Activity的启动流程

文章参考：

一张图搞定，Activity的启动流程

《Android进阶解密》四大组件的工作过程。

前言：

Activity可以说是四大组件中最常见的的一个组件，我们平时打交道也是最多的。那么它到底是如何启动的呢？今天我们来一探究竟

anctivity的启动流程分析（基于Android8.0）

一般而言我们要启动一个activty，只需要调用Activity的startActivity方法即可。而activity最后会调用到它的startActivtyForResult方法。

 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);
            //...
        } else {
           //...
        }
    }

因为关注的是启动流程在代码的分析过程中我们会省略许多不相干的代码，因为mParent是为了Activity包含Activity而设计，现在已经被Fragment代替。我们直接关注mParent即可。

这样activity的启动流转到Instrumentation的execStartActivity。

public ActivityResult execStartActivity(
            Context who, IBinder contextThread, IBinder token, Activity target,
            Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options) {
        //...
        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;
    }

在分析Activity的启动前我们先说一个比较熟悉的东西checkStartActivityResult。我们就不去看源代码了。这个函数主要对activity的启动返回值进行检查。在里面我们可以看到常见的Activity启动异常。感兴趣的朋友可以自己去查看源代码。

我们回到分析Activity的启动流程 ActivityManager.getService返回的是IActivityManager我们来看看具体的代码实现

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;
                }
            };

这里可以看到我们的老朋友：Binder,有不清楚Binder的朋友可以看看我以前的一篇学习笔记：Binder 学习笔记 了解基本的Binder通信过程。

这里获取的是ActivityManagerService在客户端的代理对象IActivityManager , IActivityManager通过Binder调用ActivityManagerService的相关方法。这也是为什么在使用Intent传递其它的对象的时候需要序列化的原因。这样Activity的启动流程转换到ActivityManagerService。在ActivityManagerService的startActivity会调用到startActivityAsUser

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,
            boolean validateIncomingUser) {
        enforceNotIsolatedCaller("startActivity");

        userId = mActivityStartController.checkTargetUser(userId, validateIncomingUser,
                Binder.getCallingPid(), Binder.getCallingUid(), "startActivityAsUser");

        // TODO: Switch to user app stacks here.
        return mActivityStartController.obtainStarter(intent, "startActivityAsUser")
                .setCaller(caller)
                .setCallingPackage(callingPackage)
                .setResolvedType(resolvedType)
                .setResultTo(resultTo)
                .setResultWho(resultWho)
                .setRequestCode(requestCode)
                .setStartFlags(startFlags)
                .setProfilerInfo(profilerInfo)
                .setActivityOptions(bOptions)
                .setMayWait(userId)
                .execute();

    }

这里的obtainStarter方法返回的是一个ActivityStarter对象。ActivityStarter的setMayWait方法如下：

ActivityStarter setMayWait(int userId) {
        mRequest.mayWait = true;
        mRequest.userId = userId;

        return this;
    }

ActivityStarter的execute 的实现如下

 int execute() {
        try {
            // TODO(b/64750076): Look into passing request directly to these methods to allow
            // for transactional diffs and preprocessing.
            if (mRequest.mayWait) {
                return startActivityMayWait(mRequest.caller, mRequest.callingUid,
                        mRequest.callingPackage, mRequest.intent, mRequest.resolvedType,
                        mRequest.voiceSession, mRequest.voiceInteractor, mRequest.resultTo,
                        mRequest.resultWho, mRequest.requestCode, mRequest.startFlags,
                        mRequest.profilerInfo, mRequest.waitResult, mRequest.globalConfig,
                        mRequest.activityOptions, mRequest.ignoreTargetSecurity, mRequest.userId,
                        mRequest.inTask, mRequest.reason,
                        mRequest.allowPendingRemoteAnimationRegistryLookup);
            } else {
//...
            }
        } finally {
            onExecutionComplete();
        }
    }

根据前面的参数配置可以知道启动Activity调用到了startActivityMayWait方法。它的实现如下

private int startActivityMayWait(IApplicationThread caller, int callingUid,
            String callingPackage, Intent intent, String resolvedType,
            IVoiceInteractionSession voiceSession, IVoiceInteractor voiceInteractor,
            IBinder resultTo, String resultWho, int requestCode, int startFlags,
            ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, WaitResult outResult,
            Configuration globalConfig, SafeActivityOptions options, boolean ignoreTargetSecurity,
            int userId, TaskRecord inTask, String reason,
            boolean allowPendingRemoteAnimationRegistryLookup) {
       //...

