Activity应该是大家再熟悉不过的了。从刚开始搭建Android开发环境，跑的第一个例子Hello World就用到了Activity。再后来会接触到Activity的生命周期，想当初学姐这几个生命周期顺序经常会记错💔，再后来就是广泛使用FragmentActivity和Fragment了。
平常开发中以上这些资料Baidu一大堆，还轮不到Google劳神。然而熟练运用这些顶多也就是一个Coder搬砖熟练工而已，算不上Engineer吧～
本文从就从Activity的源码角度分析其启动过程。
1.Activity几个重要类：
（1）Activity
An activity is a single, focused thing that the user can do. Almost all activities interact with the user, so the Activity class takes care of creating a window for you in which you can place your UI with {@link #setContentView}.
Activity是一件单一的、需要注意力的事情。通常用来和用户打交道，为用户创建一个窗口来放置UI。
（2）Instrumentation
用于执行具体操作的类，辅助Activity的监控和测试。
（3）ActivityManagerNative、ActivityManagerProxy、IActivityManager
我理解是，提供给用户进程，用来与system_process进程的ActivityManagerService打交道的一些类。
（4）ApplicationThread、ApplicationThreadNative、IApplicationThread
我理解是，ActivityManagerService用来与用户进程打交道的一些类，最终会回调到用户进程。
2.关系梳理：
ActivityManager是用户进程中对应用层开放的类，应用层要完成某项操作，最终都是由system_process进程的ActivityManagerService来实现。即ActivityManager需要和ActivityManagerService进行跨进程通信。Android中IPC通过Binder机制实现。ActivityManagerService继承于ActivityManagerNative，而ActivityManagerNative实现IBinder和IActivityManager接口，一方面具有IActivityManager的功能，另一方面作为一个Binder实例可以进行IPC操作。ActivityManagerProxy的作用是作为ActivityManagerService的一个代理，将ActivityManager与ActivityManagerService解耦合，它也继承IActivityManager，这就是典型的代理模式的用法，代理者和被代理者继承相同的接口完成操作，从而client端不知道具体操作是由代理者还是被代理者完成。
在Activity启动过程中，startActivity操作是先通过ActivityManagerNative去拿到ActivityManagerService的实例，然后将ActivityManagerService实例用ActivityManagerProxy进行包装，提供给调用者，真正执行startActivity操作的还是ActivityManagerService，即mRemote。然后用户进程通过Binder方式向ActivityManagerService请求Launch操作，ActivityManagerService调用远端的startActivity()执行操作，最终会调到ApplicationThread的scheduleLaunchActivity()，然后回传到应用层，继而启动Activity的onCreate()，onStart()， onResume()等方法。ApplicationThread是ActivityThread的内部类。
下图是ApplicationThread的关系图:
3.调用流程：
(1)执行Activity的startActivity()方法
@Override
public void startActivity(Intent intent) {
this.startActivity(intent, null);
}
@Override
public void startActivity(Intent intent, @Nullable Bundle options) {
if (options != null) {
startActivityForResult(intent, -1, options);
} else {
// Note we want to go through this call for compatibility with
// applications that may have overridden the method.
startActivityForResult(intent, -1);
}
}
public void startActivityForResult(Intent intent, int requestCode, @Nullable Bundle options) {
if (mParent == null) {
Instrumentation.ActivityResult ar =
mInstrumentation.execStartActivity(
this, mMainThread.getApplicationThread(), mToken, this,
intent, requestCode, options);
if (ar != null) {
mMainThread.sendActivityResult(
mToken, mEmbeddedID, requestCode, ar.getResultCode(),
ar.getResultData());
}
if (requestCode >= 0) {
// If this start is requesting a result, we can avoid making
// the activity visible until the result is received. Setting
// this code during onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) or onResume() will keep the
// activity hidden during this time, to avoid flickering.
