Activity的创建过程

源码基于Android 26

(参考资料 Android开发艺术探索)
整体时序图

1 startActivityForResult
首先通过Activity的startActivityForResult()开始

public void startActivityForResult(@RequiresPermission Intent intent, int requestCode,
            @Nullable Bundle options) {
        if (mParent == null) {
            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());
            }
            if (requestCode >= 0) {
                // If this start is requesting a result, we can avoid making
                // the activity visible until the result is received.  Setting
                // this code during onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) or onResume() will keep the
                // activity hidden during this time, to avoid flickering.
                // This can only be done when a result is requested because
                // that guarantees we will get information back when the
                // activity is finished, no matter what happens to it.
                mStartedActivity = true;
            }

            cancelInputsAndStartExitTransition(options);
            // TODO Consider clearing/flushing other event sources and events for child windows.
        } else {
            if (options != null) {
                mParent.startActivityFromChild(this, intent, requestCode, options);
            } else {
                // Note we want to go through this method for compatibility with
                // existing applications that may have overridden it.
                mParent.startActivityFromChild(this, intent, requestCode);
            }
        }
    }

通过上述代码中的

Instrumentation.ActivityResult ar =
                mInstrumentation.execStartActivity(
                    this, mMainThread.getApplicationThread(), mToken, this,
                    intent, requestCode, options);

可以发现最终调用的是Instrumentation中的execStartActivity方法
2 execStartActivity

public ActivityResult execStartActivity(
            Context who, IBinder contextThread, IBinder token, Activity target,
            Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options) {
        IApplicationThread whoThread = (IApplicationThread) contextThread;
        Uri referrer = target != null ? target.onProvideReferrer() : null;
        if (referrer != null) {
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_REFERRER, referrer);
        }
        if (mActivityMonitors != null) {
            synchronized (mSync) {
                final int N = mActivityMonitors.size();
                for (int i=0; i< N; i++) {
                    final ActivityMonitor am = mActivityMonitors.get(i);
                    ActivityResult result = null;
                    if (am.ignoreMatchingSpecificIntents()) {
                        result = am.onStartActivity(intent);
                    }
                    if (result != null) {
                        am.mHits++;
                        return result;
                    } else if (am.match(who, null, intent)) {
                        am.mHits++;
                        if (am.isBlocking()) {
                            return requestCode >= 0 ? am.getResult() : null;
                        }
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        try {
            intent.migrateExtraStreamToClipData();
            intent.prepareToLeaveProcess(who);
            int result = ActivityManager.getService()
                .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) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Failure from system", e);
        }
        return null;
    }

在这段中的这一段

 int result = ActivityManager.getService()
                .startActivity(whoThread, who.getBasePackageName(), intent,

（剧透）
这里的ActivityManager.getService()即为ActivityManagerService.

可以知道
在ActivityManager的getService中
3 getService

public static IActivityManager getService() {
        return IActivityManagerSingleton.get();
    }

    private static final Singleton IActivityManagerSingleton =
            new Singleton() {
                @Override
                protected IActivityManager create() {
                    final IBinder b = ServiceManager.getService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
                    final IActivityManager am = IActivityManager.Stub.asInterface(b);
                    return am;
                }
            };

最终是通过Singleton的单例返回一个IActivityManager对象。

而ActivityManagerService(AMS)继承自IActivityManager。

public class ActivityManagerService extends IActivityManager.Stub

所以Activity的启动又转移到了ActivityManagerService中。

在看ActivityManagerService之前，先回过头看下Instrumentation中的checkStartActivityResult（）方法。

public static void checkStartActivityResult(int res, Object intent) {
        if (!ActivityManager.isStartResultFatalError(res)) {
            return;
        }