            final ActivityRecord[] outRecord = new ActivityRecord[1];
            int res = startActivity(caller, intent, ephemeralIntent, resolvedType, aInfo, rInfo,
                    voiceSession, voiceInteractor, resultTo, resultWho, requestCode, callingPid,
                    callingUid, callingPackage, realCallingPid, realCallingUid, startFlags, options,
                    ignoreTargetSecurity, componentSpecified, outRecord, inTask, reason,
                    allowPendingRemoteAnimationRegistryLookup);
//...
           }
}

我们接着看startActivity方法

private int startActivity(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,
            SafeActivityOptions options, boolean ignoreTargetSecurity, boolean componentSpecified,
            ActivityRecord[] outActivity, TaskRecord inTask, String reason,
            boolean allowPendingRemoteAnimationRegistryLookup) {

    //...

        return startActivity(r, sourceRecord, voiceSession, voiceInteractor, startFlags,
                true /* doResume */, checkedOptions, inTask, outActivity);
    }


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.
            final ActivityStack stack = mStartActivity.getStack();
            if (!ActivityManager.isStartResultSuccessful(result) && stack != null) {
                stack.finishActivityLocked(mStartActivity, RESULT_CANCELED,
                        null /* intentResultData */, "startActivity", true /* oomAdj */);
            }
            mService.mWindowManager.continueSurfaceLayout();
        }

        postStartActivityProcessing(r, result, mTargetStack);

        return result;
    }

上面的启动最后调用到了startActivtyUnchecked方法：

private int startActivityUnchecked(final ActivityRecord r, ActivityRecord sourceRecord,
            IVoiceInteractionSession voiceSession, IVoiceInteractor voiceInteractor,
            int startFlags, boolean doResume, ActivityOptions options, TaskRecord inTask,
            ActivityRecord[] outActivity) {

        setInitialState(r, options, inTask, doResume, startFlags, sourceRecord, voiceSession,
                voiceInteractor);

        computeLaunchingTaskFlags();

        computeSourceStack();

        mIntent.setFlags(mLaunchFlags);

        ActivityRecord reusedActivity = getReusableIntentActivity();

        int preferredWindowingMode = WINDOWING_MODE_UNDEFINED;
        int preferredLaunchDisplayId = DEFAULT_DISPLAY;
        if (mOptions != null) {
            preferredWindowingMode = mOptions.getLaunchWindowingMode();
            preferredLaunchDisplayId = mOptions.getLaunchDisplayId();
        }

        // windowing mode and preferred launch display values from {@link LaunchParams} take
        // priority over those specified in {@link ActivityOptions}.
        if (!mLaunchParams.isEmpty()) {
            if (mLaunchParams.hasPreferredDisplay()) {
                preferredLaunchDisplayId = mLaunchParams.mPreferredDisplayId;
            }

            if (mLaunchParams.hasWindowingMode()) {
                preferredWindowingMode = mLaunchParams.mWindowingMode;
            }
        }

        if (reusedActivity != null) {
            // When the flags NEW_TASK and CLEAR_TASK are set, then the task gets reused but
            // still needs to be a lock task mode violation since the task gets cleared out and
            // the device would otherwise leave the locked task.
            if (mService.getLockTaskController().isLockTaskModeViolation(reusedActivity.getTask(),
                    (mLaunchFlags & (FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK))
                            == (FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK))) {
                Slog.e(TAG, "startActivityUnchecked: Attempt to violate Lock Task Mode");
                return START_RETURN_LOCK_TASK_MODE_VIOLATION;
            }

            // True if we are clearing top and resetting of a standard (default) launch mode
            // ({@code LAUNCH_MULTIPLE}) activity. The existing activity will be finished.
            final boolean clearTopAndResetStandardLaunchMode =
                    (mLaunchFlags & (FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | FLAG_ACTIVITY_RESET_TASK_IF_NEEDED))
                            == (FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | FLAG_ACTIVITY_RESET_TASK_IF_NEEDED)
                    && mLaunchMode == LAUNCH_MULTIPLE;

