在Android系统中，应用程序是由Launcher启动起来的。其实，Launcher本身也是一个应用程序，其它的应用程序安装后，就会在Launcher界面上出现一个相应的图标，点击这个图标时，Launcher就会把对应的应用程序启动起来。Launcher部分源码如下(Launcher源码地址)：
public final class Launcher extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener, OnLongClickListener {
……
/**
* Launches the intent referred by the clicked shortcut.
*
* @param v The view representing the clicked shortcut.
*/
public void onClick(View v) {
Object tag = v.getTag();
if (tag instanceof ApplicationInfo) {
// Open shortcut
final Intent intent = ((ApplicationInfo) tag).intent;
startActivitySafely(intent);
} else if (tag instanceof FolderInfo) {
handleFolderClick((FolderInfo) tag);
}
}
void startActivitySafely(Intent intent) {
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
try {
startActivity(intent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
Toast.makeText(this, R.string.activity_not_found, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} catch (SecurityException e) {
Toast.makeText(this, R.string.activity_not_found, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
e(LOG_TAG, "Launcher does not have the permission to launch " + intent +
". Make sure to create a MAIN intent-filter for the corresponding activity " +
"or use the exported attribute for this activity.", e);
}
}
……
}从上面的代码可以知道，在Launcher的onClick()中调用了startActivitySafely()，在startActivitySafely()中又调用了startActivity()。startActivity()有多个重载，最终会调用startActivityForResult()：
public void startActivityForResult(Intent intent, int requestCode, @Nullable Bundle options) {
if (mParent == null) {
Instrumentation.ActivityResult ar =
mInstrumentation.execStartActivity(
this, mMainThread.getApplicationThread(), mToken, this,
intent, requestCode, options);
if (ar != null) {
mMainThread.sendActivityResult(
mToken, mEmbeddedID, requestCode, ar.getResultCode(),
ar.getResultData());
}
if (requestCode >= 0) {
// If this start is requesting a result, we can avoid making
// the activity visible until the result is received. Setting
// this code during onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) or onResume() will keep the
// activity hidden during this time, to avoid flickering.
// This can only be done when a result is requested because
// that guarantees we will get information back when the
// activity is finished, no matter what happens to it.
mStartedActivity = true;
}
cancelInputsAndStartExitTransition(options);
// TODO Consider clearing/flushing other event sources and events for child windows.
} else {
if (options != null) {
mParent.startActivityFromChild(this, intent, requestCode, options);
} else {
// Note we want to go through this method for compatibility with
// existing applications that may have overridden it.
mParent.startActivityFromChild(this, intent, requestCode);
}
}
}可以看到调用了mInstrumentation的execStartActivity()，mInstrumentation是一个Instrumentation类型的成员变量。看一下Instrumentation类的定义：
/**
* Base class for implementing application instrumentation code. When running
* with instrumentation turned on, this class will be instantiated for you
* before any of the application code, allowing you to monitor all of the
* interaction the system has with the application. An Instrumentation
* implementation is described to the system through an AndroidManifest.xml's
* <instrumentation> tag.
*/从定义可知Instrumentation用来监控应用程序和系统的交互。
我们还看到execStartActivity()传进去的一个变量是mMainThread.getApplicationThread()，这里的mMainThread也是Activity类的成员变量，它的类型是ActivityThread，它代表的是应用程序的主线程。这里通过mMainThread.getApplicationThread获得它里面的ApplicationThread成员变量，它是一个Binder对象，后面我们会看到，ActivityManagerService会使用它来和ActivityThread来进行进程间通信。从源码中可以看到ApplicationThread是ActivityThread的一个内部类。
接着继续看Instrumentation的execStartActivity()：
public ActivityResult execStartActivity(
Context who, IBinder contextThread, IBinder token, Activity target,
Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options) {
IApplicationThread whoThread = (IApplicationThread) contextThread;
Uri referrer = target != null ? target.onProvideReferrer() : null;
if (referrer != null) {
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_REFERRER, referrer);
}
if (mActivityMonitors != null) {
synchronized (mSync) {
final int N = mActivityMonitors.size();
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
final ActivityMonitor am = mActivityMonitors.get(i);
if (am.match(who, null, intent)) {
am.mHits++;
if (am.isBlocking()) {
return requestCode >= 0 ? am.getResult() : null;
}
break;
}
}
}
}
try {
intent.migrateExtraStreamToClipData();
intent.prepareToLeaveProcess();
int result = ActivityManagerNative.getDefault()
.startActivity(whoThread, who.getBasePackageName(), intent,
intent.resolveTypeIfNeeded(who.getContentResolver()),
token, target != null ? target.mEmbeddedID : null,
requestCode, 0, null, options);
checkStartActivityResult(result, intent);
} catch (RemoteException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("Failure from system", e);
}
return null;
}从上面代码可以看出调用了ActivityManagerNative.getDefault()的startActivity()。ActivityManagerService(简称AMS)继承自ActivityManagerNative，而ActivityManagerNative继承自Binder并且实现了IActivityManager，因此AMS也是一个Binder，它是IActivityManager的具体实现。
在ActivityManagerNative中AMS这个Binder以单例模式对外提供，getDefault()返回的是一个Singleton的泛型类。
public abstract class ActivityManagerNative extends Binder implements IActivityManager
{
……
/**
* Retrieve the system's default/global activity manager.