// This can only be done when a result is requested because
// that guarantees we will get information back when the
// activity is finished, no matter what happens to it.
mStartedActivity = true;
}
cancelInputsAndStartExitTransition(options);
// TODO Consider clearing/flushing other event sources and events for child windows.
} else {
if (options != null) {
mParent.startActivityFromChild(this, intent, requestCode, options);
} else {
// Note we want to go through this method for compatibility with
// existing applications that may have overridden it.
mParent.startActivityFromChild(this, intent, requestCode);
}
}
}
当我们从Activity A启动Activity B时，调用A的startActivity ,最终走到startActivityForResult。若A没有父Activity，则执行mInstrumentation.execStartActivity()得到一个结果，然后通过调用mMainThread.sendActivityResult()将返回结果回传给A，最终会根据requestCode的情况可能走到A的onActivityResult()；若A是ActivityGroup中的子Activity，则调用mParent.startActivityFromChild()，逻辑和普通情况一样，只不过在父Activity中调用。
(2)执行Instrumentation的execStartActivity()方法
* @param who The Context from which the activity is being started.
* @param contextThread The main thread of the Context from which the activity
* is being started.
* @param token Internal token identifying to the system who is starting
* the activity; may be null.
* @param target Which activity is performing the start (and thus receiving
* any result); may be null if this call is not being made
* from an activity.
* @param intent The actual Intent to start.
* @param requestCode Identifier for this request's result; less than zero
* if the caller is not expecting a result.
* @param options Addition options.
*
* @return To force the return of a particular result, return an
* ActivityResult object containing the desired data; otherwise
* return null. The default implementation always returns null.
*/
public ActivityResult execStartActivity(
Context who, IBinder contextThread, IBinder token, Activity target,
Intent intent, int requestCode, Bundle options) {
IApplicationThread whoThread = (IApplicationThread) contextThread;
Uri referrer = target != null ? target.onProvideReferrer() : null;
if (referrer != null) {
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_REFERRER, referrer);
}
if (mActivityMonitors != null) {
synchronized (mSync) {
final int N = mActivityMonitors.size();
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
final ActivityMonitor am = mActivityMonitors.get(i);
if (am.match(who, null, intent)) {
am.mHits++;
if (am.isBlocking()) {
return requestCode >= 0 ? am.getResult() : null;
}
break;
}
}
}
}
try {
intent.migrateExtraStreamToClipData();
intent.prepareToLeaveProcess();
int result = ActivityManagerNative.getDefault()
.startActivity(whoThread, who.getBasePackageName(), intent,
intent.resolveTypeIfNeeded(who.getContentResolver()),
token, target != null ? target.mEmbeddedID : null,
requestCode, 0, null, options);
checkStartActivityResult(result, intent);
} catch (RemoteException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("Failure from system", e);
}
return null;
}
最终调用的是ActivityManagerNative.getDefault().startActivity()。下面继续看ActivityManagerNative。
(3)执行ActivityManagerProxy的startActivity()方法
static public IActivityManager getDefault() {
return gDefault.get();
}
private static final Singleton<IActivityManager> gDefault = new Singleton<IActivityManager>() {
protected IActivityManager create() {
IBinder b = ServiceManager.getService("activity");
if (false) {
Log.v("ActivityManager", "default service binder = " + b);
}
IActivityManager am = asInterface(b);
if (false) {
Log.v("ActivityManager", "default service = " + am);
}
return am;
}
};
/**
* Cast a Binder object into an activity manager interface, generating
* a proxy if needed.
