前面已經介紹了Activity、Service、BroadcastReceiver的啟動流程 Activity的啟動流程： http://blog.csdn.net/newhope1106/article/details/53355189 Service啟動流程： http://blog.csdn.net/newhope1106/article/details/53843809 BroadcastReceiver啟動流程： http://blog.csdn.net/newhope1106/article/details/54176308 本章是四大元件中的最後一個元件的啟動流程了，ContentProvider是内容共享型元件，android系統中用得比較多的是資料庫部分，比如通訊錄資料庫，多媒體資料庫等，都是由ContentProvider對其他應用提供了資料增删改查(CRUD)操作。不過在使用的過程中，我們知道不能直接通路ContentProvider，基本上是通過Uri來比對通路的。下面來分析一下它的啟動流程。 ContentProvider有四個操作，query、insert、update、delete四個操作，每個操作都能把ContentProvider啟動起來，我們以query操作為例。 我們先看一個查詢的例子：
mContext.getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
從前面的幾個元件的啟動流程中，我們已經知道了，mContext其實是ContextImpl，然後我們看一下mContext.getContentResolver()的代碼：
public ContentResolver getContentResolver() {
return mContentResolver;
}
其中ContextResolver是一個抽象類，而mContextResolver其實是ApplicationContentResolver，在ContextImpl的構造方法中初始化。 ContextResolver的query方法，會調用到另一個query方法，我們看看代碼：
public final @Nullable Cursor query(final @NonNull Uri uri, @Nullable String[] projection,
@Nullable String selection, @Nullable String[] selectionArgs,
@Nullable String sortOrder, @Nullable CancellationSignal cancellationSignal) {
Preconditions.checkNotNull(uri, "uri");
IContentProvider unstableProvider = acquireUnstableProvider(uri);
if (unstableProvider == null) {
return null;
}
IContentProvider stableProvider = null;
Cursor qCursor = null;
try {
long startTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
ICancellationSignal remoteCancellationSignal = null;
if (cancellationSignal != null) {
cancellationSignal.throwIfCanceled();
remoteCancellationSignal = unstableProvider.createCancellationSignal();
cancellationSignal.setRemote(remoteCancellationSignal);
}
try {
qCursor = unstableProvider.query(mPackageName, uri, projection,
selection, selectionArgs, sortOrder, remoteCancellationSignal);
} catch (DeadObjectException e) {
// The remote process has died... but we only hold an unstable
// reference though, so we might recover!!! Let's try!!!!
// This is exciting!!1!!1!!!!1
unstableProviderDied(unstableProvider);
stableProvider = acquireProvider(uri);
if (stableProvider == null) {
return null;
}
qCursor = stableProvider.query(mPackageName, uri, projection,
selection, selectionArgs, sortOrder, remoteCancellationSignal);
}
......
}
上面看到有unstableProvider和stableProvider，調用的分别是acquireUnstableProvider和acquireProvider，其實兩者最終都調用到了ApplicationContentResolver的acquireProvider方法。
protected IContentProvider acquireProvider(Context context, String auth) {
return mMainThread.acquireProvider(context,
ContentProvider.getAuthorityWithoutUserId(auth),
resolveUserIdFromAuthority(auth), true);
}
然後調用到了ActivityThread的acquireProvider方法
public final IContentProvider acquireProvider(
Context c, String auth, int userId, boolean stable) {
final IContentProvider provider = acquireExistingProvider(c, auth, userId, stable);
if (provider != null) {
return provider;
}
// There is a possible race here. Another thread may try to acquire
// the same provider at the same time. When this happens, we want to ensure
// that the first one wins.
// Note that we cannot hold the lock while acquiring and installing the
// provider since it might take a long time to run and it could also potentially
// be re-entrant in the case where the provider is in the same process.
