前面我们介绍了Android系统的广播机制,从本质来说,它是一种消息订阅/公布机制,因此,使用这样的消息驱动模型的第一步便是订阅消息;而对Android应用程序来说,订阅消息事实上就是注冊广播接收器,本文将探讨Android应用程序是怎样注冊广播接收器以及把广播接收器注冊到哪里去的。
在Android的广播机制中,ActivityManagerService扮演着广播中心的角色,负责系统中全部广播的注冊和公布操作,因此,Android应用程序注冊广播接收器的过程就把是广播接收器注冊到ActivityManagerService的过程。Android应用程序是通过调用ContextWrapper类的registerReceiver函数来把广播接收器BroadcastReceiver注冊到ActivityManagerService中去的,而ContextWrapper类本身又借助ContextImpl类来注冊广播接收器。
在Android应用程序框架中,Activity和Service类都继承了ContextWrapper类,因此,我们能够在Activity或者Service的子类中调用registerReceiver函数来注冊广播接收器。Activity、Service、ContextWrapper和ContextImpl这四个类的关系能够參考前面Android系统在新进程中启动自己定义服务过程(startService)的原理分析一文中描写叙述的Activity类图。
这篇文章还是继续以实例来进行情景分析,所用到的样例便是上一篇文章Android系统中的广播(Broadcast)机制简要介绍和学习计划里面介绍的应用程序了,所以希望读者在继续阅读本文之前,先看看这篇文章;又因为Android应用程序是把广播接器注冊到ActivityManagerService中去的,因此,这里又会涉入到Binder进程间通信机制,所以希望读者对Android系统的Binder进程间通信机制有所了解,具体请參考Android进程间通信(IPC)机制Binder简要介绍和学习计划一文。
開始进入主题了,在Android系统中的广播(Broadcast)机制简要介绍和学习计划一文所介绍的样例中,注冊广播接收器的操作是MainActivity发起的,我们先来看看注冊过程的序列图:
在分析这个序列图之前,我们先来看一下MainActivity是怎样调用registerReceiver函数来注冊广播接收器的:
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener { ...... @Override public void onResume() { super.onResume(); IntentFilter counterActionFilter = new IntentFilter(CounterService.BROADCAST_COUNTER_ACTION); registerReceiver(counterActionReceiver, counterActionFilter); } ...... }MainActivity在onResume函数里,通过其父类ContextWrapper的registerReceiver函数注冊了一个BroadcastReceiver实例counterActionReceiver,而且通过IntentFilter实例counterActionFilter告诉ActivityManagerService,它要订阅的广播是CounterService.BROADCAST_COUNTER_ACTION类型的,这样,ActivityManagerService在收到CounterService.BROADCAST_COUNTER_ACTION类型的广播时,就会分发给counterActionReceiver实例的onReceive函数。
接下来,就開始分析注冊过程中的每个步骤了。
Step 1. ContextWrapper.registerReceiver
这个函数实如今frameworks/base/core/java/android/content/ContextWrapper.java文件里:
public class ContextWrapper extends Context { Context mBase; ...... @Override public Intent registerReceiver( BroadcastReceiver receiver, IntentFilter filter) { return mBase.registerReceiver(receiver, filter); } ...... }这里的成员变量mBase是一个ContextImpl实例,想知道为什么,能够回过头去看看Android应用程序启动过程源码分析这篇文章>~<。
Step 2. ContextImpl.registerReceiver
这个函数实如今frameworks/base/core/java/android/app/ContextImpl.java文件里:
class ContextImpl extends Context { ...... @Override public Intent registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver receiver, IntentFilter filter) { return registerReceiver(receiver, filter, null, null); } @Override public Intent registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver receiver, IntentFilter filter, String broadcastPermission, Handler scheduler) { return registerReceiverInternal(receiver, filter, broadcastPermission, scheduler, getOuterContext()); } private Intent registerReceiverInternal(BroadcastReceiver receiver, IntentFilter filter, String broadcastPermission, Handler scheduler, Context context) { IIntentReceiver rd = null; if (receiver != null) { if (mPackageInfo != null && context != null) { if (scheduler == null) { scheduler = mMainThread.getHandler(); } rd = mPackageInfo.getReceiverDispatcher( receiver, context, scheduler, mMainThread.getInstrumentation(), true); } else { ...... } } try { return ActivityManagerNative.getDefault().registerReceiver( mMainThread.getApplicationThread(), rd, filter, broadcastPermission); } catch (RemoteException e) { return null; } } ...... }通过两个函数的中转,终于就进入到ContextImpl.registerReceiverInternal这个函数来了。这里的成员变量mPackageInfo是一个LoadedApk实例,它是用来负责处理广播的接收的,在后面一篇文章讲到广播的发送时(sendBroadcast),会具体描写叙述。參数broadcastPermission和scheduler都为null,而參数context是上面的函数通过调用函数getOuterContext得到的,这里它就是指向MainActivity了,因为MainActivity是继承于Context类的,因此,这里用Context类型来引用。
因为条件mPackageInfo != null和context != null都成立,而且条件scheduler == null也成立,于是就调用mMainThread.getHandler来获得一个Handler了,这个Hanlder是后面用来分发ActivityManagerService发送过的广播用的。这里的成员变量mMainThread是一个ActivityThread实例,在前面Android应用程序启动过程源码分析这篇文章也描写叙述过了。我们先来看看ActivityThread.getHandler函数的实现,然后再回过头来继续分析ContextImpl.registerReceiverInternal函数。
Step 3. ActivityThread.getHandler
这个函数实如今frameworks/base/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java文件里:
public final class ActivityThread { ...... final H mH = new H(); private final class H extends Handler { ...... public void handleMessage(Message msg) { ...... switch (msg.what) { ...... } ...... } ...... } ...... final Handler getHandler() { return mH; } ...... }有了这个Handler之后,就能够分发消息给应用程序处理了。
再回到上一步的ContextImpl.registerReceiverInternal函数中,它通过mPackageInfo.getReceiverDispatcher函数获得一个IIntentReceiver接口对象rd,这是一个Binder对象,接下来会把它传给ActivityManagerService,ActivityManagerService在收到对应的广播时,就是通过这个Binder对象来通知MainActivity来接收的。
我们也是先来看一下mPackageInfo.getReceiverDispatcher函数的实现,然后再回过头来继续分析ContextImpl.registerReceiverInternal函数。
Step 4. LoadedApk.getReceiverDispatcher
这个函数实如今frameworks/base/core/java/android/app/LoadedApk.java文件里:
final class LoadedApk { ...... public IIntentReceiver getReceiverDispatcher(BroadcastReceiver r, Context context, Handler handler, Instrumentation instrumentation, boolean registered) { synchronized (mReceivers) { LoadedApk.ReceiverDispatcher rd = null; HashMap<BroadcastReceiver, LoadedApk.ReceiverDispatcher> map = null; if (registered) { map = mReceivers.get(context); if (map != null) { rd = map.get(r); } } if (rd == null) { rd = new ReceiverDispatcher(r, context, handler, instrumentation, registered); if (registered) { if (map == null) { map = new HashMap<BroadcastReceiver, LoadedApk.ReceiverDispatcher>(); mReceivers.put(context, map); } map.put(r, rd); } } else { rd.validate(context, handler); } return rd.getIIntentReceiver(); } } ...... static final class ReceiverDispatcher { final static class InnerReceiver extends IIntentReceiver.Stub { final WeakReference<LoadedApk.ReceiverDispatcher> mDispatcher; ...... InnerReceiver(LoadedApk.ReceiverDispatcher rd, boolean strong) { mDispatcher = new WeakReference<LoadedApk.ReceiverDispatcher>(rd); ...... } ...... } ...... final IIntentReceiver.Stub mIIntentReceiver; final Handler mActivityThread; ...... ReceiverDispatcher(BroadcastReceiver receiver, Context context, Handler activityThread, Instrumentation instrumentation, boolean registered) { ...... mIIntentReceiver = new InnerReceiver(this, !registered); mActivityThread = activityThread; ...... } ...... IIntentReceiver getIIntentReceiver() { return mIIntentReceiver; } } ...... }