*/
static public IActivityManager asInterface(IBinder obj) {
if (obj == null) {
return null;
}
IActivityManager in =
(IActivityManager)obj.queryLocalInterface(descriptor);
if (in != null) {
return in;
}
return new ActivityManagerProxy(obj);
}
public int startActivity(IApplicationThread caller, String callingPackage, Intent intent,
String resolvedType, IBinder resultTo, String resultWho, int requestCode,
int startFlags, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, Bundle options) throws RemoteException {
Parcel data = Parcel.obtain();
Parcel reply = Parcel.obtain();
data.writeInterfaceToken(IActivityManager.descriptor);
data.writeStrongBinder(caller != null ? caller.asBinder() : null);
data.writeString(callingPackage);
intent.writeToParcel(data, 0);
data.writeString(resolvedType);
data.writeStrongBinder(resultTo);
data.writeString(resultWho);
data.writeInt(requestCode);
data.writeInt(startFlags);
if (profilerInfo != null) {
data.writeInt(1);
profilerInfo.writeToParcel(data, Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE);
} else {
data.writeInt(0);
}
if (options != null) {
data.writeInt(1);
options.writeToParcel(data, 0);
} else {
data.writeInt(0);
}
mRemote.transact(START_ACTIVITY_TRANSACTION, data, reply, 0);
reply.readException();
int result = reply.readInt();
reply.recycle();
data.recycle();
return result;
}
@Override
public boolean onTransact(int code, Parcel data, Parcel reply, int flags)
throws RemoteException {
switch (code) {
case START_ACTIVITY_TRANSACTION:
{
data.enforceInterface(IActivityManager.descriptor);
IBinder b = data.readStrongBinder();
IApplicationThread app = ApplicationThreadNative.asInterface(b);
String callingPackage = data.readString();
Intent intent = Intent.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data);
String resolvedType = data.readString();
IBinder resultTo = data.readStrongBinder();
String resultWho = data.readString();
int requestCode = data.readInt();
int startFlags = data.readInt();
ProfilerInfo profilerInfo = data.readInt() != 0
? ProfilerInfo.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data) : null;
Bundle options = data.readInt() != 0
? Bundle.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data) : null;
int result = startActivity(app, callingPackage, intent, resolvedType,
resultTo, resultWho, requestCode, startFlags, profilerInfo, options);
reply.writeNoException();
reply.writeInt(result);
return true;
}
...
}
由以上代码可知，ActivityManagerNative.getDefault().startActivity()最终会调用ActivityManagerProxy的startActivity()。然后通过Binder进程间通信机制，发起START_ACTIVITY_TRANSACTION事务，并将Intent等信息序列化传给远程服务ActivityManagerService。远程服务接收到消息后，将Binder传过来的数据反序列化，并执行相关Activity启动操作。
(4)执行ActivityManagerService的startActivity方法
@Override
public final int startActivity(IApplicationThread caller, String callingPackage,
Intent intent, String resolvedType, IBinder resultTo, String resultWho, int requestCode,
int startFlags, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, Bundle options) {
return startActivityAsUser(caller, callingPackage, intent, resolvedType, resultTo,
resultWho, requestCode, startFlags, profilerInfo, options,
UserHandle.getCallingUserId());
}
@Override
public final int startActivityAsUser(IApplicationThread caller, String callingPackage,
Intent intent, String resolvedType, IBinder resultTo, String resultWho, int requestCode,
int startFlags, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo, Bundle options, int userId) {
enforceNotIsolatedCaller("startActivity");
userId = handleIncomingUser(Binder.getCallingPid(), Binder.getCallingUid(), userId,
false, ALLOW_FULL_ONLY, "startActivity", null);
// TODO: Switch to user app stacks here.
