IntentService是一种特殊的service,它继承了Service并且它是一个抽象类,因此必须创建它的子类才能使用IntentService.IntentService可用于执行后台耗时任务,当任务执行后它会自动停止,同时由于IntentService是服务的原因,这导致它的优先级比单纯的线程要高得多,所以IntentService比较适合执行一些高优先级的后台任务,因为它优先级高不容易被系统杀死。 我们使用了IntentService最起码有两个好处,一方面不需要自己去new Thread了;另一方面不需要考虑在什么时候关闭该Service了。
以下这个例子模拟了一个上传多个文件的过程。
public class UploadImgService extends IntentService { private static final String ACTION_UPLOAD_IMG = "action.UPLOAD_IMAGE"; public static final String EXTRA_IMG_PATH = "extra.IMG_PATH"; public static void startUploadImg(Context context, String path) { Intent intent = new Intent(context, UploadImgService.class); intent.setAction(ACTION_UPLOAD_IMG); intent.putExtra(EXTRA_IMG_PATH, path); context.startService(intent); } public UploadImgService() { super("UploadImgService"); } @Override protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) { if (intent != null) { final String action = intent.getAction(); if (ACTION_UPLOAD_IMG.equals(action)) { final String path = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_IMG_PATH); handleUploadImg(path); } } } private void handleUploadImg(String path) { try { //模拟上传耗时 Thread.sleep(3000); Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.UPLOAD_RESULT); intent.putExtra(EXTRA_IMG_PATH, path); //结束任务发送广播 sendBroadcast(intent); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } @Override public void onCreate() { super.onCreate(); Log.e("TAG", "onCreate"); } @Override public void onDestroy() { super.onDestroy(); Log.e("TAG", "onDestroy"); } }MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { public static final String UPLOAD_RESULT = "UPLOAD_RESULT"; private LinearLayout mLyTaskContainer; private BroadcastReceiver uploadImgReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() { @Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { if (intent.getAction() == UPLOAD_RESULT) { String path = intent.getStringExtra(UploadImgService.EXTRA_IMG_PATH); handleResult(path); } } }; private void handleResult(String path) { TextView tv = (TextView) mLyTaskContainer.findViewWithTag(path); tv.setText(path + " upload success ~~~ "); } @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); mLyTaskContainer = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.id_ll_taskcontainer); registerReceiver(); } private void registerReceiver() { IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(); filter.addAction(UPLOAD_RESULT); registerReceiver(uploadImgReceiver, filter); } int i = 0; public void addTask(View view) { //模拟路径 String path = "/sdcard/imgs/" + (++i) + ".png"; UploadImgService.startUploadImg(this, path); TextView tv = new TextView(this); mLyTaskContainer.addView(tv); tv.setText(path + " is uploading ..."); tv.setTag(path); } @Override protected void onDestroy() { super.onDestroy(); unregisterReceiver(uploadImgReceiver); } }布局文件
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/id_taskcontainer" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical" > <Button android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:onClick="addTask" android:text="add Task"/> </LinearLayout>Activity中,每当我点击一次按钮调用addTask,就回模拟创建一个任务,然后交给IntentService去处理。
注意,当Service的每个任务完成的时候,会发送一个广播,我们在Activity的onCreate和onDestroy里面分别注册和解注册了广播;当收到广播则更新指定的UI。
以下是IntentService的源码,
public abstract class IntentService extends Service { private volatile Looper mServiceLooper; private volatile ServiceHandler mServiceHandler; private String mName; private boolean mRedelivery; private final class ServiceHandler extends Handler { public ServiceHandler(Looper looper) { super(looper); } @Override public void handleMessage(Message msg) { onHandleIntent((Intent)msg.obj); stopSelf(msg.arg1); } } public IntentService(String name) { super(); mName = name; } public void setIntentRedelivery(boolean enabled) { mRedelivery = enabled; } @Override public void onCreate() { super.onCreate(); //初始化一个HandlderThread HandlerThread thread = new HandlerThread("IntentService[" + mName + "]"); thread.start(); mServiceLooper = thread.getLooper(); mServiceHandler = new ServiceHandler(mServiceLooper); } @Override public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) { Message msg = mServiceHandler.obtainMessage(); msg.arg1 = startId; msg.obj = intent; mServiceHandler.sendMessage(msg); } @Override public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) { onStart(intent, startId); return mRedelivery ? START_REDELIVER_INTENT : START_NOT_STICKY; } @Override public void onDestroy() { mServiceLooper.quit(); } @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { return null; } @WorkerThread protected abstract void onHandleIntent(Intent intent); }可以看到它在onCreate里面初始化了一个HandlerThread, 每次调用onStartCommand的时候,通过mServiceHandler发送一个消息,消息中包含我们的intent。然后在该mServiceHandler的handleMessage中去回调onHandleIntent(intent);就可以了。
onStartCommand中回调了onStart,onStart中通过mServiceHandler发送消息到该handler的handleMessage中去。最后handleMessage中回调onHandleIntent(intent)。
注意下:回调完成后回调用 stopSelf(msg.arg1),注意这个msg.arg1是个int值,相当于一个请求的唯一标识。每发送一个请求,会生成一个唯一的标识,然后将请求放入队列,当全部执行完成(最后一个请求也就相当于getLastStartId == startId),或者当前发送的标识是最近发出的那一个(getLastStartId == startId),则会销毁我们的Service.
如果传入的是-1则直接销毁。
那么,当任务完成销毁Service回调onDestory,可以看到在onDestroy中释放了我们的Looper:mServiceLooper.quit()。
ok~ 如果你的需求可以使用IntentService来做,可以尽可能的使用,设计的还是相当赞的。当然了,如果你需要考虑并发等等需求,那么可能需要自己去扩展创建线程池等。