IActivityManager.ContentProviderHolder holder = null;
try {
holder = ActivityManagerNative.getDefault().getContentProvider(
getApplicationThread(), auth, userId, stable);
} catch (RemoteException ex) {
}
if (holder == null) {
Slog.e(TAG, "Failed to find provider info for " + auth);
return null;
}
// Install provider will increment the reference count for us, and break
// any ties in the race.
holder = installProvider(c, holder, holder.info,
true /*noisy*/, holder.noReleaseNeeded, stable);
return holder.provider;
}
上面的代碼可以看到，首先查詢是否已經存在目标IContentProvider，如果存在，則直接傳回，其中在ActivityThread中通過下面的ArrayMap來儲存的
final ArrayMap<ProviderKey, ProviderClientRecord> mProviderMap
= new ArrayMap<ProviderKey, ProviderClientRecord>();
由于最開始的時候IContentProvider不存在，是以往下是調用了AMS的getContentProvider方法，我們看一下具體代碼：
public final ContentProviderHolder getContentProvider(
IApplicationThread caller, String name, int userId, boolean stable) {
enforceNotIsolatedCaller("getContentProvider");
if (caller == null) {
String msg = "null IApplicationThread when getting content provider "
+ name;
Slog.w(TAG, msg);
throw new SecurityException(msg);
}
// The incoming user check is now handled in checkContentProviderPermissionLocked() to deal
// with cross-user grant.
return getContentProviderImpl(caller, name, null, stable, userId);
}
接着調用了getContentProviderImpl方法，有點長，隻看主要代碼
private final ContentProviderHolder getContentProviderImpl(IApplicationThread caller,
String name, IBinder token, boolean stable, int userId) {
ContentProviderRecord cpr;
ContentProviderConnection conn = null;
ProviderInfo cpi = null;
.......
// First check if this content provider has been published...
cpr = mProviderMap.getProviderByName(name, userId);
.......
ComponentName comp = new ComponentName(cpi.packageName, cpi.name);
checkTime(startTime, "getContentProviderImpl: before getProviderByClass");
cpr = mProviderMap.getProviderByClass(comp, userId);
.......
// This is single process, and our app is now connecting to it.
// See if we are already in the process of launching this
// provider.
final int N = mLaunchingProviders.size();
int i;
for (i = 0; i < N; i++) {
if (mLaunchingProviders.get(i) == cpr) {
break;
}
}
// If the provider is not already being launched, then get it
// started.
if (i >= N) {
final long origId = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
try {
// Content provider is now in use, its package can't be stopped.
try {
checkTime(startTime, "getContentProviderImpl: before set stopped state");
AppGlobals.getPackageManager().setPackageStoppedState(
cpr.appInfo.packageName, false, userId);
checkTime(startTime, "getContentProviderImpl: after set stopped state");
} catch (RemoteException e) {
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
Slog.w(TAG, "Failed trying to unstop package "
+ cpr.appInfo.packageName + ": " + e);
}
// Use existing process if already started
checkTime(startTime, "getContentProviderImpl: looking for process record");
ProcessRecord proc = getProcessRecordLocked(
cpi.processName, cpr.appInfo.uid, false);
if (proc != null && proc.thread != null) {
if (DEBUG_PROVIDER) Slog.d(TAG_PROVIDER,
"Installing in existing process " + proc);
if (!proc.pubProviders.containsKey(cpi.name)) {
checkTime(startTime, "getContentProviderImpl: scheduling install");
proc.pubProviders.put(cpi.name, cpr);
try {
proc.thread.scheduleInstallProvider(cpi);
} catch (RemoteException e) {
}
}
} else {
checkTime(startTime, "getContentProviderImpl: before start process");
proc = startProcessLocked(cpi.processName,
cpr.appInfo, false, 0, "content provider",
new ComponentName(cpi.applicationInfo.packageName,
cpi.name), false, false, false);
checkTime(startTime, "getContentProviderImpl: after start process");
if (proc == null) {
Slog.w(TAG, "Unable to launch app "
+ cpi.applicationInfo.packageName + "/"
+ cpi.applicationInfo.uid + " for provider "
+ name + ": process is bad");
return null;
}
}
cpr.launchingApp = proc;
mLaunchingProviders.add(cpr);
} finally {
Binder.restoreCallingIdentity(origId);
}
}
checkTime(startTime, "getContentProviderImpl: updating data structures");
// Make sure the provider is published (the same provider class
// may be published under multiple names).
