Activity启动流程分析

@Override
public void startActivity(Intent intent) {
    this.startActivity(intent, null);
}

@Override
public void startActivity(Intent intent, @Nullable Bundle options) {
    if (options != null) { //options这里为null
        startActivityForResult(intent, -1, options);
    } else {
        // Note we want to go through this call for compatibility with
        // applications that may have overridden the method.
        startActivityForResult(intent, -1);
    }
}

public void startActivityForResult(@RequiresPermission Intent intent, int requestCode,
        @Nullable Bundle options) {
    if (mParent == null) { //这里mParent不为空
        options = transferSpringboardActivityOptions(options);
        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());
        }

        // 代码省略....
    } else {
        // 代码省略....
    }
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    //...代码省略
}

public ActivityResult execStartActivity(
          Context who, IBinder contextThread, IBinder token, Activity target,
          Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options)


public ActivityResult execStartActivity(
         Context who, IBinder contextThread, IBinder token, String target,
         Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options)

public ActivityResult execStartActivity(
         Context who, IBinder contextThread, IBinder token, Activity target,
         Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options, UserHandle user)

public ActivityResult execStartActivity(Context who, IBinder contextThread, IBinder token, Activity target,
        Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options) {
    IApplicationThread whoThread = (IApplicationThread) contextThread;
        //...ignore some code...
  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) {
    }
    return null;
}

public void callActivityOnCreate(Activity activity, Bundle icicle) {
    prePerformCreate(activity);
    activity.performCreate(icicle);
    postPerformCreate(activity);
}

final void performCreate(Bundle icicle) {
    onCreate(icicle);
    mActivityTransitionState.readState(icicle);
    performCreateCommon();
}

ActivityManagerNative.getDefault().startActivity()

public abstract class ActivityManagerNative extends Binder implements IActivityManager
{

 //从类声明上，我们可以看到ActivityManagerNative是Binder的一个子类，而且实现了IActivityManager接口
 static public IActivityManager getDefault() {
        return gDefault.get();
 }

//最终返回的还是一个ActivityManagerProxy对象
static public IActivityManager asInterface(IBinder obj) {
        if (obj == null) {
            return null;
        }
        IActivityManager in =
            (IActivityManager)obj.queryLocalInterface(descriptor);
        if (in != null) {
            return in;
        }

        //这里面的Binder类型的obj参数会作为ActivityManagerProxy的成员变量保存为mRemote成员变量，负责进行IPC通信
        return new ActivityManagerProxy(obj);
    }
}

//通过单例模式获取一个IActivityManager对象，这个对象通过asInterface(b)获得
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;
       }
   };
}

public int startActivity(IApplicationThread caller, String callingPackage, Intent intent,
        String resolvedType, IBinder resultTo, String resultWho, int requestCode,
        int startFlags, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, Bundle options) throws RemoteException {
    Parcel data = Parcel.obtain();
    Parcel reply = Parcel.obtain();
    data.writeInterfaceToken(IActivityManager.descriptor);
    data.writeStrongBinder(caller != null ? caller.asBinder() : null);
    data.writeString(callingPackage);
    intent.writeToParcel(data, 0);
    //...省略部分代码
    mRemote.transact(START_ACTIVITY_TRANSACTION, data, reply, 0);
    reply.readException();
    int result = reply.readInt();
    reply.recycle();
    data.recycle();
    return result;
}

@Override
public boolean onTransact(int code, Parcel data, Parcel reply, int flags)
        throws RemoteException {
    switch (code) {
    case START_ACTIVITY_TRANSACTION:
    {   //最好在case方法里面添加断点，避免受其他系统发送的消息影响
        data.enforceInterface(IActivityManager.descriptor);
        IBinder b = data.readStrongBinder();
        IApplicationThread app = ApplicationThreadNative.asInterface(b);
        String callingPackage = data.readString();
        Intent intent = Intent.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data);
        String resolvedType = data.readString();
        IBinder resultTo = data.readStrongBinder();
        String resultWho = data.readString();
        int requestCode = data.readInt();
        int startFlags = data.readInt();
        ProfilerInfo profilerInfo = data.readInt() != 0
                ? ProfilerInfo.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data) : null;
        Bundle options = data.readInt() != 0
                ? Bundle.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data) : null;
        int result = startActivity(app, callingPackage, intent, resolvedType,
                resultTo, resultWho, requestCode, startFlags, profilerInfo, options);
        reply.writeNoException();
        reply.writeInt(result);
        return true;
    }
    //...省略
}

final int startActivity(Intent intent, ActivityStackSupervisor.ActivityContainer container)

@Override
public int startActivity(IBinder whoThread, String callingPackage,
        Intent intent, String resolvedType, Bundle bOptions)

@Override
public final int startActivity(IApplicationThread caller, String callingPackage,
        Intent intent, String resolvedType, IBinder resultTo, String resultWho, int requestCode,
        int startFlags, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, Bundle bOptions)

