况相互验证。不过我个人暂时还没看，因为现在大型的高难度的项目经验是我目前要追求的，这里的抠源码则是可以让你百尺竿头，更进一步。孰优孰劣，看官自行斟酌~~