if (firstClass) {
mProviderMap.putProviderByClass(comp, cpr);
}
mProviderMap.putProviderByName(name, cpr);
conn = incProviderCountLocked(r, cpr, token, stable);
if (conn != null) {
conn.waiting = true;
}
}
checkTime(startTime, "getContentProviderImpl: done!");
}
// Wait for the provider to be published...
synchronized (cpr) {
while (cpr.provider == null) {
if (cpr.launchingApp == null) {
Slog.w(TAG, "Unable to launch app "
+ cpi.applicationInfo.packageName + "/"
+ cpi.applicationInfo.uid + " for provider "
+ name + ": launching app became null");
EventLog.writeEvent(EventLogTags.AM_PROVIDER_LOST_PROCESS,
UserHandle.getUserId(cpi.applicationInfo.uid),
cpi.applicationInfo.packageName,
cpi.applicationInfo.uid, name);
return null;
}
try {
if (DEBUG_MU) Slog.v(TAG_MU,
"Waiting to start provider " + cpr
+ " launchingApp=" + cpr.launchingApp);
if (conn != null) {
conn.waiting = true;
}
cpr.wait();
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
} finally {
if (conn != null) {
conn.waiting = false;
}
}
}
}
return cpr != null ? cpr.newHolder(conn) : null;
}
由于最開始，provider不存在，是以cpr是空的，而且由于provider所在的程序不存在，是以首先是啟動程序，看最後一段代碼synchronized (cpr) 裡面的cpr.wait()，它會等着ContentProvider釋出。通過調用startProcessLocked啟動程序，最後會調用到zygote中，前面Activity的啟動流程中有提到，不再贅述，然後會調用ActivityThread.main(...)方法，它是一個靜态方法。
public static void main(String[] args) {
......
Looper.prepareMainLooper();
ActivityThread thread = new ActivityThread();
thread.attach(false);
if (sMainThreadHandler == null) {
sMainThreadHandler = thread.getHandler();
}
if (false) {
Looper.myLooper().setMessageLogging(new
LogPrinter(Log.DEBUG, "ActivityThread"));
}
// End of event ActivityThreadMain.
Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
Looper.loop();
throw new RuntimeException("Main thread loop unexpectedly exited");
}
主要看thread.attach(false)方法，隻看主要代碼
private void attach(boolean system) {
.......
final IActivityManager mgr = ActivityManagerNative.getDefault();
try {
mgr.attachApplication(mAppThread);
} catch (RemoteException ex) {
// Ignore
}
.......
}
又回到AMS調用attachApplication方法
public final void attachApplication(IApplicationThread thread) {
synchronized (this) {
int callingPid = Binder.getCallingPid();
final long origId = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
attachApplicationLocked(thread, callingPid);
Binder.restoreCallingIdentity(origId);
}
}
接着調用attachApplicationLocked方法，重要的地方來了
private final boolean attachApplicationLocked(IApplicationThread thread,
int pid) {
......
List<ProviderInfo> providers = normalMode ? generateApplicationProvidersLocked(app) : null;
........
thread.bindApplication(processName, appInfo, providers, app.instrumentationClass,
profilerInfo, app.instrumentationArguments, app.instrumentationWatcher,
app.instrumentationUiAutomationConnection, testMode, enableOpenGlTrace,
isRestrictedBackupMode || !normalMode, app.persistent,
new Configuration(mConfiguration), app.compat,
getCommonServicesLocked(app.isolated),
mCoreSettingsObserver.getCoreSettingsLocked());
updateLruProcessLocked(app, false, null);
app.lastRequestedGc = app.lastLowMemory = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
}
.....