            // If mStartActivity does not have a task associated with it, associate it with the
            // reused activity's task. Do not do so if we're clearing top and resetting for a
            // standard launchMode activity.
            if (mStartActivity.getTask() == null && !clearTopAndResetStandardLaunchMode) {
                mStartActivity.setTask(reusedActivity.getTask());
            }

            if (reusedActivity.getTask().intent == null) {
                // This task was started because of movement of the activity based on affinity...
                // Now that we are actually launching it, we can assign the base intent.
                reusedActivity.getTask().setIntent(mStartActivity);
            }

            // This code path leads to delivering a new intent, we want to make sure we schedule it
            // as the first operation, in case the activity will be resumed as a result of later
            // operations.
            if ((mLaunchFlags & FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP) != 0
                    || isDocumentLaunchesIntoExisting(mLaunchFlags)
                    || isLaunchModeOneOf(LAUNCH_SINGLE_INSTANCE, LAUNCH_SINGLE_TASK)) {
                final TaskRecord task = reusedActivity.getTask();

                // In this situation we want to remove all activities from the task up to the one
                // being started. In most cases this means we are resetting the task to its initial
                // state.
                final ActivityRecord top = task.performClearTaskForReuseLocked(mStartActivity,
                        mLaunchFlags);

                // The above code can remove {@code reusedActivity} from the task, leading to the
                // the {@code ActivityRecord} removing its reference to the {@code TaskRecord}. The
                // task reference is needed in the call below to
                // {@link setTargetStackAndMoveToFrontIfNeeded}.
                if (reusedActivity.getTask() == null) {
                    reusedActivity.setTask(task);
                }

                if (top != null) {
                    if (top.frontOfTask) {
                        // Activity aliases may mean we use different intents for the top activity,
                        // so make sure the task now has the identity of the new intent.
                        top.getTask().setIntent(mStartActivity);
                    }
                    deliverNewIntent(top);
                }
            }

            mSupervisor.sendPowerHintForLaunchStartIfNeeded(false /* forceSend */, reusedActivity);

            reusedActivity = setTargetStackAndMoveToFrontIfNeeded(reusedActivity);

            final ActivityRecord outResult =
                    outActivity != null && outActivity.length > 0 ? outActivity[0] : null;

            // When there is a reused activity and the current result is a trampoline activity,
            // set the reused activity as the result.
            if (outResult != null && (outResult.finishing || outResult.noDisplay)) {
                outActivity[0] = reusedActivity;
            }

            if ((mStartFlags & START_FLAG_ONLY_IF_NEEDED) != 0) {
                // We don't need to start a new activity, and the client said not to do anything
                // if that is the case, so this is it!  And for paranoia, make sure we have
                // correctly resumed the top activity.
                resumeTargetStackIfNeeded();
                return START_RETURN_INTENT_TO_CALLER;
            }

            if (reusedActivity != null) {
                setTaskFromIntentActivity(reusedActivity);

                if (!mAddingToTask && mReuseTask == null) {
                    // We didn't do anything...  but it was needed (a.k.a., client don't use that
                    // intent!)  And for paranoia, make sure we have correctly resumed the top activity.

                    resumeTargetStackIfNeeded();
                    if (outActivity != null && outActivity.length > 0) {
                        outActivity[0] = reusedActivity;
                    }

                    return mMovedToFront ? START_TASK_TO_FRONT : START_DELIVERED_TO_TOP;
                }
            }
        }

        if (mStartActivity.packageName == null) {
            final ActivityStack sourceStack = mStartActivity.resultTo != null
                    ? mStartActivity.resultTo.getStack() : null;
            if (sourceStack != null) {
                sourceStack.sendActivityResultLocked(-1 /* callingUid */, mStartActivity.resultTo,
                        mStartActivity.resultWho, mStartActivity.requestCode, RESULT_CANCELED,
                        null /* data */);
            }
            ActivityOptions.abort(mOptions);
            return START_CLASS_NOT_FOUND;
        }