return mStackSupervisor.startActivityMayWait(caller, -1, callingPackage, intent,
resolvedType, null, null, resultTo, resultWho, requestCode, startFlags,
profilerInfo, null, null, options, false, userId, null, null);
}
ActivityManagerService的startActivity启动过程又转移到mStackSupervisor.startActivityMayWait函数了。而mStackSupervisor是ActivityStackSupervisor类的对象。ActivityStackSupervisor的startActivityMayWait函数源码较长，简单总结起来流程如下：
startActivityMayWait()->startActivityLocked()->startActivityUncheckedLocked()->startSpecificActivityLocked()->realStartActivityLocked()
在realStartActivityLocked()方法里又调用了如下代码：
pp.thread.scheduleLaunchActivity(new Intent(r.intent), r.appToken,
System.identityHashCode(r), r.info, new Configuration(mService.mConfiguration),
r.compat, r.task.voiceInteractor, app.repProcState, r.icicle, r.persistentState,
results, newIntents, !andResume, mService.isNextTransitionForward(), profilerInfo);
(5)执行ApplicationThreadNative的scheduleLaunchActivity()方法
public final void scheduleLaunchActivity(Intent intent, IBinder token, int ident,
ActivityInfo info, Configuration curConfig, Configuration overrideConfig,
CompatibilityInfo compatInfo, String referrer, IVoiceInteractor voiceInteractor,
int procState, Bundle state, PersistableBundle persistentState,
List<ResultInfo> pendingResults, List<ReferrerIntent> pendingNewIntents,
boolean notResumed, boolean isForward, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo) throws RemoteException {
Parcel data = Parcel.obtain();
data.writeInterfaceToken(IApplicationThread.descriptor);
intent.writeToParcel(data, 0);
data.writeStrongBinder(token);
data.writeInt(ident);
info.writeToParcel(data, 0);
curConfig.writeToParcel(data, 0);
if (overrideConfig != null) {
data.writeInt(1);
overrideConfig.writeToParcel(data, 0);
} else {
data.writeInt(0);
}
compatInfo.writeToParcel(data, 0);
data.writeString(referrer);
data.writeStrongBinder(voiceInteractor != null ? voiceInteractor.asBinder() : null);
data.writeInt(procState);
data.writeBundle(state);
data.writePersistableBundle(persistentState);
data.writeTypedList(pendingResults);
data.writeTypedList(pendingNewIntents);
data.writeInt(notResumed ? 1 : 0);
data.writeInt(isForward ? 1 : 0);
if (profilerInfo != null) {
data.writeInt(1);
profilerInfo.writeToParcel(data, Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE);
} else {
data.writeInt(0);
}
mRemote.transact(SCHEDULE_LAUNCH_ACTIVITY_TRANSACTION, data, null,
IBinder.FLAG_ONEWAY);
data.recycle();
}
@Override
public boolean onTransact(int code, Parcel data, Parcel reply, int flags)
throws RemoteException {
switch (code) {
case SCHEDULE_LAUNCH_ACTIVITY_TRANSACTION:
{
data.enforceInterface(IApplicationThread.descriptor);
Intent intent = Intent.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data);
IBinder b = data.readStrongBinder();
int ident = data.readInt();
ActivityInfo info = ActivityInfo.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data);
Configuration curConfig = Configuration.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data);
Configuration overrideConfig = null;
if (data.readInt() != 0) {
overrideConfig = Configuration.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data);
}
CompatibilityInfo compatInfo = CompatibilityInfo.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data);
String referrer = data.readString();
IVoiceInteractor voiceInteractor = IVoiceInteractor.Stub.asInterface(
data.readStrongBinder());
int procState = data.readInt();
Bundle state = data.readBundle();
PersistableBundle persistentState = data.readPersistableBundle();
List<ResultInfo> ri = data.createTypedArrayList(ResultInfo.CREATOR);
List<ReferrerIntent> pi = data.createTypedArrayList(ReferrerIntent.CREATOR);
boolean notResumed = data.readInt() != 0;
boolean isForward = data.readInt() != 0;
ProfilerInfo profilerInfo = data.readInt() != 0
? ProfilerInfo.CREATOR.createFromParcel(data) : null;
scheduleLaunchActivity(intent, b, ident, info, curConfig, overrideConfig, compatInfo,
referrer, voiceInteractor, procState, state, persistentState, ri, pi,
notResumed, isForward, profilerInfo);
return true;
}
...