*/
static public IActivityManager getDefault() {
return gDefault.get();
}
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private static final Singleton<IActivityManager> gDefault = new Singleton<IActivityManager>() {
protected IActivityManager create() {
IBinder b = ServiceManager.getService("activity");
if (false) {
Log.v("ActivityManager", "default service binder = " + b);
}
IActivityManager am = asInterface(b);
if (false) {
Log.v("ActivityManager", "default service = " + am);
}
return am;
}
};
……
}Instrumentation的execStartActivity()调用ActivityManagerService的startActivity()后又调用了checkStartActivityResult()：
public static void checkStartActivityResult(int res, Object intent) {
if (res >= ActivityManager.START_SUCCESS) {
return;
}
switch (res) {
case ActivityManager.START_INTENT_NOT_RESOLVED:
case ActivityManager.START_CLASS_NOT_FOUND:
if (intent instanceof Intent && ((Intent)intent).getComponent() != null)
throw new ActivityNotFoundException(
"Unable to find explicit activity class "
+ ((Intent)intent).getComponent().toShortString()
+ "; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml?");
throw new ActivityNotFoundException(
"No Activity found to handle " + intent);
case ActivityManager.START_PERMISSION_DENIED:
throw new SecurityException("Not allowed to start activity "
+ intent);
case ActivityManager.START_FORWARD_AND_REQUEST_CONFLICT:
throw new AndroidRuntimeException(
"FORWARD_RESULT_FLAG used while also requesting a result");
case ActivityManager.START_NOT_ACTIVITY:
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"PendingIntent is not an activity");
case ActivityManager.START_NOT_VOICE_COMPATIBLE:
throw new SecurityException(
"Starting under voice control not allowed for: " + intent);
case ActivityManager.START_NOT_CURRENT_USER_ACTIVITY:
// Fail silently for this case so we don't break current apps.
// TODO(b/22929608): Instead of failing silently or throwing an exception,
// we should properly position the activity in the stack (i.e. behind all current
// user activity/task) and not change the positioning of stacks.
Log.e(TAG,
"Not allowed to start background user activity that shouldn't be displayed"
+ " for all users. Failing silently...");
break;
default:
throw new AndroidRuntimeException("Unknown error code "
+ res + " when starting " + intent);
}
}很明显可以看出，checkStartActivityResult()就是在检查启动Activity的结果。当无法正确地启动一个Activity时，这个方法会抛出异常。其中熟悉的一条就是”Unable to find explicit activity class; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml?“
接着我们继续分析AMS的startActivity()：
@Override
public final int startActivity(IApplicationThread caller, String callingPackage,
Intent intent, String resolvedType, IBinder resultTo, String resultWho, int requestCode,
int startFlags, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, Bundle options) {
return startActivityAsUser(caller, callingPackage, intent, resolvedType, resultTo,
resultWho, requestCode, startFlags, profilerInfo, options,
UserHandle.getCallingUserId());
}
@Override
public final int startActivityAsUser(IApplicationThread caller, String callingPackage,
Intent intent, String resolvedType, IBinder resultTo, String resultWho, int requestCode,
int startFlags, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, Bundle options, int userId) {
enforceNotIsolatedCaller("startActivity");
userId = handleIncomingUser(Binder.getCallingPid(), Binder.getCallingUid(), userId,
false, ALLOW_FULL_ONLY, "startActivity", null);
// TODO: Switch to user app stacks here.
