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浅析ListView实现原理
--为什么要使用getview（）中的convertView
2009的Google Io大会中有一个专门培训ListView使用的课程说到，使用ListView 最快最优化（Fast Way）的方式如下这段代码： Fast Way
```
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent){
ViewHolder holder;
if (convertView == null) {
convertView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.list_item, parent, false);
holder = new ViewHolder();
holder.text = (TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.text);
holder.icon = (ImageView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.icon);
convertView.setTag(holder);
} else {
holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
}
holder.text.setText(DATA[position]);
holder.icon.setImageBitmap(Icons[position]);
return convertView;
}
public static class ViewHolder{
TextView text;
ImageView icon;
}
```
当时好奇为什么要使用 covertView ， 所以结合源码看了下ListView的实现原理，几年过去了，已经忘的差不多了，最近整理一下，为什么我们在代码中要这么使用ListView？covertView又是什么东东？
为什么要使用covertView？
大家都知道，如果从网络，或者本地获取到了数据，我们通过调用**adapter.notifyDataSetChanaged()**来通知ListView数据已经发生改变，那么ListView就会把我们的数据更新到页面。我们将从这个方法看起，这个事件是怎么通知到ListView的？打开BaseAdapter的源码，我们看到notifyDataSetChanaged（）的方法如下：
/**
* Notifies the attached observers that the underlying data has been changed
* and any View reflecting the data set should refresh itself.
*/
public void notifyDataSetChanged() {
mDataSetObservable.notifyChanged();
}
这里调用了一个观察者模式的通知方法，那么你继续跟踪下去，将会在AbsListView中发现这个Observer的定义（注意这里有几个继承关系，所以你可能不是那么好找）：
class AdapterDataSetObserver extends DataSetObserver {
private Parcelable mInstanceState = null;
@Override
public void onChanged() {
mDataChanged = true;
mOldItemCount = mItemCount;
mItemCount = getAdapter().getCount();
// Detect the case where a cursor that was previously invalidated has
// been repopulated with new data.
if (AdapterView.this.getAdapter().hasStableIds() && mInstanceState != null
&& mOldItemCount == 0 && mItemCount > 0) {
AdapterView.this.onRestoreInstanceState(mInstanceState);
mInstanceState = null;
} else {
rememberSyncState();
}
checkFocus();
requestLayout(); //这里调用了requesetLayout 方法，那么ListView的绘制过程就开始了
}
...
}
ViewGroup的绘制过程，大慨有三个阶段，onMeasure，onLayout, onDraw, onMeasuer阶段中，各个子View将会计计算自己在父View中占用的宽高， 父View通过测量阶段获取到的宽高信息，负责把子View放到合适的位置，具体的过程不在这里详谈，我们从ListView的Layout事件看起，ListView是继承至AbsListView，AbsListView onLayout()会调用一个方法叫layoutChildren（）这也是一个抽象方法，ListView实现了这个方法，下面我们将截取一段代码来分析：
@Override
protected void layoutChildren() {
...省略的代码...
try {
...省略的代码...
boolean dataChanged = mDataChanged;
if (dataChanged) {
handleDataChanged(); //数据变化的处理，这里决定了mLayoutMode
}
// Handle the empty set by removing all views that are visible
// and calling it a day
//留这段代码在这里，是因为这是一个ListView很少见的crash，平时开发过程可能不会现，
//上线以后就会出现偶发的crash，其实记住一点就好，如果Adapter中的数据发生了改变,就必须调用notifiyDateSetChangaed，
//如果不调用，这个crash就会出现，我以前在环信的SDK中也发现过这问题
if (mItemCount == 0) {
resetList();
invokeOnItemScrollListener();
return;
} else if (mItemCount != mAdapter.getCount()) {
throw new IllegalStateException("The content of the adapter has changed but "
+ "ListView did not receive a notification. Make sure the content of "
+ "your adapter is not modified from a background thread, but only from "
+ "the UI thread. Make sure your adapter calls notifyDataSetChanged() "
+ "when its content changes. [in ListView(" + getId() + ", " + getClass()
+ ") with Adapter(" + mAdapter.getClass() + ")]");
}
/*************重点来了******************/
//这里如果数据发生了改变，将把所有现在的child放到scrapView中，
//如果数据没有发生改变，将把所有现在的child放到activeViews中，
//RecyCleBin是什么鬼？scrapView是什么鬼？activieViews又是什么鬼？
// Pull all children into the RecycleBin.