}
}
这一步我的理解是，远端服务ActivityManagerService会告诉ApplicationThreadNative，我要启动Activity了，你帮我启动一下。然后ApplicationThreadNative会调用scheduleLaunchActivity()方法，这一步也是通过Binder进程间通信机制向远端服务发送一个SCHEDULE_LAUNCH_ACTIVITY_TRANSACTION事务，远端服务收到之后最终会回调到ApplicationThread的scheduleLaunchActivity()方法。
(6)执行ApplicationThread的scheduleLaunchActivity()方法。
@Override
public final void scheduleLaunchActivity(Intent intent, IBinder token, int ident,
ActivityInfo info, Configuration curConfig, Configuration overrideConfig,
CompatibilityInfo compatInfo, String referrer, IVoiceInteractor voiceInteractor,
int procState, Bundle state, PersistableBundle persistentState,
List<ResultInfo> pendingResults, List<ReferrerIntent> pendingNewIntents,
boolean notResumed, boolean isForward, ProfilerInfo profilerInfo) {
updateProcessState(procState, false);
ActivityClientRecord r = new ActivityClientRecord();
r.token = token;
r.ident = ident;
r.intent = intent;
r.referrer = referrer;
r.voiceInteractor = voiceInteractor;
r.activityInfo = info;
r.compatInfo = compatInfo;
r.state = state;
r.persistentState = persistentState;
r.pendingResults = pendingResults;
r.pendingIntents = pendingNewIntents;
r.startsNotResumed = notResumed;
r.isForward = isForward;
r.profilerInfo = profilerInfo;
r.overrideConfig = overrideConfig;
updatePendingConfiguration(curConfig);
sendMessage(H.LAUNCH_ACTIVITY, r);
}
private class H extends Handler {
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
if (DEBUG_MESSAGES) Slog.v(TAG, ">>> handling: " + codeToString(msg.what));
switch (msg.what) {
case LAUNCH_ACTIVITY: {
Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "activityStart");
final ActivityClientRecord r = (ActivityClientRecord) msg.obj;
r.packageInfo = getPackageInfoNoCheck(
r.activityInfo.applicationInfo, r.compatInfo);
handleLaunchActivity(r, null);
Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
}
break;
...
}
}
}
private void handleLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r, Intent customIntent) {
// If we are getting ready to gc after going to the background, well
// we are back active so skip it.
unscheduleGcIdler();
mSomeActivitiesChanged = true;
if (r.profilerInfo != null) {
mProfiler.setProfiler(r.profilerInfo);
mProfiler.startProfiling();
}
// Make sure we are running with the most recent config.
handleConfigurationChanged(null, null);
if (localLOGV) Slog.v(
TAG, "Handling launch of " + r);
// Initialize before creating the activity
WindowManagerGlobal.initialize();
Activity a = performLaunchActivity(r, customIntent);
if (a != null) {
r.createdConfig = new Configuration(mConfiguration);
Bundle oldState = r.state;
handleResumeActivity(r.token, false, r.isForward,
!r.activity.mFinished && !r.startsNotResumed);
if (!r.activity.mFinished && r.startsNotResumed) {
// The activity manager actually wants this one to start out
// paused, because it needs to be visible but isn't in the
// foreground. We accomplish this by going through the
// normal startup (because activities expect to go through
// onResume() the first time they run, before their window
// is displayed), and then pausing it. However, in this case
// we do -not- need to do the full pause cycle (of freezing
// and such) because the activity manager assumes it can just
// retain the current state it has.
try {
r.activity.mCalled = false;
mInstrumentation.callActivityOnPause(r.activity);
// We need to keep around the original state, in case
// we need to be created again. But we only do this
// for pre-Honeycomb apps, which always save their state
// when pausing, so we can not have them save their state
// when restarting from a paused state. For HC and later,
// we want to (and can) let the state be saved as the normal
// part of stopping the activity.