@Override
public final int startActivityAsUser(IApplicationThread caller, String callingPackage,
        Intent intent, String resolvedType, IBinder resultTo, String resultWho, int requestCode,
        int startFlags, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, Bundle bOptions, int userId) {
    enforceNotIsolatedCaller("startActivity");
    userId = mUserController.handleIncomingUser(Binder.getCallingPid(), Binder.getCallingUid(),
            userId, false, ALLOW_FULL_ONLY, "startActivity", null);
    // TODO: Switch to user app stacks here.
    return mActivityStarter.startActivityMayWait(caller, -1, callingPackage, intent,
            resolvedType, null, null, resultTo, resultWho, requestCode, startFlags,
            profilerInfo, null, null, bOptions, false, userId, null, null);
}

public ActivityManagerService(Context systemContext) {
    //...省略代码
    mStackSupervisor = new ActivityStackSupervisor(this);
    mActivityStarter = new ActivityStarter(this, mStackSupervisor);
    //...省略代码
}

final boolean realStartActivityLocked(ActivityRecord r, ProcessRecord app,
            boolean andResume, boolean checkConfig) throws RemoteException {

    //...代码省略

    final ActivityStack stack = task.stack;
    try {
        //...代码省略

        app.forceProcessStateUpTo(mService.mTopProcessState);
        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);

        //...代码省略
    } catch (RemoteException e) {

    }

    return true;
}

private class ApplicationThread extends ApplicationThreadNative {}

public abstract class ApplicationThreadNative extends Binder implements IApplicationThread{}

class ApplicationThreadProxy implements IApplicationThread {}

public interface IApplicationThread extends IInterface {}

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) throws RemoteException {
    Parcel data = Parcel.obtain();
    data.writeInterfaceToken(IApplicationThread.descriptor);

    //....写入数据

    mRemote.transact(SCHEDULE_LAUNCH_ACTIVITY_TRANSACTION, data, null,
            IBinder.FLAG_ONEWAY);
    data.recycle();
}

//onTransact()方法里：
case SCHEDULE_LAUNCH_ACTIVITY_TRANSACTION:
    {
        data.enforceInterface(IApplicationThread.descriptor);
        // 取出数据
        scheduleLaunchActivity(intent, b, ident, info, curConfig, overrideConfig, compatInfo,
                referrer, voiceInteractor, procState, state, persistentState, ri, pi,
                notResumed, isForward, profilerInfo);
        return true;
    }

// 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);
}

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, "LAUNCH_ACTIVITY");
            Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
        } break;

    //....

Activity activity = null;
try {
    //通过ClassLoader将foo.bar.multi.XXXActivity类加载进来：
    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);


try {
    //创建Application对象，这是根据AndroidManifest.xml配置文件中的Application标签的信息来创建的
    Application app = r.packageInfo.makeApplication(false, mInstrumentation);

    //代码主要创建Activity的上下文信息，并通过attach方法将这些上下文信息设置到XXXActivity中去：
    if (activity != null) {
      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);

    //调用activity的onCreate函数，上面提到过这个方法：
    mInstrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(activity, r.state);

void startSpecificActivityLocked(ActivityRecord r,
        boolean andResume, boolean checkConfig) {
    // Is this activity's application already running?
    ProcessRecord app = mService.getProcessRecordLocked(r.processName,
            r.info.applicationInfo.uid, true);

    r.task.stack.setLaunchTime(r);

    //区别在这里，Launcher启动方式，app为null，应用内启动app不为null
    if (app != null && app.thread != null) {
        try {
            if ((r.info.flags&ActivityInfo.FLAG_MULTIPROCESS) == 0
                    || !"android".equals(r.info.packageName)) {
                // Don't add this if it is a platform component that is marked
                // to run in multiple processes, because this is actually
                // part of the framework so doesn't make sense to track as a
                // separate apk in the process.
                app.addPackage(r.info.packageName, r.info.applicationInfo.versionCode,
                        mService.mProcessStats);
            }
            realStartActivityLocked(r, app, andResume, checkConfig);
            return;
        } catch (RemoteException e) {
            Slog.w(TAG, "Exception when starting activity "
                    + r.intent.getComponent().flattenToShortString(), e);
        }
          // If a dead object exception was thrown -- fall through to
        // restart the application.
    }
    //所以要执行ActivityServiceManager的去开启一个新的进程
    mService.startProcessLocked(r.processName, r.info.applicationInfo, true, 0,
            "activity", r.intent.getComponent(), false, false, true);
}

Process.ProcessStartResult startResult = Process.start(entryPoint,
                app.processName, uid, uid, gids, debugFlags, mountExternal,
                app.info.targetSdkVersion, app.info.seinfo, requiredAbi, instructionSet,
                app.info.dataDir, entryPointArgs);

private void attach(boolean system) {
    //...
    final IActivityManager mgr = ActivityManagerNative.getDefault();
    try {
        mgr.attachApplication(mAppThread);
    } catch (RemoteException ex) {
        throw ex.rethrowFromSystemServer();
    }
    //...
}

private final boolean attachApplicationLocked(IApplicationThread thread,
        int pid) {
    //...代码省略
    // 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;
        }
    }
    // Find any services that should be running in this process...
    if (!badApp) {
        try {
            didSomething |= mServices.attachApplicationLocked(app, processName);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Slog.wtf(TAG, "Exception thrown starting services in " + app, e);
            badApp = true;
        }
    }
    // Check if a next-broadcast receiver is in this process...
    if (!badApp && isPendingBroadcastProcessLocked(pid)) {
        try {
            didSomething |= sendPendingBroadcastsLocked(app);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // If the app died trying to launch the receiver we declare it 'bad'
            Slog.wtf(TAG, "Exception thrown dispatching broadcasts in " + app, e);
            badApp = true;
        }
    }
    //...代码省略