        switch (res) {
            case ActivityManager.START_INTENT_NOT_RESOLVED:
            case ActivityManager.START_CLASS_NOT_FOUND:
                if (intent instanceof Intent && ((Intent)intent).getComponent() != null)
                    throw new ActivityNotFoundException(
                            "Unable to find explicit activity class "
                            + ((Intent)intent).getComponent().toShortString()
                            + "; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml?");
                throw new ActivityNotFoundException(
                        "No Activity found to handle " + intent);
            case ActivityManager.START_PERMISSION_DENIED:
                throw new SecurityException("Not allowed to start activity "
                        + intent);
            case ActivityManager.START_FORWARD_AND_REQUEST_CONFLICT:
                throw new AndroidRuntimeException(
                        "FORWARD_RESULT_FLAG used while also requesting a result");
            case ActivityManager.START_NOT_ACTIVITY:
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                        "PendingIntent is not an activity");
            case ActivityManager.START_NOT_VOICE_COMPATIBLE:
                throw new SecurityException(
                        "Starting under voice control not allowed for: " + intent);
            case ActivityManager.START_VOICE_NOT_ACTIVE_SESSION:
                throw new IllegalStateException(
                        "Session calling startVoiceActivity does not match active session");
            case ActivityManager.START_VOICE_HIDDEN_SESSION:
                throw new IllegalStateException(
                        "Cannot start voice activity on a hidden session");
            case ActivityManager.START_ASSISTANT_NOT_ACTIVE_SESSION:
                throw new IllegalStateException(
                        "Session calling startAssistantActivity does not match active session");
            case ActivityManager.START_ASSISTANT_HIDDEN_SESSION:
                throw new IllegalStateException(
                        "Cannot start assistant activity on a hidden session");
            case ActivityManager.START_CANCELED:
                throw new AndroidRuntimeException("Activity could not be started for "
                        + intent);
            default:
                throw new AndroidRuntimeException("Unknown error code "
                        + res + " when starting " + intent);
        }
    }

可以看到在此方法中看到了常见的异常

"Unable to find explicit activity class "
                            + ((Intent)intent).getComponent().toShortString()
                            + "; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml?");

接着来看AMS的startActivity的方法
4 startActivity

 @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) {
        return startActivityAsUser(caller, callingPackage, intent, resolvedType, resultTo,
                resultWho, requestCode, startFlags, profilerInfo, bOptions,
                UserHandle.getCallingUserId());
    }

 @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,
                "startActivityAsUser");
    }

从上述代码中的

 return mActivityStarter.startActivityMayWait(caller, -1, callingPackage, intent,
                resolvedType, null, null, resultTo, resultWho, requestCode, startFlags,
                profilerInfo, null, null, bOptions, false, userId, null, null,
                "startActivityAsUser");

可以看出，Activity的启动又转移到了ActivityStarter中的startActivityMayWait()方法

5 startActivityMayWait

startActivityMayWait()方法太长了。截取下面这一段。可以看出在startActivityMayWait中调用了startActivityLocked（）方法。

int res = startActivityLocked(caller, intent, ephemeralIntent, resolvedType,
                    aInfo, rInfo, voiceSession, voiceInteractor,
                    resultTo, resultWho, requestCode, callingPid,
                    callingUid, callingPackage, realCallingPid, realCallingUid, startFlags,
                    options, ignoreTargetSecurity, componentSpecified, outRecord, container,
                    inTask, reason);

在startActivityLocked()方法中

int startActivityLocked(IApplicationThread caller, Intent intent, Intent ephemeralIntent,
            String resolvedType, ActivityInfo aInfo, ResolveInfo rInfo,
            IVoiceInteractionSession voiceSession, IVoiceInteractor voiceInteractor,
            IBinder resultTo, String resultWho, int requestCode, int callingPid, int callingUid,
            String callingPackage, int realCallingPid, int realCallingUid, int startFlags,
            ActivityOptions options, boolean ignoreTargetSecurity, boolean componentSpecified,
            ActivityRecord[] outActivity, ActivityStackSupervisor.ActivityContainer container,
            TaskRecord inTask, String reason) {

        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(reason)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Need to specify a reason.");
        }
        mLastStartReason = reason;
        mLastStartActivityTimeMs = System.currentTimeMillis();
        mLastStartActivityRecord[0] = null;

        mLastStartActivityResult = startActivity(caller, intent, ephemeralIntent, resolvedType,
                aInfo, rInfo, voiceSession, voiceInteractor, resultTo, resultWho, requestCode,
                callingPid, callingUid, callingPackage, realCallingPid, realCallingUid, startFlags,
                options, ignoreTargetSecurity, componentSpecified, mLastStartActivityRecord,
                container, inTask);

        if (outActivity != null) {
            // mLastStartActivityRecord[0] is set in the call to startActivity above.
            outActivity[0] = mLastStartActivityRecord[0];
        }
        return mLastStartActivityResult;
    }

