HandlerThread源码

 通过源码总结

1什么是HandlerThread

HandlerThread 继承自 Thread ,所以本质上 HandlerThread 还是 Thread，其 run() 方法执行于子线程中。当我们使用 HandlerThread 时，通过调用它的 start() 开启异步任务时，即会调用 HandlerThread 的 run() 方法，在 run() 方法，调用 Looper.prepare() 创建该线程的 Looper 对象，然后调用了 Looper.loop() 开启消息的轮询，loop() 方法是一个无限循环，不断的从消息队列 MessageQueue 中拿到消息进行处理。由于消息队列是由链表结构构成的，所以异步任务时串行执行的。

2为啥要HandlerThread??？？？

Android中常见的更新UI，涉及到的是子线程和主线程之间的通信，实现方式就是Handler+Looper，但是要自己手动操作Looper，不推荐，所以谷歌封装了HandlerThread类（类似于AsyncTask类）。

HandlerThread源码

  /**
    * HandlerThread.java
    */
    public class HandlerThread extends Thread {
        int mPriority;
        int mTid = -1;
        Looper mLooper;
        private @Nullable Handler mHandler;

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

        /**
         * Constructs a HandlerThread.
         * @param name
         * @param priority The priority to run the thread at. The value supplied must be from 
         * {@link android.os.Process} and not from java.lang.Thread.
         */
        public HandlerThread(String name, int priority) {
            super(name);
            mPriority = priority;
        }

        /**
         * Call back method that can be explicitly overridden if needed to execute some
         * setup before Looper loops.
         */
        protected void onLooperPrepared() {
        }

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

        /**
         * This method returns the Looper associated with this thread. If this thread not been started
         * or for any reason isAlive() returns false, this method will return null. If this thread
         * has been started, this method will block until the looper has been initialized.  
         * @return The 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;
        }

        /**
         * @return a shared {@link Handler} associated with this thread
         * @hide
         */
        @NonNull
        public Handler getThreadHandler() {
            if (mHandler == null) {
                mHandler = new Handler(getLooper());
            }
            return mHandler;
        }

        /**
         * Quits the handler thread's looper.
         * <p>
         * Causes the handler thread's looper to terminate without processing any
         * more messages in the message queue.
         * </p><p>
         * Any attempt to post messages to the queue after the looper is asked to quit will fail.
         * For example, the {@link Handler#sendMessage(Message)} method will return false.
         * </p><p class="note">
         * Using this method may be unsafe because some messages may not be delivered
         * before the looper terminates.  Consider using {@link #quitSafely} instead to ensure
         * that all pending work is completed in an orderly manner.
         * </p>
         *
         * @return True if the looper looper has been asked to quit or false if the
         * thread had not yet started running.
         *
         * @see #quitSafely
         */
        public boolean quit() {
            Looper looper = getLooper();
            if (looper != null) {
                looper.quit();
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Quits the handler thread's looper safely.
         * <p>
         * Causes the handler thread's looper to terminate as soon as all remaining messages
         * in the message queue that are already due to be delivered have been handled.
         * Pending delayed messages with due times in the future will not be delivered.
         * </p><p>
         * Any attempt to post messages to the queue after the looper is asked to quit will fail.
         * For example, the {@link Handler#sendMessage(Message)} method will return false.
         * </p><p>
         * If the thread has not been started or has finished (that is if
         * {@link #getLooper} returns null), then false is returned.
         * Otherwise the looper is asked to quit and true is returned.
         * </p>
         *
         * @return True if the looper looper has been asked to quit or false if the
         * thread had not yet started running.
         */
        public boolean quitSafely() {
            Looper looper = getLooper();
            if (looper != null) {
                looper.quitSafely();
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Returns the identifier of this thread. See Process.myTid().
         */
        public int getThreadId() {
            return mTid;
        }
    }