在LoadedApk.getReceiverDispatcher函数中,首先看一下參数r是不是已经有对应的ReceiverDispatcher存在了,如果有,就直接返回了,否则就新建一个ReceiverDispatcher,而且以r为Key值保在一个HashMap中,而这个HashMap以Context,这里即为MainActivity为Key值保存在LoadedApk的成员变量mReceivers中,这样,仅仅要给定一个Activity和BroadcastReceiver,就能够查看LoadedApk里面是否已经存在对应的广播接收公布器ReceiverDispatcher了。
在新建广播接收公布器ReceiverDispatcher时,会在构造函数里面创建一个InnerReceiver实例,这是一个Binder对象,实现了IIntentReceiver接口,能够通过ReceiverDispatcher.getIIntentReceiver函数来获得,获得后就会把它传给ActivityManagerService,以便接收广播。在ReceiverDispatcher类的构造函数中,还会把传进来的Handle类型的參数activityThread保存下来,以便后面在分发广播的时候使用。
如今,再回到ContextImpl.registerReceiverInternal函数,在获得了IIntentReceiver类型的Binder对象后,就開始要把它注冊到ActivityManagerService中去了。
Step 5. ActivityManagerProxy.registerReceiver
这个函数实如今frameworks/base/core/java/android/app/ActivityManagerNative.java文件里:
class ActivityManagerProxy implements IActivityManager { ...... public Intent registerReceiver(IApplicationThread caller, IIntentReceiver receiver, IntentFilter filter, String perm) throws RemoteException { Parcel data = Parcel.obtain(); Parcel reply = Parcel.obtain(); data.writeInterfaceToken(IActivityManager.descriptor); data.writeStrongBinder(caller != null ? caller.asBinder() : null); data.writeStrongBinder(receiver != null ? receiver.asBinder() : null); filter.writeToParcel(data, 0); data.writeString(perm); mRemote.transact(REGISTER_RECEIVER_TRANSACTION, data, reply, 0); reply.readException(); Intent intent = null; int haveIntent = reply.readInt(); if (haveIntent != 0) { intent = Intent.CREATOR.createFromParcel(reply); } reply.recycle(); data.recycle(); return intent; } ...... }这个函数通过Binder驱动程序就进入到ActivityManagerService中的registerReceiver函数中去了。
Step 6. ActivityManagerService.registerReceiver
这个函数实如今frameworks/base/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java文件里:
public final class ActivityManagerService extends ActivityManagerNative implements Watchdog.Monitor, BatteryStatsImpl.BatteryCallback { ...... public Intent registerReceiver(IApplicationThread caller, IIntentReceiver receiver, IntentFilter filter, String permission) { synchronized(this) { ProcessRecord callerApp = null; if (caller != null) { callerApp = getRecordForAppLocked(caller); if (callerApp == null) { ...... } } List allSticky = null; // Look for any matching sticky broadcasts... Iterator actions = filter.actionsIterator(); if (actions != null) { while (actions.hasNext()) { String action = (String)actions.next(); allSticky = getStickiesLocked(action, filter, allSticky); } } else { ...... } // The first sticky in the list is returned directly back to // the client. Intent