Android Activity的启动流程分析

Android Activity的启动流程分析

在应用中我们启动一个Activity，一般情况都是通过调用startActivity()。本文也是针对这个作为入口去探索Activity的启动流程。如今google和度娘一搜Activity启动流程，可以说是泛滥成灾了。虽然这样，但始终是别人的理解和总结，所以自己看了源码后也记录下收获。不闲扯~~~咱直接入正题：上个图！

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上图可以让我们对Activity的启动流程有个大概的了解，一会在源码中容易找到方向，哈哈~~~

1、调用startActivity

@Override
    public void startActivity(Intent intent) {
        this.startActivity(intent, null);
    }

 @Override
    public void startActivity(Intent intent, @Nullable Bundle options) {
        if (options != null) {
            startActivityForResult(intent, -1, options);
        } else {
            // Note we want to go through this call for compatibility with
            // applications that may have overridden the method.
            startActivityForResult(intent, -1);
        }
    }

 public void startActivityForResult(@RequiresPermission Intent intent, int requestCode,
            @Nullable Bundle options) {
        if (mParent == null) {
            options = transferSpringboardActivityOptions(options);
            **//关键代码**
            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);
            }
        }
    }

在上面的代码段中，可以看到startActivity内部调用了startActivityForResult，大家注意下里面的参数-1；也就是requestCode。从这里可以得知，当我们用startActivityForResult启动Activity，如果requestCode<0，则不会回调onActivityResult。回到启动流程的分析，在startActivityForResult内部调用了mInstrumentation.execStartActivity()，这里注意下这个方法里面的mMainThread.getApplicationThread()，这里返回的是一个ApplicationThread对象，继承自IApplicationThread.Stub。

2、接着看execStartActivity这个方法

public ActivityResult execStartActivity(
            Context who, IBinder contextThread, IBinder token, String resultWho,
            Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options, UserHandle user) {
        IApplicationThread whoThread = (IApplicationThread) contextThread;
        if (mActivityMonitors != null) {
            synchronized (mSync) {
                final int N = mActivityMonitors.size();
                for (int i=0; ifinal 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);
            //关键代码
            int result = ActivityManager.getService()
                .startActivityAsUser(whoThread, who.getBasePackageName(), intent,
                        intent.resolveTypeIfNeeded(who.getContentResolver()),
                        token, resultWho,
                        requestCode, 0, null, options, user.getIdentifier());
            //对结果进行检查
            checkStartActivityResult(result, intent);
        } catch (RemoteException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Failure from system", e);
        }
        return null;
    }

在上面代码中，主要注意下带注释关键代码部分，可以发现，在execStartActivity方法里面通过ActivityManager.getService()获取一个服务对象，然后调用startActivityAsUser；那么返回的这个对象是什么呢？接着我们进入到ActivityManager的getService()方法中：

  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;
                }
            };

在上面的代码中发现，getService()中返回的是一个IActivityManager对象，而IActivityManager是一个AIDL文件，在源码中的路径为../frameworks/base/core/java/android/app/IActivityManager.aidl。其对应IActivityManager.java文件，IActivityManager.Stub是IActivityManager.java的内部类，实现了IActivityManager AIDL接口，而IActivityManager.Stub的实现类是ActivityManagerService（AMS），到这里，我们可以知道ActivityManager.getService()获取了一个AMS对象，那么，startActivityAsUser便转移到了AMS中。接着往下看：

3、AMS中的startActivityAsUser

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

在上面的代码中，mActivityStarter是一个ActivityStarter对象，因此，又把任务转移到了ActivityStarter中的startActivityMayWait()中。一起看startActivityMayWait()进行了什么操作。

4、ActivityStarter中的startActivityMayWait

final 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, Bundle bOptions, boolean ignoreTargetSecurity, int userId,
            TaskRecord inTask, String reason) {
            //省略代码。。。
            int res = startActivityLocked(caller, intent, ephemeralIntent, resolvedType,
                    aInfo, rInfo, voiceSession, voiceInteractor,
                    resultTo, resultWho, requestCode, callingPid,
                    callingUid, callingPackage, realCallingPid, realCallingUid, startFlags,
                    options, ignoreTargetSecurity, componentSpecified, outRecord, inTask,
                    reason);
             //省略代码。。。

}

由于代码量太大，太多的话看起来内心反而会更躁动 ✧(≖ ◡ ≖✿)，所以挑了启动流程中的关键性代码进行分析，中间还有很多细节也要注意的，大家可以参考源码。接着往下，在startActivityMayWait内部调用了startActivityLocked方法：

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, TaskRecord inTask, String reason) {

        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(reason)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Need to specify a reason.");
        }
        mLastStartReason = reason;
        mLastStartActivityTimeMs = System.currentTimeMillis();
        mLastStartActivityRecord[0] = null;
                                    //关键代码。。。
        mLastStartActivityResult = startActivity(caller, intent, ephemeralIntent, resolvedType,
                aInfo, rInfo, voiceSession, voiceInteractor, resultTo, resultWho, requestCode,
                callingPid, callingUid, callingPackage, realCallingPid, realCallingUid, startFlags,
                options, ignoreTargetSecurity, componentSpecified, mLastStartActivityRecord,
                inTask);