if (r.isPreHoneycomb()) {
r.state = oldState;
}
if (!r.activity.mCalled) {
throw new SuperNotCalledException(
"Activity " + r.intent.getComponent().toShortString() +
" did not call through to super.onPause()");
}
} catch (SuperNotCalledException e) {
throw e;
} catch (Exception e) {
if (!mInstrumentation.onException(r.activity, e)) {
throw new RuntimeException(
"Unable to pause activity "
+ r.intent.getComponent().toShortString()
+ ": " + e.toString(), e);
}
}
r.paused = true;
}
} else {
// If there was an error, for any reason, tell the activity
// manager to stop us.
try {
ActivityManagerNative.getDefault()
.finishActivity(r.token, Activity.RESULT_CANCELED, null, false);
} catch (RemoteException ex) {
// Ignore
}
}
}
private Activity performLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r, Intent customIntent) {
// System.out.println("##### [" + System.currentTimeMillis() + "] ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(" + r + ")");
ActivityInfo aInfo = r.activityInfo;
if (r.packageInfo == null) {
r.packageInfo = getPackageInfo(aInfo.applicationInfo, r.compatInfo,
Context.CONTEXT_INCLUDE_CODE);
}
ComponentName component = r.intent.getComponent();
if (component == null) {
component = r.intent.resolveActivity(
mInitialApplication.getPackageManager());
r.intent.setComponent(component);
}
if (r.activityInfo.targetActivity != null) {
component = new ComponentName(r.activityInfo.packageName,
r.activityInfo.targetActivity);
}
Activity activity = null;
try {
java.lang.ClassLoader cl = r.packageInfo.getClassLoader();
activity = mInstrumentation.newActivity(
cl, component.getClassName(), r.intent);
StrictMode.incrementExpectedActivityCount(activity.getClass());
r.intent.setExtrasClassLoader(cl);
r.intent.prepareToEnterProcess();
if (r.state != null) {
r.state.setClassLoader(cl);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
if (!mInstrumentation.onException(activity, e)) {
throw new RuntimeException(
"Unable to instantiate activity " + component
+ ": " + e.toString(), e);
}
}
try {
Application app = r.packageInfo.makeApplication(false, mInstrumentation);
if (localLOGV) Slog.v(TAG, "Performing launch of " + r);
if (localLOGV) Slog.v(
TAG, r + ": app=" + app
+ ", appName=" + app.getPackageName()
+ ", pkg=" + r.packageInfo.getPackageName()
+ ", comp=" + r.intent.getComponent().toShortString()
+ ", dir=" + r.packageInfo.getAppDir());
if (activity != null) {
Context appContext = createBaseContextForActivity(r, activity);
CharSequence title = r.activityInfo.loadLabel(appContext.getPackageManager());
Configuration config = new Configuration(mCompatConfiguration);
if (DEBUG_CONFIGURATION) Slog.v(TAG, "Launching activity "
+ r.activityInfo.name + " with config " + config);
activity.attach(appContext, this, getInstrumentation(), r.token,
r.ident, app, r.intent, r.activityInfo, title, r.parent,
r.embeddedID, r.lastNonConfigurationInstances, config,
r.referrer, r.voiceInteractor);
if (customIntent != null) {
activity.mIntent = customIntent;
}
r.lastNonConfigurationInstances = null;
activity.mStartedActivity = false;
int theme = r.activityInfo.getThemeResource();
if (theme != 0) {
activity.setTheme(theme);
}
activity.mCalled = false;
if (r.isPersistable()) {
mInstrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(activity, r.state, r.persistentState);
} else {
mInstrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(activity, r.state);
}
if (!activity.mCalled) {
throw new SuperNotCalledException(
"Activity " + r.intent.getComponent().toShortString() +