可以看到，调用了startActivity()方法。

 mLastStartActivityResult = startActivity(caller, intent, ephemeralIntent, resolvedType,
                aInfo, rInfo, voiceSession, voiceInteractor, resultTo, resultWho, requestCode,
                callingPid, callingUid, callingPackage, realCallingPid, realCallingUid, startFlags,
                options, ignoreTargetSecurity, componentSpecified, mLastStartActivityRecord,
                container, inTask);

在startActivity()的最后，可以看到调用了startActivity的重载方法

return startActivity(r, sourceRecord, voiceSession, voiceInteractor, startFlags, true,
                options, inTask, outActivity);

下面是重载的startActivity()方法。

private int startActivity(final ActivityRecord r, ActivityRecord sourceRecord,
            IVoiceInteractionSession voiceSession, IVoiceInteractor voiceInteractor,
            int startFlags, boolean doResume, ActivityOptions options, TaskRecord inTask,
            ActivityRecord[] outActivity) {
        int result = START_CANCELED;
        try {
            mService.mWindowManager.deferSurfaceLayout();
            result = startActivityUnchecked(r, sourceRecord, voiceSession, voiceInteractor,
                    startFlags, doResume, options, inTask, outActivity);
        } finally {
            // If we are not able to proceed, disassociate the activity from the task. Leaving an
            // activity in an incomplete state can lead to issues, such as performing operations
            // without a window container.
            if (!ActivityManager.isStartResultSuccessful(result)
                    && mStartActivity.getTask() != null) {
                mStartActivity.getTask().removeActivity(mStartActivity);
            }
            mService.mWindowManager.continueSurfaceLayout();
        }

        postStartActivityProcessing(r, result, mSupervisor.getLastStack().mStackId,  mSourceRecord,
                mTargetStack);

        return result;
    }

在重载的startActivity()方法中调用了startActivityUnchecked()方法。

result = startActivityUnchecked(r, sourceRecord, voiceSession, voiceInteractor,
                    startFlags, doResume, options, inTask, outActivity);

由startActivityUnchecked方法中的下面这一段

if (mDoResume) {
            final ActivityRecord topTaskActivity =
                    mStartActivity.getTask().topRunningActivityLocked();
            if (!mTargetStack.isFocusable()
                    || (topTaskActivity != null && topTaskActivity.mTaskOverlay
                    && mStartActivity != topTaskActivity)) {
                // If the activity is not focusable, we can't resume it, but still would like to
                // make sure it becomes visible as it starts (this will also trigger entry
                // animation). An example of this are PIP activities.
                // Also, we don't want to resume activities in a task that currently has an overlay
                // as the starting activity just needs to be in the visible paused state until the
                // over is removed.
                mTargetStack.ensureActivitiesVisibleLocked(null, 0, !PRESERVE_WINDOWS);
                // Go ahead and tell window manager to execute app transition for this activity
                // since the app transition will not be triggered through the resume channel.
                mWindowManager.executeAppTransition();
            } else {
                // If the target stack was not previously focusable (previous top running activity
                // on that stack was not visible) then any prior calls to move the stack to the
                // will not update the focused stack.  If starting the new activity now allows the
                // task stack to be focusable, then ensure that we now update the focused stack
                // accordingly.
                if (mTargetStack.isFocusable() && !mSupervisor.isFocusedStack(mTargetStack)) {
                    mTargetStack.moveToFront("startActivityUnchecked");
                }
                mSupervisor.resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked(mTargetStack, mStartActivity,
                        mOptions);
            }
        }

中的这一句

 mSupervisor.resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked(mTargetStack, mStartActivity,mOptions);

可知调用了ActivityStackSupervisor中的resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked方法

7 resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked

boolean resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked() {
        return resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked(null, null, null);
    }

    boolean resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked(
            ActivityStack targetStack, ActivityRecord target, ActivityOptions targetOptions) {
        if (targetStack != null && isFocusedStack(targetStack)) {
            return targetStack.resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked(target, targetOptions);
        }
        final ActivityRecord r = mFocusedStack.topRunningActivityLocked();
        if (r == null || r.state != RESUMED) {
            mFocusedStack.resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked(null, null);
        } else if (r.state == RESUMED) {
            // Kick off any lingering app transitions form the MoveTaskToFront operation.
            mFocusedStack.executeAppTransition(targetOptions);
        }
        return false;
    }