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

        // Aborted results are treated as successes externally, but we must track them internally.
        return mLastStartActivityResult != START_ABORTED ? mLastStartActivityResult : START_SUCCESS;
    }

上面的代码可以看出，startActivityLocked内部调用了startActivity()这个方法，

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,
            ActivityOptions options, boolean ignoreTargetSecurity, boolean componentSpecified,
            ActivityRecord[] outActivity, TaskRecord inTask) {

            //省略代码。。。

            //权限检查
            boolean abort = !mSupervisor.checkStartAnyActivityPermission(intent, aInfo, resultWho,
                requestCode, callingPid, callingUid, callingPackage, ignoreTargetSecurity, callerApp,
                resultRecord, resultStack, options);
            //省略代码。。。

            //记录activity的启动信息
            ActivityRecord r = new ActivityRecord(mService, callerApp, callingPid, callingUid,
                callingPackage, intent, resolvedType, aInfo, mService.getGlobalConfiguration(),
                resultRecord, resultWho, requestCode, componentSpecified, voiceSession != null,
                mSupervisor, options, sourceRecord);
           //省略代码。。。

            //关键代码
            doPendingActivityLaunchesLocked(false);

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

上面的代码，又把任务转移到了doPendingActivityLaunchesLocked()这个方法中，接着往下看：

final void doPendingActivityLaunchesLocked(boolean doResume) {
        while (!mPendingActivityLaunches.isEmpty()) {
            final PendingActivityLaunch pal = mPendingActivityLaunches.remove(0);
            final boolean resume = doResume && mPendingActivityLaunches.isEmpty();
            try {
                startActivity(pal.r, pal.sourceRecord, null, null, pal.startFlags, resume, null,
                        null, null /*outRecords*/);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                Slog.e(TAG, "Exception during pending activity launch pal=" + pal, e);
                pal.sendErrorResult(e.getMessage());
            }
        }
    }

//  doPendingActivityLaunchesLocked内部调用的startActivity()
 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();
            //关键代码
            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;
    }


//startActivity内部调用的startActivityUnchecked()
private int startActivityUnchecked(final ActivityRecord r, ActivityRecord sourceRecord,
            IVoiceInteractionSession voiceSession, IVoiceInteractor voiceInteractor,
            int startFlags, boolean doResume, ActivityOptions options, TaskRecord inTask,
            ActivityRecord[] outActivity) {
        //省略部分代码。。。
        //对启动flag进行处理    
        computeLaunchingTaskFlags();

        computeSourceStack();
        //中间省略部分代码
         mSupervisor.resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked(mTargetStack, mStartActivity,
                        mOptions); 
       //省略代码。。。。。
}

上面代码中，mSupervisor是ActivityStackSupervisor的一个实例，因此，任务又转移到了ActivityStackSupervisor中的resumeFocusedStackTopActivityLocked()。

5、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.state != RESUMED) {
            //关键代码
            mFocusedStack.resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked(null, null);
        } else if (r.state == RESUMED) {
            // Kick off any lingering app transitions form the MoveTaskToFront operation.
            mFocusedStack.executeAppTransition(targetOptions);
        }

        return false;
    }

上面的代码中发现，调用了mFocusedStack.resumeTopActivityUncheckedLocked()方法，而mFocusedStack是ActivityStack的一个实例。

6、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;
            //关键代码
            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. 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();
        }

        return result;
    }

从上面的代码，把任务又转移到了resumeTopActivityInnerLocked()方法中，在resumeTopActivityInnerLocked()内部又调用了mStackSupervisor.startSpecificActivityLocked(next, true, false); mStackSupervisor其实是ActivityStackSupervisor的实例，因此，任务又转移到了ActivityStackSupervisor中的startSpecificActivityLocked()中，

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)) {
                    app.addPackage(r.info.packageName, r.info.applicationInfo.versionCode,
                            mService.mProcessStats);
                }
                //关键代码
                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);
    }

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

    //省略部分代码。。。
    //关键性代码
    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);
   //省略部分代码。。。
}

从上面的代码可以知道，最终的任务转移到了app.thread.scheduleLaunchActivity()中，那么这个app.thread是什么吗？这个其实就是由客户端传过来的IApplicationThread对象（即：在第一步中的mMainThread.getApplicationThread()获取的对象），在启动的过程中把这个对象保存在了ActivityRecord中，也就是说，最终的启动还是回到了客户端,也就是我们经常会听到的ActivityThread类，里面包含有一个内部类ApplicationThread，继承自IApplicationThread.Stub，IApplicationThread.Stub又实现了IApplicationThread 接口，所以，最后调用了ApplicationThread中的scheduleLaunchActivity()方法启动Activity。继续往下分析scheduleLaunchActivity()这个方法：