return mStackSupervisor.startActivityMayWait(caller, -1, callingPackage, intent,
resolvedType, null, null, resultTo, resultWho, requestCode, startFlags,
profilerInfo, null, null, options, false, userId, null, null);
}startActivity()调用了startActivityAsUser()，然后Activity的启动过程又转移到了ActivityStackSupervisor的startActivityMayWait()。startActivityMayWait()中又调用了startActivityLocked()，startActivityLocked()调用了startActivityUncheckedLocked()，startActivityUncheckedLocked()调用了resumeTopActivitiesLocked()，resumeTopActivitiesLocked()又调用了ActivityStack的resumeTopActivityLocked()。这个时候启动过程已经从ActivityStackSupervisor转移到了ActivityStack。
然后resumeTopActivityLocked()调用了resumeTopActivityInnerLocked()，resumeTopActivityInnerLocked()调用了ActivityStackSupervisor的startSpecificActivityLocked()。这个时候启动过程又从ActivityStack转移到了ActivityStackSupervisor。然后startSpecificActivityLocked()调用了realStartActivityLocked()。realStartActivityLocked()中有这样一段代码：
app.thread.scheduleLaunchActivity(new Intent(r.intent), r.appToken,
System.identityHashCode(r), r.info, new Configuration(mService.mConfiguration),
new Configuration(stack.mOverrideConfig), r.compat, r.launchedFromPackage,
task.voiceInteractor, app.repProcState, r.icicle, r.persistentState, results,
newIntents, !andResume, mService.isNextTransitionForward(), profilerInfo);这段代码很重要，其中app.thread的类型是IApplicationThread。IApplicationThread继承了IInterface：
/**
* Base class for Binder interfaces. When defining a new interface,
* you must derive it from IInterface.
*/
public interface IInterface
{
/**
* Retrieve the Binder object associated with this interface.
* You must use this instead of a plain cast, so that proxy objects
* can return the correct result.
*/
public IBinder asBinder();
}从IInterface的定义可知，IApplicationThread继承了它，所以是一个Binder类型的接口。阅读IApplicationThread的源码，可以发现其内部包含了大量启动、停止Activity的接口，此外还包含了启动和停止服务的接口。那么IApplicationThread的实现类是什么，答案就是ActivityThread的内部类ApplicationThread。ApplicationThread继承自ApplicationThreadNative，ApplicationThreadNative是一个抽象类继承自Binder并且实现了IApplicationThread。
绕了一圈，Activity的启动最终回到了ApplicationThread，ApplicationThread通过scheduleLaunchActivity()来启动Activity：
// we use token to identify this activity without having to send the
// activity itself back to the activity manager. (matters more with ipc)
@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);
}最后发送了一个消息，不断调用重载方法：
private void sendMessage(int what, Object obj, int arg1, int arg2, boolean async) {
if (DEBUG_MESSAGES) Slog.v(
TAG, "SCHEDULE " + what + " " + mH.codeToString(what)
+ ": " + arg1 + " / " + obj);
Message msg = Message.obtain();
msg.what = what;
msg.obj = obj;
msg.arg1 = arg1;
msg.arg2 = arg2;
if (async) {
msg.setAsynchronous(true);
}
mH.sendMessage(msg);
}mH是一个H类型的成员变量，它继承了Handler：
private class H extends Handler {
public static final int LAUNCH_ACTIVITY = 100;
public static final int PAUSE_ACTIVITY = 101;
public static final int PAUSE_ACTIVITY_FINISHING= 102;
public static final int STOP_ACTIVITY_SHOW = 103;
public static final int STOP_ACTIVITY_HIDE = 104;
public static final int SHOW_WINDOW = 105;
public static final int HIDE_WINDOW = 106;
public static final int RESUME_ACTIVITY = 107;
public static final int SEND_RESULT = 108;
public static final int DESTROY_ACTIVITY = 109;
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public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
if (DEBUG_MESSAGES) Slog.v(TAG, ">>> handling: " + codeToString(msg.what));
switch (msg.what) {
case LAUNCH_ACTIVITY: {
Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "activityStart");
final ActivityClientRecord r = (ActivityClientRecord) msg.obj;
r.packageInfo = getPackageInfoNoCheck(
r.activityInfo.applicationInfo, r.compatInfo);
handleLaunchActivity(r, null);
Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
} break;
case RELAUNCH_ACTIVITY: {
Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "activityRestart");
ActivityClientRecord r = (ActivityClientRecord)msg.obj;
handleRelaunchActivity(r);
Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
} break;
case PAUSE_ACTIVITY:
Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "activityPause");
handlePauseActivity((IBinder)msg.obj, false, (msg.arg1&1) != 0, msg.arg2,
(msg.arg1&2) != 0);
maybeSnapshot();
Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
break;
……
}
}