由这一段代码中的这一句

 return targetStack.resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked(target, targetOptions);

可知，Activity的创建又转移到了ActivityStack的resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked方法。

最后看ActivityStack的resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked.
8 resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked

 boolean resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked(ActivityRecord prev, ActivityOptions options) {
        if (mStackSupervisor.inResumeTopActivity) {
            // Don't even start recursing.
            return false;
        }

        boolean result = false;
        try {
            // Protect against recursion.
            mStackSupervisor.inResumeTopActivity = true;
            result = resumeTopActivityInnerLocked(prev, options);
        } finally {
            mStackSupervisor.inResumeTopActivity = false;
        }
        // When resuming the top activity, it may be necessary to pause the top activity (for
        // example, returning to the lock screen. We suppress the normal pause logic in
        // {@link #resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked}, since the top activity is resumed at the end.
        // We call the {@link ActivityStackSupervisor#checkReadyForSleepLocked} again here to ensure
        // any necessary pause logic occurs.
        mStackSupervisor.checkReadyForSleepLocked();

        return result;
    }

在resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked方法中又调用了resumeTopActivityInnerLocked方法。

 result = resumeTopActivityInnerLocked(prev, options);

在resumeTopActivityInnerLocked方法中又调用了ActivityStackSupervisor中的startSpecificActivityLocked()方法;

 mStackSupervisor.startSpecificActivityLocked(next, true, false);

9 startSpecificActivityLocked

 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.getStack().setLaunchTime(r);

        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.
        }

        mService.startProcessLocked(r.processName, r.info.applicationInfo, true, 0,
                "activity", r.intent.getComponent(), false, false, true);
    }

在startSpecificActivityLocked()方法中调用了realStartActivityLocked();

realStartActivityLocked(r, app, andResume, checkConfig);

在realStartActivityLocked()方法中又调用了下面这一段代码

 app.thread.scheduleLaunchActivity(new Intent(r.intent), r.appToken,
                    System.identityHashCode(r), r.info,
                    // TODO: Have this take the merged configuration instead of separate global and
                    // override configs.
                    mergedConfiguration.getGlobalConfiguration(),
                    mergedConfiguration.getOverrideConfiguration(), r.compat,
                    r.launchedFromPackage, task.voiceInteractor, app.repProcState, r.icicle,
                    r.persistentState, results, newIntents, !andResume,
                    mService.isNextTransitionForward(), profilerInfo);