 @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，把服务端获取的信息保存在ActivityClientRecord对象中，然后通过sendMessage发送消息，H是ActivityThread中的一个内部类，继承了Handler，在handleMessage回调handleLaunchActivity()方法，再看下这个方法里面做了哪些事？

private void handleLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r, Intent customIntent, String reason) {
        // 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);

        //初始化WindowManager
        // Initialize before creating the activity
        WindowManagerGlobal.initialize();
        //获取一个Activity实例
        Activity a = performLaunchActivity(r, customIntent);
        //不为null，执行handleResumeActivity，即onResume
        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);

            if (!r.activity.mFinished && r.startsNotResumed) {

                performPauseActivityIfNeeded(r, reason);
                if (r.isPreHoneycomb()) {
                    r.state = oldState;
                }
            }
        } else {
            // If there was an error, for any reason, tell the activity manager to stop us.
            try {
                ActivityManager.getService()
                    .finishActivity(r.token, Activity.RESULT_CANCELED, null,
                            Activity.DONT_FINISH_TASK_WITH_ACTIVITY);
            } catch (RemoteException ex) {
                throw ex.rethrowFromSystemServer();
            }
        }
    }

在上面的代码中已经很清晰了，在看下performLaunchActivity()方法创建Activity的时候都做了什么。

    private Activity performLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r, Intent customIntent) {
        // System.out.println("##### [" + System.currentTimeMillis() + "] ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(" + r + ")");

        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);
        }

        ContextImpl appContext = createBaseContextForActivity(r);
        Activity activity = null;
        try {
            //通过类加载器的方式创建activity实例
            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);
            }
        }

        try {
            //创建Application对象
            Application app = r.packageInfo.makeApplication(false, mInstrumentation);

            if (localLOGV) Slog.v(TAG, "Performing launch of " + r);
            if (localLOGV) Slog.v(
                    TAG, r + ": app=" + app
                    + ", appName=" + app.getPackageName()
                    + ", pkg=" + r.packageInfo.getPackageName()
                    + ", comp=" + r.intent.getComponent().toShortString()
                    + ", dir=" + r.packageInfo.getAppDir());

            if (activity != null) {
                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);
                //在attach里面创建了PhoneWindow
                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);

                if (customIntent != null) {
                    activity.mIntent = customIntent;
                }
                r.lastNonConfigurationInstances = null;
                checkAndBlockForNetworkAccess();
                activity.mStartedActivity = false;
                int theme = r.activityInfo.getThemeResource();
                if (theme != 0) {
                    activity.setTheme(theme);
                }

                activity.mCalled = false;
                if (r.isPersistable()) {
                    mInstrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(activity, r.state, r.persistentState);
                } else {
                    mInstrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(activity, r.state);
                }
                if (!activity.mCalled) {
                    throw new SuperNotCalledException(
                        "Activity " + r.intent.getComponent().toShortString() +
                        " did not call through to super.onCreate()");
                }
                r.activity = activity;
                r.stopped = true;
                if (!r.activity.mFinished) {
                    activity.performStart();
                    r.stopped = false;
                }
                if (!r.activity.mFinished) {
                    if (r.isPersistable()) {
                        if (r.state != null || r.persistentState != null) {
                            mInstrumentation.callActivityOnRestoreInstanceState(activity, r.state,
                                    r.persistentState);
                        }
                    } else if (r.state != null) {
                        mInstrumentation.callActivityOnRestoreInstanceState(activity, r.state);
                    }
                }
                if (!r.activity.mFinished) {
                    activity.mCalled = false;
                    if (r.isPersistable()) {
                        mInstrumentation.callActivityOnPostCreate(activity, r.state,
                                r.persistentState);
                    } else {
                        mInstrumentation.callActivityOnPostCreate(activity, r.state);
                    }
                    if (!activity.mCalled) {
                        throw new SuperNotCalledException(
                            "Activity " + r.intent.getComponent().toShortString() +
                            " did not call through to super.onPostCreate()");
                    }
                }
            }
            r.paused = true;

            mActivities.put(r.token, r);

        } catch (SuperNotCalledException e) {
            throw e;

        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (!mInstrumentation.onException(activity, e)) {
                throw new RuntimeException(
                    "Unable to start activity " + component
                    + ": " + e.toString(), e);
            }
        }

        return activity;
    }

终于完事了，真的是吗？答案，肯定不是了，文章只是对启动流程做了大概的分析，其中的一些细节并没有一一提到，后面会写一篇针对启动过程的细节分析的文章。兜兜转转了这么长时间，总结一下：

从源码的启动流程分析，可以得出：Activity的启动是客户端和服务端的交互，即ApplicationThread和ActivityManagerService两者间的交互。即：进程间通信（IPC）。利用Binder机制以AIDL的方式使得两者关联。