为什么Android系统会给程序的主线程自动添加Looper?

Question

如何实现自动添加的?

Answer 1

Android calls Looper.prepareMainLooper in the entry function ActivityThread.main() of the process to create a Looper for the main thread of the application, and then calls Looper.loop() to start the message loop of the process, and then the message can be processed.

ActivityThread source code:

151 public final class ActivityThread {

2202    private Activity performLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r, Intent customIntent) {
2253            if (activity != null) {
2259                activity.attach(appContext, this, ..., );

5219    public static void main(String[] args) {
            // 在这儿调用 Looper.prepareMainLooper, 为应用的主线程创建Looper
5240        Looper.prepareMainLooper();
5242        ActivityThread thread = new ActivityThread();
5245        if (sMainThreadHandler == null) {
5246            sMainThreadHandler = thread.getHandler();
5247        }
5254        Looper.loop();
5257    }
5258}

Looper source code:

52 public final class Looper {
        // Initialize the current thread as a looper, marking it as an application's main looper.
        // The main looper for your application is created by the Android environment,
        // so you should never need to call this function yourself. See also: prepare()        
87     public static void prepareMainLooper() {
88         prepare(false);
89         synchronized (Looper.class) {
90             if (sMainLooper != null) {
91                 throw new IllegalStateException("The main Looper has already been prepared.");
92             }
93             sMainLooper = myLooper();
94         }
95     }

Activity source code:

660 public class Activity extends ContextThemeWrapper {
699     /*package*/ ActivityThread mMainThread;

5922    final void attach(Context context, ActivityThread aThread, ..., ) {
5944        mMainThread = aThread;

Reference:

http://grepcode.com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/com.google.android/android/5.1.1_r1/android/app/ActivityThread.java
http://grepcode .com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/com.google.android/android/5.1.1_r1/android/app/Activity.java
Source code analysis of Android application process startup process - by Luo Shengyang
Android_Message_Handler_Message processing mechanism summary notes

Answer 2

@li21 said it very well,
by the way, let me tell you how to automatically increase Looper
you can use HandlerThread