本文实例讲述了Android编程中的消息机制。,具体如下:
在分析Android消息机制之前,我们先来看一段代码:
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener {
private TextView stateText;
private Button btn;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
stateText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv);
btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn);
btn.setOnClickListener(this);
}
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
new WorkThread().start();
}
//工作线程
private class WorkThread extends Thread {
@Override
public void run() {
//......处理比较耗时的操作
//处理完成后改变状态
stateText.setText("completed");
}
}
}
这段代码似乎看上去很正常,但是当你运行时就会发现,它会报一个致命性的异常:
ERROR/AndroidRuntime(421): FATAL EXCEPTION: Thread-8
ERROR/AndroidRuntime(421): android.view.ViewRoot$CalledFromWrongThreadException:
Only the original thread that created a view hierarchy can touch its views.
到底是怎么回事呢?原因在于,Android系统中的视图组件并不是线程安全的,如果要更新视图,必须在主线程中更新,不可以在子线程中执行更新的操作。
既然这样,我们就在子线程中通知主线程,让主线程做更新操作吧。那么,我们如何通知主线程呢?我们需要使用到Handler对象。
我们稍微修改一下上面的代码:
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener {
private static final int COMPLETED = 0;
private TextView stateText;
private Button btn;
private Handler handler = new Handler() {
@Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
if (msg.what == COMPLETED) {
stateText.setText("completed");
}
}
};
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
stateText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv);
btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn);
btn.setOnClickListener(this);
}
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
new WorkThread().start();
}
//工作线程
private class WorkThread extends Thread {
@Override
public void run() {
//......处理比较耗时的操作
//处理完成后给handler发送消息
Message msg = new Message();
msg.what = COMPLETED;
handler.sendMessage(msg);
}
}
}










