Handler, Loop, MessageQueue的工作原理

Message: 消息对象

Looper: 每个线程拥有一个looper，负责读取MessageQueue中的Message，然后把消息发送给发送消息的Handler处理。

MessageQueue: 消息队列，FIFO，负责管理Message。在Looper的构造器中创建，与对应的Looper关联。

Looper.prepare(): 创建Looper。

public static void prepare() {
prepare(true);
}

private static void prepare(boolean quitAllowed) {
if (sThreadLocal.get() != null) {
throw new RuntimeException("Only one Looper may be created per thread");
}
sThreadLocal.set(new Looper(quitAllowed));
}

Looper.loop(): 取出MessageQueue中的消息。

public static void loop() {
final Looper me = myLooper();
if (me == null) {
throw new RuntimeException("No Looper; Looper.prepare() wasn't called on this thread.");
}
final MessageQueue queue = me.mQueue;

// Make sure the identity of this thread is that of the local process,
// and keep track of what that identity token actually is.
Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
final long ident = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();

for (;;) {
Message msg = queue.next(); // might block
if (msg == null) {
// No message indicates that the message queue is quitting.
return;
}

// This must be in a local variable, in case a UI event sets the logger
Printer logging = me.mLogging;
if (logging != null) {
logging.println(">>>>> Dispatching to " + msg.target + " " +
msg.callback + ": " + msg.what);
}

msg.target.dispatchMessage(msg);

if (logging != null) {
logging.println("<<<<< Finished to " + msg.target + " " + msg.callback);
}

// Make sure that during the course of dispatching the
// identity of the thread wasn't corrupted.
final long newIdent = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
if (ident != newIdent) {
Log.wtf(TAG, "Thread identity changed from 0x"
+ Long.toHexString(ident) + " to 0x"
+ Long.toHexString(newIdent) + " while dispatching to "
+ msg.target.getClass().getName() + " "
+ msg.callback + " what=" + msg.what);
}

msg.recycleUnchecked();
}
}

实例

class ChildThread extends Thread {
private Handler mHandler;
public void run() {
Looper.prepare();
mHandler = new Handler() {
handlerMessage();
};
Looper.loop();
}
}