// These views will be reused if possible
final int firstPosition = mFirstPosition;
final RecycleBin recycleBin = mRecycler;
if (dataChanged) {
for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
recycleBin.addScrapView(getChildAt(i), firstPosition+i);
}
} else {
recycleBin.fillActiveViews(childCount, firstPosition);
}
// Clear out old views
detachAllViewsFromParent();
recycleBin.removeSkippedScrap();
//这里开始把子View加到ListView中，好多种模式，具体我没看，下面会选fillUp这个函数来分析。
switch (mLayoutMode) {
case LAYOUT_SET_SELECTION:
if (newSel != null) {
sel = fillFromSelection(newSel.getTop(), childrenTop, childrenBottom);
} else {
sel = fillFromMiddle(childrenTop, childrenBottom);
}
break;
case LAYOUT_SYNC:
sel = fillSpecific(mSyncPosition, mSpecificTop);
break;
case LAYOUT_FORCE_BOTTOM:
sel = fillUp(mItemCount - 1, childrenBottom);
adjustViewsUpOrDown();
break;
case LAYOUT_FORCE_TOP:
mFirstPosition = 0;
sel = fillFromTop(childrenTop);
adjustViewsUpOrDown();
break;
case LAYOUT_SPECIFIC:
sel = fillSpecific(reconcileSelectedPosition(), mSpecificTop);
break;
case LAYOUT_MOVE_SELECTION:
sel = moveSelection(oldSel, newSel, delta, childrenTop, childrenBottom);
break;
default:
if (childCount == 0) {
if (!mStackFromBottom) {
final int position = lookForSelectablePosition(0, true);
setSelectedPositionInt(position);
sel = fillFromTop(childrenTop);
} else {
final int position = lookForSelectablePosition(mItemCount - 1, false);
setSelectedPositionInt(position);
sel = fillUp(mItemCount - 1, childrenBottom);
}
} else {
if (mSelectedPosition >= 0 && mSelectedPosition < mItemCount) {
sel = fillSpecific(mSelectedPosition,
oldSel == null ? childrenTop : oldSel.getTop());
} else if (mFirstPosition < mItemCount) {
sel = fillSpecific(mFirstPosition,
oldFirst == null ? childrenTop : oldFirst.getTop());
} else {
sel = fillSpecific(0, childrenTop);
}
}
break;
}
// Flush any cached views that did not get reused above
recycleBin.scrapActiveViews();
...省略的代码...
} finally {
if (!blockLayoutRequests) {
mBlockLayoutRequests = false;
}
}
}
上面出现了RecycleBin， ScrapView，ActiveView，这是什么东西？我们打开RecycleBin的源码看一看。
RecycleBin
源码如下:
/**
* The RecycleBin facilitates reuse of views across layouts. The RecycleBin has two levels of
* storage: ActiveViews and ScrapViews. ActiveViews are those views which were onscreen at the
* start of a layout. By construction, they are displaying current information. At the end of
* layout, all views in ActiveViews are demoted to ScrapViews. ScrapViews are old views that
* could potentially be used by the adapter to avoid allocating views unnecessarily.
*
* @see android.widget.AbsListView#setRecyclerListener(android.widget.AbsListView.RecyclerListener)
* @see android.widget.AbsListView.RecyclerListener
*/
class RecycleBin {
private RecyclerListener mRecyclerListener;
/**
* The position of the first view stored in mActiveViews.
*/
private int mFirstActivePosition;
/**
* Views that were on screen at the start of layout. This array is populated at the start of
* layout, and at the end of layout all view in mActiveViews are moved to mScrapViews.
* Views in mActiveViews represent a contiguous range of Views, with position of the first
* view store in mFirstActivePosition.
*/
private View[] mActiveViews = new View[0];
/**
* Unsorted views that can be used by the adapter as a convert view.
*/
private ArrayList[] mScrapViews;
private int mViewTypeCount;
private ArrayList mCurrentScrap;
private ArrayList mSkippedScrap;
private SparseArray mTransientStateViews;
private LongSparseArray mTransientStateViewsById;
....省略的代码.....
}
上面说的很清楚，RecycleBin的作用是帮助布局中的View的重用，它存储了两种类型的View：
- mActiveViews 可以理解为现在显示在屏幕上的View
- mScrapViews 我们终于找到了，这就是传回getView中covertView的来源，上面的作用也说的很清楚了，避免不必要的分配Views，优化性能。
Ok，已经找到根本原因了，那么ListView又是在什么时候调用的getView方法了，上面说了我们将从fillUp方法看起：
/**
* Fills the list from pos up to the top of the list view.
