IntentService源码解析

我们先看下源码：

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);        }    }    /**     * Creates an IntentService.  Invoked by your subclass's constructor.     *     * @param name Used to name the worker thread, important only for debugging.     */    public IntentService(String name) {        super();        mName = name;    }    /**     * Sets intent redelivery preferences.  Usually called from the constructor     * with your preferred semantics.     *     * <p>If enabled is true,     * {@link #onStartCommand(Intent, int, int)} will return     * {@link Service#START_REDELIVER_INTENT}, so if this process dies before     * {@link #onHandleIntent(Intent)} returns, the process will be restarted     * and the intent redelivered.  If multiple Intents have been sent, only     * the most recent one is guaranteed to be redelivered.     *     * <p>If enabled is false (the default),     * {@link #onStartCommand(Intent, int, int)} will return     * {@link Service#START_NOT_STICKY}, and if the process dies, the Intent     * dies along with it.     */    public void setIntentRedelivery(boolean enabled) {        mRedelivery = enabled;    }    @Override    public void onCreate() {        // TODO: It would be nice to have an option to hold a partial wakelock        // during processing, and to have a static startService(Context, Intent)        // method that would launch the service & hand off a wakelock.        super.onCreate();        HandlerThread thread = new HandlerThread("IntentService[" + mName + "]");        thread.start();        mServiceLooper = thread.getLooper();        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);    }    /**     * You should not override this method for your IntentService. Instead,     * override {@link #onHandleIntent}, which the system calls when the IntentService     * receives a start request.     * @see android.app.Service#onStartCommand     */    @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();    }    /**     * Unless you provide binding for your service, you don't need to implement this     * method, because the default implementation returns null.     * @see android.app.Service#onBind     */    @Override    @Nullable    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {        return null;    }    /**     * This method is invoked on the worker thread with a request to process.     * Only one Intent is processed at a time, but the processing happens on a     * worker thread that runs independently from other application logic.     * So, if this code takes a long time, it will hold up other requests to     * the same IntentService, but it will not hold up anything else.     * When all requests have been handled, the IntentService stops itself,     * so you should not call {@link #stopSelf}.     *     * @param intent The value passed to {@link     *               android.content.Context#startService(Intent)}.     *               This may be null if the service is being restarted after     *               its process has gone away; see     *               {@link android.app.Service#onStartCommand}     *               for details.     */    @WorkerThread    protected abstract void onHandleIntent(@Nullable Intent intent);}

首先我们大致看到了，有looper，有handler，有Thread，我们想到了什么？当然是android的消息机制。
还看到了，该类帮我们处理了Service的实现方法，他的子类需要实现一个onHandleIntent()。这下就清晰了。因为Service本身是不支持执行耗时操作的。要想执行耗时操作，必须新建线程。所以，IntentService的出现就解决这个问题，它继承于Service，封装了多线程，耗时操作在子线程中操作。

我们看先这句：

@Override    public void onCreate() {        // TODO: It would be nice to have an option to hold a partial wakelock        // during processing, and to have a static startService(Context, Intent)        // method that would launch the service & hand off a wakelock.        super.onCreate();        HandlerThread thread = new HandlerThread("IntentService[" + mName + "]");        thread.start();        mServiceLooper = thread.getLooper();        mServiceHandler = new ServiceHandler(mServiceLooper);    }

熟悉android的消息机制的应该都会知道，当一个线程启动的时候他会创建一个looper对象，执行looper.loop(),用来循环获取MessageQueue队列的对象。当前的Looper对象是属于HandlerThread的，通过这句代码就可以得知ServiceHandler是也是运行在HandlerThread线程的。

mServiceHandler = new ServiceHandler(mServiceLooper);

我们在看看这段代码：

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);        }    }

说明onHandleMessage也是运行在HandleThread线程中。
所以我们在实现IntentService中onHandleIntent方法时，就可以直接进行耗时操作。