概述
IntentService是Service的一个子类,相比于Service,有两个不同的地方
- 继承IntentService可以执行耗时操作,不用手动去创建线程
- 任务实行完毕之后,会调用stopSelf方法主动停止服务
使用方法
IntentService的使用和普通Service一样
Intent intent = new Intent(this,UploadService.class);
intent.setAction("ACTION_CALL_PHONE");
startService(intent);
public class UploadService extends IntentService {
    public UploadService() {
    //必须调用父类有参数的构造函数,这里的参数指定IntentService中线程的名称
        super("UploadService");
    }
    @Override
    protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
    //这里的代码运行在新的线程
}源码解析
下面我们从源码的角度去看看IntentService是如何实现上面两个功能的。
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) {
        //子线程中执行方法
            onHandleIntent((Intent)msg.obj);
            stopSelf(msg.arg1);
        }
    }
  //构造函数,被系统调用,name的值是我们在构造函数中传入的值
    public IntentService(String name) {
        super();
        mName = name;
    }
    public void setIntentRedelivery(boolean enabled) {
        mRedelivery = enabled;
    }
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        //创建一个HandlerThread并启动
        HandlerThread thread = new HandlerThread("IntentService[" + mName + "]");
        thread.start();
        mServiceLooper = thread.getLooper();
        //利用HandlerThread的looper构造一个Handler对象,因为HandlerThread的关联的looper对象是在子线程中创建的,所以mServiceHandler的handleMessage方法就执行在子线程
        mServiceHandler = new ServiceHandler(mServiceLooper);
    }
    @Override
    public void onStart(@Nullable Intent intent, int startId) {
        Message msg = mServiceHandler.obtainMessage();
        msg.arg1 = startId;
        msg.obj = intent;
        mServiceHandler.sendMessage(msg);
    }
    @Override
    public int onStartCommand(@Nullable Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
        onStart(intent, startId);
        return mRedelivery ? START_REDELIVER_INTENT : START_NOT_STICKY;
    }
    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        mServiceLooper.quit();
    }
    @Override
    @Nullable
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
        return null;
    }
    @WorkerThread
    protected abstract void onHandleIntent(@Nullable Intent intent);
}                