        // If the activity being launched is the same as the one currently at the top, then
        // we need to check if it should only be launched once.
        final ActivityStack topStack = mSupervisor.mFocusedStack;
        final ActivityRecord topFocused = topStack.getTopActivity();
        final ActivityRecord top = topStack.topRunningNonDelayedActivityLocked(mNotTop);
        final boolean dontStart = top != null && mStartActivity.resultTo == null
                && top.realActivity.equals(mStartActivity.realActivity)
                && top.userId == mStartActivity.userId
                && top.app != null && top.app.thread != null
                && ((mLaunchFlags & FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP) != 0
                || isLaunchModeOneOf(LAUNCH_SINGLE_TOP, LAUNCH_SINGLE_TASK));
        if (dontStart) {
            // For paranoia, make sure we have correctly resumed the top activity.
            topStack.mLastPausedActivity = null;
            if (mDoResume) {
                mSupervisor.resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked();
            }
            ActivityOptions.abort(mOptions);
            if ((mStartFlags & START_FLAG_ONLY_IF_NEEDED) != 0) {
                // We don't need to start a new activity, and the client said not to do
                // anything if that is the case, so this is it!
                return START_RETURN_INTENT_TO_CALLER;
            }

            deliverNewIntent(top);

            // Don't use mStartActivity.task to show the toast. We're not starting a new activity
            // but reusing 'top'. Fields in mStartActivity may not be fully initialized.
            mSupervisor.handleNonResizableTaskIfNeeded(top.getTask(), preferredWindowingMode,
                    preferredLaunchDisplayId, topStack);

            return START_DELIVERED_TO_TOP;
        }

        boolean newTask = false;
        final TaskRecord taskToAffiliate = (mLaunchTaskBehind && mSourceRecord != null)
                ? mSourceRecord.getTask() : null;

        // Should this be considered a new task?
        int result = START_SUCCESS;
        if (mStartActivity.resultTo == null && mInTask == null && !mAddingToTask
                && (mLaunchFlags & FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK) != 0) {
            newTask = true;
            result = setTaskFromReuseOrCreateNewTask(taskToAffiliate, topStack);
        } else if (mSourceRecord != null) {
            result = setTaskFromSourceRecord();
        } else if (mInTask != null) {
            result = setTaskFromInTask();
        } else {
            // This not being started from an existing activity, and not part of a new task...
            // just put it in the top task, though these days this case should never happen.
            setTaskToCurrentTopOrCreateNewTask();
        }
        if (result != START_SUCCESS) {
            return result;
        }

        mService.grantUriPermissionFromIntentLocked(mCallingUid, mStartActivity.packageName,
                mIntent, mStartActivity.getUriPermissionsLocked(), mStartActivity.userId);
        mService.grantEphemeralAccessLocked(mStartActivity.userId, mIntent,
                mStartActivity.appInfo.uid, UserHandle.getAppId(mCallingUid));
        if (newTask) {
            EventLog.writeEvent(EventLogTags.AM_CREATE_TASK, mStartActivity.userId,
                    mStartActivity.getTask().taskId);
        }
        ActivityStack.logStartActivity(
                EventLogTags.AM_CREATE_ACTIVITY, mStartActivity, mStartActivity.getTask());
        mTargetStack.mLastPausedActivity = null;

        mSupervisor.sendPowerHintForLaunchStartIfNeeded(false /* forceSend */, mStartActivity);

        mTargetStack.startActivityLocked(mStartActivity, topFocused, newTask, mKeepCurTransition,
                mOptions);
        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.
                mService.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);
            }
        } else if (mStartActivity != null) {
            mSupervisor.mRecentTasks.add(mStartActivity.getTask());
        }
        mSupervisor.updateUserStackLocked(mStartActivity.userId, mTargetStack);

        mSupervisor.handleNonResizableTaskIfNeeded(mStartActivity.getTask(), preferredWindowingMode,
                preferredLaunchDisplayId, mTargetStack);

        return START_SUCCESS;
    }

Activity的启动跳转到ActivityStackSupervisor的resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked

boolean resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked(
            ActivityStack targetStack, ActivityRecord target, ActivityOptions targetOptions) {

        if (!readyToResume()) {
            return false;
        }

        if (targetStack != null && isFocusedStack(targetStack)) {
            return targetStack.resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked(target, targetOptions);
        }

        final ActivityRecord r = mFocusedStack.topRunningActivityLocked();
        if (r == null || !r.isState(RESUMED)) {
            mFocusedStack.resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked(null, null);
        } else if (r.isState(RESUMED)) {
            // Kick off any lingering app transitions form the MoveTaskToFront operation.
            mFocusedStack.executeAppTransition(targetOptions);
        }

        return false;
    }

我们接着看ActivityStack的resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked方法

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);

