面试之--IntentService

面试中经常会问的IntentService和Service的区别？相信用过的人都会知道IntentService是Service的子类，子类一般比父类牛逼，那么IntentService牛逼在何处？
IntentService开启了一个工作线程来处理耗时操作，这样就不需要我们自己创建线程执行耗时操作，从而更好的完成我们的核心代码。那IntentService是在自己内部开启工作线程的呢？看一下源码我们就知道了。

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);}

在onCreate（）方法里面new了一个HandlerThread，并且得到了一个Looper；我们知道我们的主线程中默认会有一个looper的，而且我们知道如果在子线程中有looper，并且调用Looper.prepare()和Looper.loop(),我们的子线程也可以进行耗时操作了。那么我们看一下HandlerThread是什么。

public class HandlerThread extends Thread {    int mPriority;    int mTid = -1;    Looper mLooper;    public HandlerThread(String name) {        super(name);        mPriority = Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_DEFAULT;    }    public HandlerThread(String name, int priority) {        super(name);        mPriority = priority;    }    protected void onLooperPrepared() {    }    @Override    public void run() {        mTid = Process.myTid();        Looper.prepare();        synchronized (this) {            mLooper = Looper.myLooper();            notifyAll();        }        Process.setThreadPriority(mPriority);        onLooperPrepared();        Looper.loop();        mTid = -1;    }    public Looper getLooper() {        if (!isAlive()) {            return null;        }        synchronized (this) {            while (isAlive() && mLooper == null) {                try {                    wait();                } catch (InterruptedException e) {                }            }        }        return mLooper;    }    public boolean quit() {        Looper looper = getLooper();        if (looper != null) {            looper.quit();            return true;        }        return false;    }    public boolean quitSafely() {        Looper looper = getLooper();        if (looper != null) {            looper.quitSafely();            return true;        }        return false;    }    public int getThreadId() {        return mTid;    }}

HandlerThread其实是Thread的子类，并且在run（）方法里面调用了Looper.prepare()和Looper.loop()。而且还提供了一个方法将looper返回，以便于我们用在Handler中。
正是有了以上的操作我们IntentService才可以进行耗时操作。具体的Handler，Looper等这些源码我们自己去看一下分析一下，还是比较复杂的。
详细请看鸿洋大神的这篇文章： Android IntentService完全解析 当Service遇到Handler