}从H对”LAUNCH_ACTIVITY”的处理可以看到，Activity的启动过程又转移到了handleLaunchActivity()。handleLaunchActivity()又调用了performLaunchActivity()，performLaunchActivity()主要完成如下几件事：
1.从ActivityClientRecord中获取待启动的Activity的组件信息
ActivityInfo aInfo = r.activityInfo;
if (r.packageInfo == null) {
r.packageInfo = getPackageInfo(aInfo.applicationInfo, r.compatInfo,
Context.CONTEXT_INCLUDE_CODE);
}
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);
}2.通过Instrumentation的newActivity()使用类加载器创建Activity对象
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) {
if (!mInstrumentation.onException(activity, e)) {
throw new RuntimeException(
"Unable to instantiate activity " + component
+ ": " + e.toString(), e);
}
}
public Activity newActivity(ClassLoader cl, String className,
Intent intent)
throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException,
ClassNotFoundException {
return (Activity)cl.loadClass(className).newInstance();
}3.通过LoadedApk的makeApplication()创建Application对象：
public Application makeApplication(boolean forceDefaultAppClass,
Instrumentation instrumentation) {
if (mApplication != null) {
return mApplication;
}
Application app = null;
String appClass = mApplicationInfo.className;
if (forceDefaultAppClass || (appClass == null)) {
appClass = "android.app.Application";
}
try {
java.lang.ClassLoader cl = getClassLoader();
if (!mPackageName.equals("android")) {
initializeJavaContextClassLoader();
}
ContextImpl appContext = ContextImpl.createAppContext(mActivityThread, this);
app = mActivityThread.mInstrumentation.newApplication(
cl, appClass, appContext);
appContext.setOuterContext(app);
} catch (Exception e) {
if (!mActivityThread.mInstrumentation.onException(app, e)) {
throw new RuntimeException(
"Unable to instantiate application " + appClass
+ ": " + e.toString(), e);
}
}
mActivityThread.mAllApplications.add(app);
mApplication = app;
if (instrumentation != null) {
try {
instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(app);
} catch (Exception e) {
if (!instrumentation.onException(app, e)) {
throw new RuntimeException(
"Unable to create application " + app.getClass().getName()
+ ": " + e.toString(), e);
}
}
}
// Rewrite the R 'constants' for all library apks.
SparseArray<String> packageIdentifiers = getAssets(mActivityThread)
.getAssignedPackageIdentifiers();
final int N = packageIdentifiers.size();
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
final int id = packageIdentifiers.keyAt(i);
if (id == 0x01 || id == 0x7f) {
continue;
}
rewriteRValues(getClassLoader(), packageIdentifiers.valueAt(i), id);
}
return app;
}从以上代码可以看出，如果Application已经被创建过了就不会被再创建了，这意味着一个应用只能有一个Application对象。Application对象的创建也是通过Instrumentation来完成的，同样通过类加载器来实现。Application对象创建完毕后，会调用Instrumentation的callApplicationOnCreate()来调用Application的onCreate()：
public void callApplicationOnCreate(Application app) {
app.onCreate();
}4.创建ContextImpl对象并通过Activity的attach()来完成一些重要数据的初始化
Context appContext = createBaseContextForActivity(r, activity);
CharSequence title = r.activityInfo.loadLabel(appContext.getPackageManager());
Configuration config = new Configuration(mCompatConfiguration);
if (DEBUG_CONFIGURATION) Slog.v(TAG, "Launching activity "
+ r.activityInfo.name + " with config " + config);
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);5.调用Instrumentation的callActivityOnCreate()来调用Activity的onCreate()
/**
* Perform calling of an activity's {@link Activity#onCreate}
* method. The default implementation simply calls through to that method.
*
* @param activity The activity being created.
* @param icicle The previously frozen state (or null) to pass through to onCreate().
*/
public void callActivityOnCreate(Activity activity, Bundle icicle) {
prePerformCreate(activity);
activity.performCreate(icicle);
postPerformCreate(activity);
}
/**
* Perform calling of an activity's {@link Activity#onCreate}
* method. The default implementation simply calls through to that method.
* @param activity The activity being created.
* @param icicle The previously frozen state (or null) to pass through to
* @param persistentState The previously persisted state (or null)
*/
public void callActivityOnCreate(Activity activity, Bundle icicle,
PersistableBundle persistentState) {
prePerformCreate(activity);
activity.performCreate(icicle, persistentState);
postPerformCreate(activity);
}