app.thread的类型为IApplicationThread。下面是IApplicatonThread的声明。

public interface IApplicationThread extends IInterface {
    void schedulePauseActivity(IBinder token, boolean finished, boolean userLeaving,
            int configChanges, boolean dontReport) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleStopActivity(IBinder token, boolean showWindow,
            int configChanges) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleWindowVisibility(IBinder token, boolean showWindow) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleSleeping(IBinder token, boolean sleeping) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleResumeActivity(IBinder token, int procState, boolean isForward, Bundle resumeArgs)
            throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleSendResult(IBinder token, List results) throws RemoteException;
    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 pendingResults, List pendingNewIntents,
            boolean notResumed, boolean isForward, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleRelaunchActivity(IBinder token, List pendingResults,
            List pendingNewIntents, int configChanges, boolean notResumed,
            Configuration config, Configuration overrideConfig) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleNewIntent(List intent, IBinder token) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleDestroyActivity(IBinder token, boolean finished,
            int configChanges) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleReceiver(Intent intent, ActivityInfo info, CompatibilityInfo compatInfo,
            int resultCode, String data, Bundle extras, boolean sync,
            int sendingUser, int processState) throws RemoteException;
    static final int BACKUP_MODE_INCREMENTAL = 0;
    static final int BACKUP_MODE_FULL = 1;
    static final int BACKUP_MODE_RESTORE = 2;
    static final int BACKUP_MODE_RESTORE_FULL = 3;
    void scheduleCreateBackupAgent(ApplicationInfo app, CompatibilityInfo compatInfo,
            int backupMode) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleDestroyBackupAgent(ApplicationInfo app, CompatibilityInfo compatInfo)
            throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleCreateService(IBinder token, ServiceInfo info,
            CompatibilityInfo compatInfo, int processState) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleBindService(IBinder token,
            Intent intent, boolean rebind, int processState) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleUnbindService(IBinder token,
            Intent intent) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleServiceArgs(IBinder token, boolean taskRemoved, int startId,
            int flags, Intent args) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleStopService(IBinder token) throws RemoteException;
    static final int DEBUG_OFF = 0;
    static final int DEBUG_ON = 1;
    static final int DEBUG_WAIT = 2;
    void bindApplication(String packageName, ApplicationInfo info, List providers,
            ComponentName testName, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, Bundle testArguments,
            IInstrumentationWatcher testWatcher, IUiAutomationConnection uiAutomationConnection,
            int debugMode, boolean openGlTrace, boolean restrictedBackupMode, boolean persistent,
            Configuration config, CompatibilityInfo compatInfo, Map services,
            Bundle coreSettings) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleExit() throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleSuicide() throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleConfigurationChanged(Configuration config) throws RemoteException;
    void updateTimeZone() throws RemoteException;
    void clearDnsCache() throws RemoteException;
    void setHttpProxy(String proxy, String port, String exclList,
            Uri pacFileUrl) throws RemoteException;
    void processInBackground() throws RemoteException;
    void dumpService(FileDescriptor fd, IBinder servicetoken, String[] args)
            throws RemoteException;
    void dumpProvider(FileDescriptor fd, IBinder servicetoken, String[] args)
            throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleRegisteredReceiver(IIntentReceiver receiver, Intent intent,
            int resultCode, String data, Bundle extras, boolean ordered,
            boolean sticky, int sendingUser, int processState) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleLowMemory() throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleActivityConfigurationChanged(IBinder token, Configuration overrideConfig)
            throws RemoteException;
    void profilerControl(boolean start, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, int profileType)
            throws RemoteException;
    void dumpHeap(boolean managed, String path, ParcelFileDescriptor fd)
            throws RemoteException;
    void setSchedulingGroup(int group) throws RemoteException;
    static final int PACKAGE_REMOVED = 0;
    static final int EXTERNAL_STORAGE_UNAVAILABLE = 1;
    void dispatchPackageBroadcast(int cmd, String[] packages) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleCrash(String msg) throws RemoteException;
    void dumpActivity(FileDescriptor fd, IBinder servicetoken, String prefix, String[] args)
            throws RemoteException;
    void setCoreSettings(Bundle coreSettings) throws RemoteException;
    void updatePackageCompatibilityInfo(String pkg, CompatibilityInfo info) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleTrimMemory(int level) throws RemoteException;
    void dumpMemInfo(FileDescriptor fd, Debug.MemoryInfo mem, boolean checkin, boolean dumpInfo,
            boolean dumpDalvik, boolean dumpSummaryOnly, String[] args) throws RemoteException;
    void dumpGfxInfo(FileDescriptor fd, String[] args) throws RemoteException;
    void dumpDbInfo(FileDescriptor fd, String[] args) throws RemoteException;
    void unstableProviderDied(IBinder provider) throws RemoteException;
    void requestAssistContextExtras(IBinder activityToken, IBinder requestToken, int requestType)
            throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleTranslucentConversionComplete(IBinder token, boolean timeout)
            throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleOnNewActivityOptions(IBinder token, ActivityOptions options)
            throws RemoteException;
    void setProcessState(int state) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleInstallProvider(ProviderInfo provider) throws RemoteException;
    void updateTimePrefs(boolean is24Hour) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleCancelVisibleBehind(IBinder token) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleBackgroundVisibleBehindChanged(IBinder token, boolean enabled) throws RemoteException;
    void scheduleEnterAnimationComplete(IBinder token) throws RemoteException;
    void notifyCleartextNetwork(byte[] firstPacket) throws RemoteException;

因为它继承了Iinterface的接口，所以他是一个Binder类型的接口。从IApplicationThread声明的接口方法中可以看出，其包含了大量启动，停止Activity的接口。此外还包含了启动和停止服务的接口。

