我们在开发Android的过程中，都知道Activity调用的生命周期的第一个就是onCreate。而我们所学的Java中所讲的一个类的构造函数是首先被调用的，但是我们又极少在Activity中涉及到构造函数，而是只需要关注生命周期就可以了。
我们经常认为的app的启动就是Activity的启动，而实际上并不是这样，对于一个app来说，真正的入口是ActivityThread：
public final class ActivityThread {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "ActivityThreadMain");
SamplingProfilerIntegration.start();
CloseGuard.setEnabled(false);
Environment.initForCurrentUser();
EventLogger.setReporter(new EventLoggingReporter());
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"));
}
// End of event ActivityThreadMain.
Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
Looper.loop();
throw new RuntimeException("Main thread loop unexpectedly exited");
}
}
可以发现ActivityThread类是一个final类，表明这个类是不能被继承的，一个app对应一个ActivityThread。当Zygote进程孵化一个新的app的时候，会执行ActivityThread的main方法。
main方法中则是执行了大量的初始化工作，比如主线程的Handler、Looper，并调用thread.attach(false)绑定到ActivityManagerService上，之后就开始不断的读取消息队列并分发。
我们在观察attach方法，其中false表示非系统应用：
private void attach(boolean system) {
sCurrentActivityThread = this;
mSystemThread = system;
if (!system) {
ViewRootImpl.addFirstDrawHandler(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
ensureJitEnabled();
}
});
android.ddm.DdmHandleAppName.setAppName("<pre-initialized>",
UserHandle.myUserId());
RuntimeInit.setApplicationObject(mAppThread.asBinder());
final IActivityManager mgr = ActivityManagerNative.getDefault();
try {
mgr.attachApplication(mAppThread);
} catch (RemoteException ex) {
throw ex.rethrowFromSystemServer();
}
} else {
}
}
这个方法中我们主要关注mgr.attachApplication(mAppThread)方法，可以发现将ActivityThread绑定到了ActivityManagerService中：
@Override
public final void attachApplication(IApplicationThread thread) {
synchronized (this) {
int callingPid = Binder.getCallingPid();
final long origId = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
attachApplicationLocked(thread, callingPid);
Binder.restoreCallingIdentity(origId);
}
}
private final boolean attachApplicationLocked(IApplicationThread thread,
int pid) {
// 将ApplicationThread绑定到ActivityManagerService
thread.bindApplication(processName, appInfo, providers, app.instrumentationClass,
profilerInfo, app.instrumentationArguments, app.instrumentationWatcher,
app.instrumentationUiAutomationConnection, testMode,
mBinderTransactionTrackingEnabled, enableTrackAllocation,
isRestrictedBackupMode || !normalMode, app.persistent,
new Configuration(mConfiguration), app.compat,
getCommonServicesLocked(app.isolated),
mCoreSettingsObserver.getCoreSettingsLocked());
// See if the top visible activity is waiting to run in this process...
if (normalMode) {
try {
if (mStackSupervisor.attachApplicationLocked(app)) {
didSomething = true;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Slog.wtf(TAG, "Exception thrown launching activities in " + app, e);
badApp = true;
}
}
}
boolean attachApplicationLocked(ProcessRecord app) throws RemoteException {
final String processName = app.processName;
boolean didSomething = false;
for (int displayNdx = mActivityDisplays.size() - 1; displayNdx >= 0; --displayNdx) {
ArrayList<ActivityStack> stacks = mActivityDisplays.valueAt(displayNdx).mStacks;
for (int stackNdx = stacks.size() - 1; stackNdx >= 0; --stackNdx) {
final ActivityStack stack = stacks.get(stackNdx);
if (!isFocusedStack(stack)) {
continue;
}
ActivityRecord hr = stack.topRunningActivityLocked();
if (hr != null) {
if (hr.app == null && app.uid == hr.info.applicationInfo.uid
&& processName.equals(hr.processName)) {
try {
if (realStartActivityLocked(hr, app, true, true)) {
didSomething = true;
}
} catch (RemoteException e) {
Slog.w(TAG, "Exception in new application when starting activity "
+ hr.intent.getComponent().flattenToShortString(), e);
throw e;
}
}
}
}
}
if (!didSomething) {
ensureActivitiesVisibleLocked(null, 0, !PRESERVE_WINDOWS);
}
return didSomething;
}
通过注释可以发现是通过mStackSupervisor.attachApplicationLocked(app)来找到当前进程的最顶上的可见Activity，之后通过方法内的realStartActivityLocked(hr, app, true, true)来处理真正启动Activity的逻辑：
final boolean realStartActivityLocked(ActivityRecord r, ProcessRecord app,
boolean andResume, boolean checkConfig) throws RemoteException {
if (andResume) {
// 冻结尚未启动的Activity
r.startFreezingScreenLocked(app, 0);
// 给WindowManager设置token，标识当前的App要在前台显示
mWindowManager.setAppVisibility(r.appToken, true);
// schedule launch ticks to collect information about slow apps.
