关于ActivityGroup,对它最常见的应用就是自定义格式的标签页,用来取代灵活性不高的TabActivity。下面两个链接是很完整的ActivityGroup标签页的教程:
http://www.cnblogs.com/over140/archive/2010/09/07/1820876.html
http://blog.csdn.net/hellogv/article/details/6057174
ActivityGroup实质上就是在一个界面中管理多个Activity,用Android官方API文档的原话来说是:“A screen that contains and runs multiple embedded activities.”。其核心是包含这些Activity的LocalActivityManager对象,在ActivityGroup中通过getLocalActivityManager()方法获得。关于ActivityGroup源码的分析参见如下链接:
http://blog.csdn.net/caowenbin/article/details/5876019
简单地说,LocalActivityManager对象维护了一个Activity的哈希表,通过String标识来增删改查对应的Activity实例,并提供了对相应Activity实例操作的方法,如startActivity、destroyActivity以及其它dispatchXXXXX方法。
不过,在前面的ActivityGroup标签页教程示例中,标签页中的Activity都仅仅只是简单的文字Activity,并不包含能够跳转到其它Activity的按钮。也就是说,切换这些Activity的标签都是写到ActivityGroup的布局中,而没有在内嵌的Activity之中。(如农民伯伯那篇博文中的第一条回复所提的问题。)
关于Handler,其实就是一个消息处理队列,但是通常只是用到单独的Android组件之中。将其作为全局共享变量,就可以将不同组件间的消息统一处理了。Android全局共享变量参见如下的链接:
http://blog.csdn.net/androidbluetooth/article/details/6611138
下面这个示例就是将切换(或者说跳转)Activity的按钮放到了内嵌的Activity的布局中,在ActivityGroup中通过全局的Handler处理具体的Activity切换,以达到在内嵌Activity中添加跳转按钮的目的。
主类MainActivity,继承自ActivityGroup
package com.android.test.activitygroup;
import android.app.ActivityGroup;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
public class MainActivity extends ActivityGroup {
private ViewGroup container;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
container = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.container);
// fillContainer(0);
Message msg = new Message();
msg.what = 0;
mHandler.sendMessage(msg);
((SharedHandlerApp)getApplication()).setHandler(mHandler);
}
private Handler mHandler = new Handler() {
@Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
fillContainer(msg.what);
}
};
private void fillContainer(int index) {
if (index >= 0 && index < LABELS.length) {
String className = "com.android.test.activitygroup." + LABELS[index] + "Activity";
try {
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Class.forName(className));
container.removeAllViews();
container.addView(getLocalActivityManager().startActivity(LABELS[index], intent).getDecorView());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
private static final String[] LABELS = {"First", "Second", "Third"};
public static final int FIRST = 0;
public static final int SECOND = 1;
public static final int THIRD = 2;
}
3个内嵌Activity类
FirstActivity
package com.android.test.activitygroup;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class FirstActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
private Handler handler;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.child);
findViewById(R.id.ahead).setOnClickListener(this);
findViewById(R.id.back).setOnClickListener(this);
((TextView)findViewById(R.id.title)).setText("This is FirstActivity!");
handler = ((SharedHandlerApp)getApplication()).getHandler();
}
public void onClick(View v) {
Message msg = new Message();
if (v.getId() == R.id.ahead) {
msg.what = MainActivity.SECOND;
} else if (v.getId() == R.id.back) {
msg.what = MainActivity.THIRD;
}
handler.sendMessage(msg);
}
}
SecondActivity
package com.android.test.activitygroup;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class SecondActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
private Handler handler;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.child);
findViewById(R.id.ahead).setOnClickListener(this);
findViewById(R.id.back).setOnClickListener(this);
((TextView)findViewById(R.id.title)).setText("This is SecondActivity!");
handler = ((SharedHandlerApp)getApplication()).getHandler();
}
public void onClick(View v) {
Message msg = new Message();
if (v.getId() == R.id.ahead) {
msg.what = MainActivity.THIRD;
} else if (v.getId() == R.id.back) {
msg.what = MainActivity.FIRST;
}
handler.sendMessage(msg);
}
}
ThirdActivity
package com.android.test.activitygroup;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class ThirdActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
private Handler handler;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.child);
findViewById(R.id.ahead).setOnClickListener(this);
findViewById(R.id.back).setOnClickListener(this);
((TextView)findViewById(R.id.title)).setText("This is ThirdActivity!");
handler = ((SharedHandlerApp)getApplication()).getHandler();
}
public void onClick(View v) {
Message msg = new Message();
if (v.getId() == R.id.ahead) {
msg.what = MainActivity.FIRST;
} else if (v.getId() == R.id.back) {
msg.what = MainActivity.SECOND;
}
handler.sendMessage(msg);
}
}
全局变量设置类SharedHandlerApp,继承自Application
package com.android.test.activitygroup;
import android.app.Application;
import android.os.Handler;
public class SharedHandlerApp extends Application {
private Handler handler;
public Handler getHandler() {
return handler;
}
public void setHandler(Handler handler) {
this.handler = handler;
}
}
xml布局文件
main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"
android:textSize="23sp"
/>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="@android:color/background_light"
android:id="@+id/container"
/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@android:drawable/toast_frame"
/>
</LinearLayout>
child.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="@android:color/black"
android:textSize="23sp"
android:id="@+id/title"
android:text="Hello World!"
/>
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="ahead"
android:id="@+id/ahead"
/>
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="back"
android:id="@+id/back"
/>
</LinearLayout>
配置文件AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.android.test.activitygroup"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:name=".SharedHandlerApp">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name="FirstActivity"></activity>
<activity android:name="SecondActivity"></activity>
<activity android:name="ThirdActivity"></activity>
</application>
</manifest>
AndroidManifest.xml中一定不要忘了将<application>标签的android:name属性设置为前面的扩展自Application类的全局变量设置类。
最后需要补充的是,作为container容器的Layout只要是继承自ViewGroup的Layout类即可,即LinearLayout、FrameLayout、GridLayout、ScrollLayout、AbsoluteLayout等均可,而并不局限于只能是其中的某一种。