IApplicationThread的实现者是ActivityThread中的内部类ApplicationThread。下面是ApplicationThread

 private class ApplicationThread extends IApplicationThread.Stub

所以Activity的启动又转移到了ApplicationThread中。
10 scheduleLaunchActivity

@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 pendingResults, List 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);
        }

在scheduleLaunchActivity()方法中，最终调用了sendMessage()方法。

private void sendMessage(int what, Object obj, int arg1, int arg2, int seq) {
        if (DEBUG_MESSAGES) Slog.v(
                TAG, "SCHEDULE " + mH.codeToString(what) + " arg1=" + arg1 + " arg2=" + arg2 +
                        "seq= " + seq);
        Message msg = Message.obtain();
        msg.what = what;
        SomeArgs args = SomeArgs.obtain();
        args.arg1 = obj;
        args.argi1 = arg1;
        args.argi2 = arg2;
        args.argi3 = seq;
        msg.obj = args;
        mH.sendMessage(msg);
    }

最终在Handler对象H中的handleMessage中处理。

 private class H extends Handler {
        public static final int LAUNCH_ACTIVITY         = 100;
        public static final int PAUSE_ACTIVITY          = 101;
        public static final int PAUSE_ACTIVITY_FINISHING= 102;
        public static final int STOP_ACTIVITY_SHOW      = 103;
        public static final int STOP_ACTIVITY_HIDE      = 104;
        public static final int SHOW_WINDOW             = 105;
        public static final int HIDE_WINDOW             = 106;
        public static final int RESUME_ACTIVITY         = 107;
        public static final int SEND_RESULT             = 108;

         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;

在handleMessge()方法中，调用了handleLaunchActivity()方法。

   private void handleLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r, Intent customIntent, String reason) {
    ...
    if (localLOGV) Slog.v(
            TAG, "Handling launch of " + r);

        // Initialize before creating the activity
        WindowManagerGlobal.initialize();

        Activity a = performLaunchActivity(r, customIntent);

    if (a != null) {
            r.createdConfig = new Configuration(mConfiguration);
            reportSizeConfigurations(r);
            Bundle oldState = r.state;
            handleResumeActivity(r.token, false, r.isForward,
                    !r.activity.mFinished && !r.startsNotResumed, r.lastProcessedSeq, reason);
     ...                

   }

在handleLaunchActivity()方法中，最终通过方法performLaunchActivity（）来创建Activity对象。
并通过handleResumeActivity方法来调用被启动的Activity的onResume这一生命周期方法。
performLaunchActivity
在performLaunchActivity中主要完成了如下几件事

1 从ActivityClientRecord中获取待启动的Activity的组件信息

ActivityInfo aInfo = r.activityInfo;
        if (r.packageInfo == null) {
            r.packageInfo = getPackageInfo(aInfo.applicationInfo, r.compatInfo,
                    Context.CONTEXT_INCLUDE_CODE);
        }

        ComponentName component = r.intent.getComponent();
        if (component == null) {
            component = r.intent.resolveActivity(
                mInitialApplication.getPackageManager());
            r.intent.setComponent(component);
        }

        if (r.activityInfo.targetActivity != null) {
            component = new ComponentName(r.activityInfo.packageName,
                    r.activityInfo.targetActivity);
        }

2 通过Instrumentation的newActivity方法使用类加载器创建Activity对象

Activity activity = null;
        try {
            java.lang.ClassLoader cl = appContext.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);
            }
        }

Instrumentation中的newActivity只是通过类加载器来创建Activity。

 public Activity newActivity(ClassLoader cl, String className,
            Intent intent)
            throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException,
            ClassNotFoundException {
        return (Activity)cl.loadClass(className).newInstance();
    }

3 通过LoadedApk的makeApplication方法来尝试创建Application对象/font>

 Application app = r.packageInfo.makeApplication(false, mInstrumentation);

 public Application makeApplication(boolean forceDefaultAppClass,
            Instrumentation instrumentation) {
        if (mApplication != null) {
            return mApplication;
        }

        Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "makeApplication");

        Application app = null;