}
我們隻看核心的代碼，generateApplicationProvidersLocked(app)擷取所有的ContentProvider的資訊，然後調用 thread.bindApplication(...)方法，也就是ActivityThread的bindApplication方法。
public final void bindApplication(String processName, ApplicationInfo appInfo,
List<ProviderInfo> providers, ComponentName instrumentationName,
ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, Bundle instrumentationArgs,
IInstrumentationWatcher instrumentationWatcher,
IUiAutomationConnection instrumentationUiConnection, int debugMode,
boolean enableOpenGlTrace, boolean isRestrictedBackupMode, boolean persistent,
Configuration config, CompatibilityInfo compatInfo, Map<String, IBinder> services,
Bundle coreSettings) {
......
sendMessage(H.BIND_APPLICATION, data);
}
隻看最後一行，發送BIND_APPLICATION消息，然後調用handleBindApplication方法，代碼也有點長，隻看核心的部分。
private void handleBindApplication(AppBindData data) {
mBoundApplication = data;
mConfiguration = new Configuration(data.config);
mCompatConfiguration = new Configuration(data.config);
........
try {
// If the app is being launched for full backup or restore, bring it up in
// a restricted environment with the base application class.
Application app = data.info.makeApplication(data.restrictedBackupMode, null);
mInitialApplication = app;
// don't bring up providers in restricted mode; they may depend on the
// app's custom Application class
if (!data.restrictedBackupMode) {
List<ProviderInfo> providers = data.providers;
if (providers != null) {
installContentProviders(app, providers);
// For process that contains content providers, we want to
// ensure that the JIT is enabled "at some point".
mH.sendEmptyMessageDelayed(H.ENABLE_JIT, 10*1000);
}
}
......
}
對，隻剩下installContentProviders(app, providers)方法
private void installContentProviders(
Context context, List<ProviderInfo> providers) {
final ArrayList<IActivityManager.ContentProviderHolder> results =
new ArrayList<IActivityManager.ContentProviderHolder>();
for (ProviderInfo cpi : providers) {
IActivityManager.ContentProviderHolder cph = installProvider(context, null, cpi,
false /*noisy*/, true /*noReleaseNeeded*/, true /*stable*/);
if (cph != null) {
cph.noReleaseNeeded = true;
results.add(cph);
}
}
try {
ActivityManagerNative.getDefault().publishContentProviders(
getApplicationThread(), results);
} catch (RemoteException ex) {
}
}
周遊所有的ContentProvider的資訊，然後調用installProvider
private IActivityManager.ContentProviderHolder installProvider(Context context,
IActivityManager.ContentProviderHolder holder, ProviderInfo info,
boolean noisy, boolean noReleaseNeeded, boolean stable) {
ContentProvider localProvider = null;
IContentProvider provider;
......
try {
final java.lang.ClassLoader cl = c.getClassLoader();
localProvider = (ContentProvider)cl.
loadClass(info.name).newInstance();
provider = localProvider.getIContentProvider();
if (provider == null) {
Slog.e(TAG, "Failed to instantiate class " +
info.name + " from sourceDir " +
info.applicationInfo.sourceDir);
return null;
}
if (DEBUG_PROVIDER) Slog.v(
TAG, "Instantiating local provider " + info.name);
// XXX Need to create the correct context for this provider.
localProvider.attachInfo(c, info);
} catch (java.lang.Exception e) {
if (!mInstrumentation.onException(null, e)) {
throw new RuntimeException(
"Unable to get provider " + info.name
+ ": " + e.toString(), e);
}
return null;
}
}
......
}
反射方式執行個體化ContentProvider，并且調用ContentProvider的attachInfo方法。
public void attachInfo(Context context, ProviderInfo info) {
attachInfo(context, info, false);
}
private void attachInfo(Context context, ProviderInfo info, boolean testing) {
mNoPerms = testing;
/*
* Only allow it to be set once, so after the content service gives
* this to us clients can't change it.