sticky = allSticky != null ? (Intent)allSticky.get(0) : null; ...... if (receiver == null) { return sticky; } ReceiverList rl = (ReceiverList)mRegisteredReceivers.get(receiver.asBinder()); if (rl == null) { rl = new ReceiverList(this, callerApp, Binder.getCallingPid(), Binder.getCallingUid(), receiver); if (rl.app != null) { rl.app.receivers.add(rl); } else { ...... } mRegisteredReceivers.put(receiver.asBinder(), rl); } BroadcastFilter bf = new BroadcastFilter(filter, rl, permission); rl.add(bf); ...... mReceiverResolver.addFilter(bf); // Enqueue broadcasts for all existing stickies that match // this filter. if (allSticky != null) { ...... } return sticky; } } ...... }函数首先是获得调用registerReceiver函数的应用程序进程记录块:
ProcessRecord callerApp = null; if (caller != null) { callerApp = getRecordForAppLocked(caller); if (callerApp == null) { ...... } }这里得到的便是上一篇文章Android系统中的广播(Broadcast)机制简要介绍和学习计划里面介绍的应用程序Broadcast的进程记录块了,MainActivity就是在里面启动起来的。
List allSticky = null; // Look for any matching sticky broadcasts... Iterator actions = filter.actionsIterator(); if (actions != null) { while (actions.hasNext()) { String action = (String)actions.next(); allSticky = getStickiesLocked(action, filter, allSticky); } } else { ...... } // The first sticky in the list is returned directly back to // the client. Intent sticky = allSticky != null ? (Intent)allSticky.get(0) : null;这里传进来的filter仅仅有一个action,就是前面描写叙述的CounterService.BROADCAST_COUNTER_ACTION了,这里先通过getStickiesLocked函数查找一下有没有对应的sticky intent列表存在。什么是Sticky Intent呢?我们在最后一次调用sendStickyBroadcast函数来发送某个Action类型的广播时,系统会把代表这个广播的Intent保存下来,这样,后来调用registerReceiver来注冊同样Action类型的广播接收器,就会得到这个最后发出的广播。这就是为什么叫做Sticky Intent了,这个最后发出的广播尽管被处理完了,可是仍然被粘住在ActivityManagerService中,以便下一个注冊对应Action类型的广播接收器还能继承处理。
这里,如果我们不使用sendStickyBroadcast来发送CounterService.BROADCAST_COUNTER_ACTION类型的广播,于是,这里得到的allSticky和sticky都为null了。
继续往下看,这里传进来的receiver不为null,于是,继续往下运行:
ReceiverList rl = (ReceiverList)mRegisteredReceivers.get(receiver.asBinder()); if (rl == null) { rl = new ReceiverList(this, callerApp, Binder.getCallingPid(), Binder.getCallingUid(), receiver); if (rl.app != null) { rl.app.receivers.add(rl); } else { ...... } mRegisteredReceivers.put(receiver.asBinder(), rl); }这里事实上就是把广播接收器receiver保存一个ReceiverList列表中,这个列表的宿主进程是rl.app,这里就是MainActivity所在的进程了,在ActivityManagerService中,用一个进程记录块来表示这个应用程序进程,它里面有一个列表receivers,专门用来保存这个进程注冊的广播接收器。接着,又把这个ReceiverList列表以receiver为Key值保存在ActivityManagerService的成员变量mRegisteredReceivers中,这些都是为了方便在收到广播时,高速找到对应的广播接收器的。
再往下看:
BroadcastFilter bf = new BroadcastFilter(filter, rl, permission); rl.add(bf); ...... mReceiverResolver.addFilter(bf);上面仅仅是把广播接收器receiver保存起来了,可是还没有把它和filter关联起来,这里就创建一个BroadcastFilter来把广播接收器列表rl和filter关联起来,然后保存在ActivityManagerService中的成员变量mReceiverResolver中去。
这样,广播接收器注冊的过程就介绍完了,比較简单,可是工作又比較琐碎,主要就是将广播接收器receiver及其要接收的广播类型filter保存在ActivityManagerService中,以便以后能够接收到对应的广播并进行处理,在下一篇文章,我们将具体分析这个过程,敬请关注。
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