Android线程HandlerThread源码分析

1 用法

HandlerThread thread = new HandlerThread("MyHandlerThread");
thread.start();
mHandler = new Handler(thread.getLooper());
mHandler.post(new Runnable(){...});

2 源码分析

public class HandlerThread extends Thread

HandlerThread 就是一个线程，只不过run方法里面封装了一个looper。先看看构造函数

public HandlerThread(String name) {
        super(name);
        mPriority = Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_DEFAULT;
    }

@Override
    public void run() {
        mTid = Process.myTid();
        Looper.prepare();
        synchronized (this) {
            mLooper = Looper.myLooper();
            notifyAll();
        }
        Process.setThreadPriority(mPriority);
        onLooperPrepared();
        Looper.loop();
        mTid = -1;
    }

HandlerThread 复写了Thread中的run方法，在run方法里面创建执行了looper轮询。并通过getLooper可以获得run方法里面的looper

public Looper getLooper() {
        if (!isAlive()) {
            return null;
        }
        
        // If the thread has been started, wait until the looper has been created.
        synchronized (this) {
            while (isAlive() && mLooper == null) {
                try {
                    wait();
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                }
            }
        }
        return mLooper;
    }

并有退出方法quit

public boolean quit() {
        Looper looper = getLooper();
        if (looper != null) {
            looper.quit();
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

3 总结

HandlerThread就是一个线程，只是线程里面执行的是消息轮询。可以配合handler使用（将HandlerThread中的looper传入Handler构造函数中），让handler发送的消息在HandlerThread线程的looper中处理