*/
if (mContext == null) {
mContext = context;
if (context != null) {
mTransport.mAppOpsManager = (AppOpsManager) context.getSystemService(
Context.APP_OPS_SERVICE);
}
mMyUid = Process.myUid();
if (info != null) {
setReadPermission(info.readPermission);
setWritePermission(info.writePermission);
setPathPermissions(info.pathPermissions);
mExported = info.exported;
mSingleUser = (info.flags & ProviderInfo.FLAG_SINGLE_USER) != 0;
setAuthorities(info.authority);
}
ContentProvider.this.onCreate();
}
上述代碼可以看到，調用了ContentProvider的onCreate方法，初始化完成，剛才看到了installContentProviders往下還有一行代碼。
try {
ActivityManagerNative.getDefault().publishContentProviders(
getApplicationThread(), results);
} catch (RemoteException ex) {
}
看一下裡面的具體内容
public final void publishContentProviders(IApplicationThread caller,
List<ContentProviderHolder> providers) {
if (providers == null) {
return;
}
enforceNotIsolatedCaller("publishContentProviders");
synchronized (this) {
final ProcessRecord r = getRecordForAppLocked(caller);
if (DEBUG_MU) Slog.v(TAG_MU, "ProcessRecord uid = " + r.uid);
if (r == null) {
throw new SecurityException(
"Unable to find app for caller " + caller
+ " (pid=" + Binder.getCallingPid()
+ ") when publishing content providers");
}
final long origId = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
final int N = providers.size();
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
ContentProviderHolder src = providers.get(i);
if (src == null || src.info == null || src.provider == null) {
continue;
}
ContentProviderRecord dst = r.pubProviders.get(src.info.name);
if (DEBUG_MU) Slog.v(TAG_MU, "ContentProviderRecord uid = " + dst.uid);
if (dst != null) {
ComponentName comp = new ComponentName(dst.info.packageName, dst.info.name);
mProviderMap.putProviderByClass(comp, dst);
String names[] = dst.info.authority.split(";");
for (int j = 0; j < names.length; j++) {
mProviderMap.putProviderByName(names[j], dst);
}
int launchingCount = mLaunchingProviders.size();
int j;
boolean wasInLaunchingProviders = false;
for (j = 0; j < launchingCount; j++) {
if (mLaunchingProviders.get(j) == dst) {
mLaunchingProviders.remove(j);
wasInLaunchingProviders = true;
j--;
launchingCount--;
}
}
if (wasInLaunchingProviders) {
mHandler.removeMessages(CONTENT_PROVIDER_PUBLISH_TIMEOUT_MSG, r);
}
synchronized (dst) {
dst.provider = src.provider;
dst.proc = r;
dst.notifyAll();
}
updateOomAdjLocked(r);
maybeUpdateProviderUsageStatsLocked(r, src.info.packageName,
src.info.authority);
}
}
Binder.restoreCallingIdentity(origId);
}
}
一方面把ContentProviderRecord加入到mProviderMap中，便于下次快速傳回，另一方面是調用notifyAll方法，喚醒剛才我們上述調用的cpr.wait()方法的地方，回頭繼續看。此時通過acquireProvider已經擷取到了IContentProvider啦，是以可以調用query方法内容了。由于IContentProvider是一個IBinder接口，具體實作展現在 ContentProviderNative和ContentProvider.Transport中的，看一下ContentProvider.Transport的query方法
public Cursor query(String callingPkg, Uri uri, String[] projection,
String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder,
ICancellationSignal cancellationSignal) {
validateIncomingUri(uri);
uri = getUriWithoutUserId(uri);
.......
// Null projection means all columns but we have no idea which they are.
// However, the caller may be expecting to access them my index. Hence,
// we have to execute the query as if allowed to get a cursor with the
// columns. We then use the column names to return an empty cursor.
Cursor cursor = ContentProvider.this.query(uri, projection, selection,
selectionArgs, sortOrder, CancellationSignal.fromTransport(
cancellationSignal));
if (cursor == null) {
return null;
}
// Return an empty cursor for all columns.
return new MatrixCursor(cursor.getColumnNames(), 0);
}
final String original = setCallingPackage(callingPkg);
try {
return ContentProvider.this.query(
uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, sortOrder,
CancellationSignal.fromTransport(cancellationSignal));
} finally {
setCallingPackage(original);
}
}
調用到了ContentProvider的query方法，調用其他的insert、delete、update流程類似。
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