        String appClass = mApplicationInfo.className;
        if (forceDefaultAppClass || (appClass == null)) {
            appClass = "android.app.Application";
        }

        try {
            java.lang.ClassLoader cl = getClassLoader();
            if (!mPackageName.equals("android")) {
                Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER,
                        "initializeJavaContextClassLoader");
                initializeJavaContextClassLoader();
                Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
            }
            ContextImpl appContext = ContextImpl.createAppContext(mActivityThread, this);
            app = mActivityThread.mInstrumentation.newApplication(
                    cl, appClass, appContext);
            appContext.setOuterContext(app);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (!mActivityThread.mInstrumentation.onException(app, e)) {
                Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
                throw new RuntimeException(
                    "Unable to instantiate application " + appClass
                    + ": " + e.toString(), e);
            }
        }
        mActivityThread.mAllApplications.add(app);
        mApplication = app;

        if (instrumentation != null) {
            try {
                instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(app);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                if (!instrumentation.onException(app, e)) {
                    Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
                    throw new RuntimeException(
                        "Unable to create application " + app.getClass().getName()
                        + ": " + e.toString(), e);
                }
            }
        }

        // Rewrite the R 'constants' for all library apks.
        SparseArray packageIdentifiers = getAssets().getAssignedPackageIdentifiers();
        final int N = packageIdentifiers.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            final int id = packageIdentifiers.keyAt(i);
            if (id == 0x01 || id == 0x7f) {
                continue;
            }

            rewriteRValues(getClassLoader(), packageIdentifiers.valueAt(i), id);
        }

        Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);

        return app;
    }

从makeApplication的实现可以看出，如果Application已经被创建过了，那么久不会再重复创建了。这也意味着一个应用只有一个Application对象。

 if (mApplication != null) {
            return mApplication;
        }

Application的创建和Activity的创建一样，也是通过Instrumentation来完成的。

Application app = null;

        String appClass = mApplicationInfo.className;
        if (forceDefaultAppClass || (appClass == null)) {
            appClass = "android.app.Application";
        }

        try {
            java.lang.ClassLoader cl = getClassLoader();
            if (!mPackageName.equals("android")) {
                Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER,
                        "initializeJavaContextClassLoader");
                initializeJavaContextClassLoader();
                Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
            }
            ContextImpl appContext = ContextImpl.createAppContext(mActivityThread, this);
            app = mActivityThread.mInstrumentation.newApplication(
                    cl, appClass, appContext);
            appContext.setOuterContext(app);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (!mActivityThread.mInstrumentation.onException(app, e)) {
                Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
                throw new RuntimeException(
                    "Unable to instantiate application " + appClass
                    + ": " + e.toString(), e);
            }
        }

Application创建完成后，通过Instrumentation的callApplicationOnCreatefang方法来调用Application的onCreate()方法。

 if (instrumentation != null) {
            try {
                instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(app);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                if (!instrumentation.onException(app, e)) {
                    Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
                    throw new RuntimeException(
                        "Unable to create application " + app.getClass().getName()
                        + ": " + e.toString(), e);
                }
            }
        }

4 创建ContextImpl对象并通过Activity的attach方法来完成一些重要数据的初始化

ContextImpl appContext = createBaseContextForActivity(r);

CharSequence title = r.activityInfo.loadLabel(appContext.getPackageManager());
                Configuration config = new Configuration(mCompatConfiguration);
                if (r.overrideConfig != null) {
                    config.updateFrom(r.overrideConfig);
                }
                if (DEBUG_CONFIGURATION) Slog.v(TAG, "Launching activity "
                        + r.activityInfo.name + " with config " + config);
                Window window = null;
                if (r.mPendingRemoveWindow != null && r.mPreserveWindow) {
                    window = r.mPendingRemoveWindow;
                    r.mPendingRemoveWindow = null;
                    r.mPendingRemoveWindowManager = null;
                }
                appContext.setOuterContext(activity);
                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, r.configCallback);

5 调用Activity的onCreate()方法
首先通过Instrumentation，调用Instrumentation的callActivityOnCreate方法

activity.mCalled = false;
                if (r.isPersistable()) {
                    mInstrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(activity, r.state, r.persistentState);
                } else {
                    mInstrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(activity, r.state);
                }

在Instrumentation中的callActivityOnCreate方法中，调用了Activity的performCreate方法

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

最终在Activity的performCreate方法中，调用了onCreate()方法

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

至此Activity的onCreate方法已经被调用，意味着Activity已经完成了整个启动过程。