            // 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. In the case where the Activity will be
            // shown regardless of the lock screen, the call to
            // {@link ActivityStackSupervisor#checkReadyForSleepLocked} is skipped.
            final ActivityRecord next = topRunningActivityLocked(true /* focusableOnly */);
            if (next == null || !next.canTurnScreenOn()) {
                checkReadyForSleep();
            }
        } finally {
            mStackSupervisor.inResumeTopActivity = false;
        }

        return result;
    }

我们接着看resumeTopActivityInnerLock,这个方法比较长，我们直接看到最后的

 mStackSupervisor.startSpecificActivityLocked(next, true, true);

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);

        getLaunchTimeTracker().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.longVersionCode,
                            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);
    }

这里真正启动Activity的位置在：realStartActivityLocked

realStartActivityLocaked的启动8.0候和以前的启动逻辑有点不一样，在8.0的代码如下：

final boolean realStartActivityLocked(ActivityRecord r, ProcessRecord app,
            boolean andResume, boolean checkConfig) throws RemoteException {

       //...
                // Create activity launch transaction.
                final ClientTransaction clientTransaction = ClientTransaction.obtain(app.thread,
                        r.appToken);
                clientTransaction.addCallback(LaunchActivityItem.obtain(new Intent(r.intent),
                        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, mService.isNextTransitionForward(),
                        profilerInfo));

                // Set desired final state.
                final ActivityLifecycleItem lifecycleItem;
                if (andResume) {
                    lifecycleItem = ResumeActivityItem.obtain(mService.isNextTransitionForward());
                } else {
                    lifecycleItem = PauseActivityItem.obtain();
                }
                clientTransaction.setLifecycleStateRequest(lifecycleItem);

                // Schedule transaction.
                mService.getLifecycleManager().scheduleTransaction(clientTransaction);


 //...
        return true;
    }

这里没有直接通过IApplicationThread来启动activity而是通过LaunchActivityItem的excute来间接进行启动。

public void execute(ClientTransactionHandler client, IBinder token,
            PendingTransactionActions pendingActions) {
        Trace.traceBegin(TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "activityStart");
        ActivityClientRecord r = new ActivityClientRecord(token, mIntent, mIdent, mInfo,
                mOverrideConfig, mCompatInfo, mReferrer, mVoiceInteractor, mState, mPersistentState,
                mPendingResults, mPendingNewIntents, mIsForward,
                mProfilerInfo, client);
        client.handleLaunchActivity(r, pendingActions, null /* customIntent */);
        Trace.traceEnd(TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
    }

exexute中的参数ClientTransactionHandler的实现类就是ActivityThread

public Activity handleLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r,
            PendingTransactionActions pendingActions, Intent customIntent) {
        // If we are getting ready to gc after going to the background, well
        // we are back active so skip it.
        unscheduleGcIdler();
        mSomeActivitiesChanged = true;

        if (r.profilerInfo != null) {
            mProfiler.setProfiler(r.profilerInfo);
            mProfiler.startProfiling();
        }

        // Make sure we are running with the most recent config.
        handleConfigurationChanged(null, null);

        if (localLOGV) Slog.v(
            TAG, "Handling launch of " + r);

        // Initialize before creating the activity
        if (!ThreadedRenderer.sRendererDisabled) {
            GraphicsEnvironment.earlyInitEGL();
        }
        WindowManagerGlobal.initialize();

        final Activity a = performLaunchActivity(r, customIntent);
        //...
        return a;
    }

可以看到这里调用了performLaunchActivity来启动。这个方法会创建应用程序的Application和当前的Activity。并调用activity的attach方法初始化参数。这样我们就过完了整个activity的启动流程。

总结：整个Activity的启动分为三个阶段

1. 请求启动Activity内部处理到跨进程activityManagerService
2. ActivityManagerService进行activity启动的一系列前期准备。
3. 应用程序所在的ActivityThread处理Activity启动