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("");
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("",
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 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 results = null;
List 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 pendingResults, List 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。