r.startLaunchTickingLocked();
}
// 检查配置信息
if (checkConfig) {
Configuration config = mWindowManager.updateOrientationFromAppTokens(
mService.mConfiguration,
r.mayFreezeScreenLocked(app) ? r.appToken : null);
mService.updateConfigurationLocked(config, r, false);
}
// 设置参数
r.app = app;
app.waitingToKill = null;
r.launchCount++;
r.lastLaunchTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
int idx = app.activities.indexOf(r);
if (idx < 0) {
app.activities.add(r);
}
mService.updateLruProcessLocked(app, true, null);
mService.updateOomAdjLocked();
final TaskRecord task = r.task;
final ActivityStack stack = task.stack;
try {
if (app.thread == null) {
throw new RemoteException();
}
List<ResultInfo> results = null;
List<ReferrerIntent> newIntents = null;
if (andResume) {
results = r.results;
newIntents = r.newIntents;
}
// 如果是桌面，将其添加到Activity栈的底部
if (r.isHomeActivity()) {
// Home process is the root process of the task.
mService.mHomeProcess = task.mActivities.get(0).app;
}
mService.notifyPackageUse(r.intent.getComponent().getPackageName(),
PackageManager.NOTIFY_PACKAGE_USE_ACTIVITY);
r.sleeping = false;
r.forceNewConfig = false;
mService.showUnsupportedZoomDialogIfNeededLocked(r);
mService.showAskCompatModeDialogLocked(r);
r.compat = mService.compatibilityInfoForPackageLocked(r.info.applicationInfo);
ProfilerInfo profilerInfo = null;
if (mService.mProfileApp != null && mService.mProfileApp.equals(app.processName)) {
if (mService.mProfileProc == null || mService.mProfileProc == app) {
mService.mProfileProc = app;
final String profileFile = mService.mProfileFile;
if (profileFile != null) {
ParcelFileDescriptor profileFd = mService.mProfileFd;
if (profileFd != null) {
try {
profileFd = profileFd.dup();
} catch (IOException e) {
if (profileFd != null) {
try {
profileFd.close();
} catch (IOException o) {
}
profileFd = null;
}
}
}
profilerInfo = new ProfilerInfo(profileFile, profileFd,
mService.mSamplingInterval, mService.mAutoStopProfiler);
}
}
}
if (andResume) {
app.hasShownUi = true;
app.pendingUiClean = true;
}
app.forceProcessStateUpTo(mService.mTopProcessState);
// 当所有的参数配置好之后，就准备启动Activity
app.thread.scheduleLaunchActivity(new Intent(r.intent), r.appToken,
System.identityHashCode(r), r.info, new Configuration(mService.mConfiguration),
new Configuration(task.mOverrideConfig), r.compat, r.launchedFromPackage,
task.voiceInteractor, app.repProcState, r.icicle, r.persistentState, results,
newIntents, !andResume, mService.isNextTransitionForward(), profilerInfo);
if ((app.info.privateFlags&ApplicationInfo.PRIVATE_FLAG_CANT_SAVE_STATE) != 0) {
if (app.processName.equals(app.info.packageName)) {
if (mService.mHeavyWeightProcess != null
&& mService.mHeavyWeightProcess != app) {
Slog.w(TAG, "Starting new heavy weight process " + app
+ " when already running "
+ mService.mHeavyWeightProcess);
}
mService.mHeavyWeightProcess = app;
Message msg = mService.mHandler.obtainMessage(
ActivityManagerService.POST_HEAVY_NOTIFICATION_MSG);
msg.obj = r;
mService.mHandler.sendMessage(msg);
}
}
} catch (RemoteException e) {
if (r.launchFailed) {
// This is the second time we failed -- finish activity
// and give up.