" did not call through to super.onCreate()");
}
r.activity = activity;
r.stopped = true;
if (!r.activity.mFinished) {
activity.performStart();
r.stopped = false;
}
if (!r.activity.mFinished) {
if (r.isPersistable()) {
if (r.state != null || r.persistentState != null) {
mInstrumentation.callActivityOnRestoreInstanceState(activity, r.state,
r.persistentState);
}
} else if (r.state != null) {
mInstrumentation.callActivityOnRestoreInstanceState(activity, r.state);
}
}
if (!r.activity.mFinished) {
activity.mCalled = false;
if (r.isPersistable()) {
mInstrumentation.callActivityOnPostCreate(activity, r.state,
r.persistentState);
} else {
mInstrumentation.callActivityOnPostCreate(activity, r.state);
}
if (!activity.mCalled) {
throw new SuperNotCalledException(
"Activity " + r.intent.getComponent().toShortString() +
" did not call through to super.onPostCreate()");
}
}
}
r.paused = true;
mActivities.put(r.token, r);
} catch (SuperNotCalledException e) {
throw e;
} catch (Exception e) {
if (!mInstrumentation.onException(activity, e)) {
throw new RuntimeException(
"Unable to start activity " + component
+ ": " + e.toString(), e);
}
}
return activity;
}
在ApplicationThread的scheduleLaunchActivity()中，会调用sendMessage(H.LAUNCH_ACTIVITY, r)，Handler收到消息后调用handleLaunchActivity(r, null)，真正启动Activity B时，和Activity B相关的一系列操作都在这个方法里。这个方法在正常情况下依次执行了handleConfigurationChanged(null, null)，performLaunchActivity()，handleResumeActivity()，分别是Activity B屏幕方向变化和启动的方法。
这里暂时以performLaunchActivity()方法为例。通过反射机制构造一个Activity的实例，然后依次调用activity.attach()添加上下文等信息，activity.setTheme(theme)设置主题，接着由Instrumentation执行mInstrumentation.callActivityOnCreate()，mInstrumentation.callActivityOnRestoreInstanceState()，mInstrumentation.callActivityOnPostCreate()这些方法。
(7)执行Instrumentation的callActivityOnCreate()方法，最终走到Activity的activity.performCreate()方法。
public void callActivityOnCreate(Activity activity, Bundle icicle,
PersistableBundle persistentState) {
prePerformCreate(activity);
activity.performCreate(icicle, persistentState);
postPerformCreate(activity);
}
(8)执行Activity的performCreate()方法，最终回调到了Activity的onCreate()方法，这就是我们非常熟悉的Activity生命周期方法。
final void performCreate(Bundle icicle, PersistableBundle persistentState) {
onCreate(icicle, persistentState);
mActivityTransitionState.readState(icicle);
performCreateCommon();
}
protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
if (DEBUG_LIFECYCLE) Slog.v(TAG, "onCreate " + this + ": " + savedInstanceState);
if (mLastNonConfigurationInstances != null) {
mFragments.restoreLoaderNonConfig(mLastNonConfigurationInstances.loaders);
}
if (mActivityInfo.parentActivityName != null) {
if (mActionBar == null) {
mEnableDefaultActionBarUp = true;
} else {
mActionBar.setDefaultDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}
}
if (savedInstanceState != null) {
Parcelable p = savedInstanceState.getParcelable(FRAGMENTS_TAG);
mFragments.restoreAllState(p, mLastNonConfigurationInstances != null
? mLastNonConfigurationInstances.fragments : null);
}
mFragments.dispatchCreate();
getApplication().dispatchActivityCreated(this, savedInstanceState);
if (mVoiceInteractor != null) {
mVoiceInteractor.attachActivity(this);
}
mCalled = true;
}
总结
（1）以上只是以Launch Activity为例做了下分析，实际上Activity的其它操作如finish()和结果回传都是类似的流程走向。大家可以对照源码读读。
（2）重点是文章开头几个类的相互关系。涉及到了Proxy代理模式，IPC进程间通信等知识点。
（3）才疏学浅，如有分析不到位的还请指正。
参考链接
1.http://blog.csdn.net/caowenbin/article/details/6036726
2.http://ju.outofmemory.cn/entry/230403
3.http://blog.csdn.net/stonecao/article/details/6579710
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