*
* @param pos The first position to put in the list
*
* @param nextBottom The location where the bottom of the item associated
* with pos should be drawn
*
* @return The view that is currently selected
*/
private View fillUp(int pos, int nextBottom) {
View selectedView = null;
int end = 0;
if ((mGroupFlags & CLIP_TO_PADDING_MASK) == CLIP_TO_PADDING_MASK) {
end = mListPadding.top;
}
while (nextBottom > end && pos >= 0) {
// is this the selected item?
boolean selected = pos == mSelectedPosition;
View child = makeAndAddView(pos, nextBottom, false, mListPadding.left, selected);
nextBottom = child.getTop() - mDividerHeight;
if (selected) {
selectedView = child;
}
pos--;
}
mFirstPosition = pos + 1;
setVisibleRangeHint(mFirstPosition, mFirstPosition + getChildCount() - 1);
return selectedView;
}
在这段代码中，又看到了makeAndAddView，该方法就是把View加到ListView中最终调用的方法，我们来看代码:
/**
* Obtain the view and add it to our list of children. The view can be made
* fresh, converted from an unused view, or used as is if it was in the
* recycle bin.
*
* @param position Logical position in the list
* @param y Top or bottom edge of the view to add
* @param flow If flow is true, align top edge to y. If false, align bottom
* edge to y.
* @param childrenLeft Left edge where children should be positioned
* @param selected Is this position selected?
* @return View that was added
*/
private View makeAndAddView(int position, int y, boolean flow, int childrenLeft,
boolean selected) {
View child;
//如果数据没有变化，直接去ActiveView中拿，这是最快的。
if (!mDataChanged) {
// Try to use an existing view for this position
child = mRecycler.getActiveView(position);
if (child != null) {
// Found it -- we're using an existing child
// This just needs to be positioned
setupChild(child, position, y, flow, childrenLeft, selected, true);
return child;
}
}
//如果数据变化了，新建一个View，或则如果可能的话去ScrapView中拿一个缓存。
// Make a new view for this position, or convert an unused view if possible
child = obtainView(position, mIsScrap);
//这个方法负责，把View放到ListView中合适的位置，具体就不看代码了，有兴趣自己去看源码
// This needs to be positioned and measured
setupChild(child, position, y, flow, childrenLeft, selected, mIsScrap[0]);
return child;
}
那么我们只有接着看obtainView,该方法中就调用了getView方法，注意看：
/**
* Get a view and have it show the data associated with the specified
* position. This is called when we have already discovered that the view is
* not available for reuse in the recycle bin. The only choices left are
* converting an old view or making a new one.
*
* @param position The position to display
* @param isScrap Array of at least 1 boolean, the first entry will become true if
* the returned view was taken from the scrap heap, false if otherwise.
*
* @return A view displaying the data associated with the specified position
*/
View obtainView(int position, boolean[] isScrap) {
Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_VIEW, "obtainView");
isScrap[0] = false;
//这个瞬时状态的View，看了下说明，大概就是item有动画等效果的，我们不关心这个
// Check whether we have a transient state view. Attempt to re-bind the
// data and discard the view if we fail.
final View transientView = mRecycler.getTransientStateView(position);
if (transientView != null) {
final LayoutParams params = (LayoutParams) transientView.getLayoutParams();
// If the view type hasn't changed, attempt to re-bind the data.
if (params.viewType == mAdapter.getItemViewType(position)) {
final View updatedView = mAdapter.getView(position, transientView, this);
// If we failed to re-bind the data, scrap the obtained view.
if (updatedView != transientView) {
setItemViewLayoutParams(updatedView, position);
mRecycler.addScrapView(updatedView, position);
}
}
// Scrap view implies temporary detachment.
isScrap[0] = true;
return transientView;
}
//看这里，我们先去哪一个scrapView
final View scrapView = mRecycler.getScrapView(position);
//看到没，这里调用了getView方法，去初始化我们的covertView，知道covertView怎么来的吧。
final View child = mAdapter.getView(position, scrapView, this);
if (scrapView != null) {
//如果不相等，这种情况就是我们covertView为null的情况
if (child != scrapView) {
// Failed to re-bind the data, return scrap to the heap.
mRecycler.addScrapView(scrapView, position);
} else {
isScrap[0] = true;
//这个方法没有看到说明，大概就是绘制相关的
child.dispatchFinishTemporaryDetach();
}
}
if (mCacheColorHint != 0) {
child.setDrawingCacheBackgroundColor(mCacheColorHint);
}
if (child.getImportantForAccessibility() == IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_AUTO) {
child.setImportantForAccessibility(IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_YES);
}
setItemViewLayoutParams(child, position);
if (AccessibilityManager.getInstance(mContext).isEnabled()) {
if (mAccessibilityDelegate == null) {
mAccessibilityDelegate = new ListItemAccessibilityDelegate();
}
if (child.getAccessibilityDelegate() == null) {
child.setAccessibilityDelegate(mAccessibilityDelegate);
}
}
Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_VIEW);
return child;
}
Ok，大概就这样，ListView个人觉得他的实现是Android中一个比较经典的东西，如果这的看懂的话，还有其他touch事件分发，ViewGroup绘制原理还是挺多的，有兴趣的同学可以深入的去看一下源码，绝对受益匪浅.