Slog.e(TAG, "Second failure launching "
+ r.intent.getComponent().flattenToShortString()
+ ", giving up", e);
mService.appDiedLocked(app);
stack.requestFinishActivityLocked(r.appToken, Activity.RESULT_CANCELED, null,
"2nd-crash", false);
return false;
}
// This is the first time we failed -- restart process and
// retry.
app.activities.remove(r);
throw e;
}
r.launchFailed = false;
if (stack.updateLRUListLocked(r)) {
Slog.w(TAG, "Activity " + r + " being launched, but already in LRU list");
}
if (andResume) {
// As part of the process of launching, ActivityThread also performs
// a resume.
stack.minimalResumeActivityLocked(r);
} else {
if (DEBUG_STATES) Slog.v(TAG_STATES,
"Moving to PAUSED: " + r + " (starting in paused state)");
r.state = PAUSED;
}
if (isFocusedStack(stack)) {
mService.startSetupActivityLocked();
}
if (r.app != null) {
mService.mServices.updateServiceConnectionActivitiesLocked(r.app);
}
return true;
}
realStartActivityLocked方法首先会配置启动Activity的各种参数，之后再调用ApplicationThread的scheduleLaunchActivity方法准备启动Activity：
public final class ActivityThread {
private class ApplicationThread extends ApplicationThreadNative {
@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);
}
}
}
可以发现这个方法其实就是准备启动的信息，构造了ActivityClientRecord，并最终通过sendMessage(H.LAUNCH_ACTIVITY, r)发送启动消息给消息队列，给ActivityThread内的继承了Handler的子类H来处理。
private class H extends Handler {
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
case LAUNCH_ACTIVITY: {
final ActivityClientRecord r = (ActivityClientRecord) msg.obj;
r.packageInfo = getPackageInfoNoCheck(
r.activityInfo.applicationInfo, r.compatInfo);
handleLaunchActivity(r, null, "LAUNCH_ACTIVITY");
} break;
}
}
private void handleLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r, Intent customIntent, String reason) {
Activity a = performLaunchActivity(r, customIntent);
}
最终调用performLaunchActivity来处理Activity的启动流程：
private Activity performLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r, Intent customIntent) {
// 获取ActivityInfo
ActivityInfo aInfo = r.activityInfo;
// 获取PackageInfo
if (r.packageInfo == null) {
r.packageInfo = getPackageInfo(aInfo.applicationInfo, r.compatInfo,
Context.CONTEXT_INCLUDE_CODE);
}
// 获取Intent传递的ComponentName
ComponentName component = r.intent.getComponent();
if (component == null) {
component = r.intent.resolveActivity(
mInitialApplication.getPackageManager());
r.intent.setComponent(component);
}
if (r.activityInfo.targetActivity != null) {
component = new ComponentName(r.activityInfo.packageName,
r.activityInfo.targetActivity);
}
// 通过反射构造Activity
Activity activity = null;
try {
java.lang.ClassLoader cl = r.packageInfo.getClassLoader();
activity = mInstrumentation.newActivity(
cl, component.getClassName(), r.intent);
StrictMode.incrementExpectedActivityCount(activity.getClass());
r.intent.setExtrasClassLoader(cl);
r.intent.prepareToEnterProcess();
if (r.state != null) {
r.state.setClassLoader(cl);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
}
try {
// 获取Application
Application app = r.packageInfo.makeApplication(false, mInstrumentation);
if (activity != null) {
Context appContext = createBaseContextForActivity(r, activity);
// 将application、window、context绑定到Activity上
activity.attach(appContext, this, getInstrumentation(), r.token,
r.ident, app, r.intent, r.activityInfo, title, r.parent,
r.embeddedID, r.lastNonConfigurationInstances, config,
r.referrer, r.voiceInteractor, window);
if (customIntent != null) {
activity.mIntent = customIntent;
}
r.lastNonConfigurationInstances = null;
activity.mStartedActivity = false;
int theme = r.activityInfo.getThemeResource();
if (theme != 0) {
activity.setTheme(theme);
}
activity.mCalled = false;
// 调用oncreate方法
if (r.isPersistable()) {
mInstrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(activity, r.state, r.persistentState);
} else {
mInstrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(activity, r.state);
}
}
r.paused = true;
mActivities.put(r.token, r);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
return activity;
}
这个方法主要用来处理Activity的启动逻辑：
- 获取ActivityInfo、PackageInfo、intent的ComponentName、Context、Window
- 通过反射构造Activity
- 将上面构造的随想绑定到Activity中
- 调用callActivityOnCreate方法
public void callActivityOnCreate(Activity activity, Bundle icicle) {
prePerformCreate(activity);
activity.performCreate(icicle);
postPerformCreate(activity);
}
// Activity.java
final void performCreate(Bundle icicle) {
restoreHasCurrentPermissionRequest(icicle);
onCreate(icicle);
mActivityTransitionState.readState(icicle);
performCreateCommon();
}
最终通过performCreate方法，我们看到了我们所熟悉的onCreate方法，这个时候就走到了我们的生命周期方法中。
当然其他的生命周期方法也可以通过类似的方式来找到调用逻辑。
