Android之Handler和Loooper源码分析

1、handler在主线程和子线程互相通信（子线程和子线程的通信）简单使用

      我们使用handler，可以实现主线程和子线程之间的相互通信，然后子线程和子线程之间的通信，如果不清楚，基本用法请先参考我的这篇博客

Android之用Handler实现主线程和子线程互相通信以及子线程和子线程之间的通信  http://blog.csdn.net/u011068702/article/details/75577005

 
2、handler在主线程为什么不需要调用Looper.prepare()

我们看下Looper.java这个类，它在安卓android.os包下，我们看这个类的一开始的注释

 

      * <p>This is a typical example of the implementation of a Looper thread,
      * using the separation of {@link #prepare} and {@link #loop} to create an
      * initial Handler to communicate with the Looper.
      *
      * <pre>
      *  class LooperThread extends Thread {
      *      public Handler mHandler;
      *
      *      public void run() {
      *          Looper.prepare();
      *
      *          mHandler = new Handler() {
      *              public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
      *                  // process incoming messages here
      *              }
      *          };
      *
      *          Looper.loop();
      *      }
      *  }</pre>


很明显，在一个线程里面需要使用Handler之前需要Looper.prepare(),但是我们平时在主线程更新UI的时候，为什么没有看到这行代码呢？

 

我们看下ActivityThread.java这个类，它在安卓包名android.app目录下，我们知道ActivityThread.java这个类是安卓程序的入口，我们看下main函数的代码

 

        public static void main(String[] args) {
            SamplingProfilerIntegration.start();
     
            // CloseGuard defaults to true and can be quite spammy.  We
            // disable it here, but selectively enable it later (via
            // StrictMode) on debug builds, but using DropBox, not logs.
            CloseGuard.setEnabled(false);
     
            Environment.initForCurrentUser();
     
            // Set the reporter for event logging in libcore
            EventLogger.setReporter(new EventLoggingReporter());
     
            Security.addProvider(new AndroidKeyStoreProvider());
     
            // Make sure TrustedCertificateStore looks in the right place for CA certificates
            final File configDir = Environment.getUserConfigDirectory(UserHandle.myUserId());
            TrustedCertificateStore.setDefaultUserDirectory(configDir);
     
            Process.setArgV0("<pre-initialized>");
     
            Looper.prepareMainLooper();
     
            ActivityThread thread = new ActivityThread();
            thread.attach(false);
     
            if (sMainThreadHandler == null) {
                sMainThreadHandler = thread.getHandler();
            }
     
            if (false) {
                Looper.myLooper().setMessageLogging(new
                        LogPrinter(Log.DEBUG, "ActivityThread"));
            }

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