上一篇中我们简单介绍了LayoutInflater是怎么获取的，那么这一篇我们将详细介绍他的一个我们最常用的方法inflate，流程是这样的，我们先进行源码分析，然后猜想，最后在具体验证。在介绍inflate方法之前我们先看下面这几行代码，
* <p>
* For performance reasons, view inflation relies heavily on pre-processing of
* XML files that is done at build time. Therefore, it is not currently possible
* to use LayoutInflater with an XmlPullParser over a plain XML file at runtime;
* it only works with an XmlPullParser returned from a compiled resource
* (R.<em>something</em> file.)
*
* @see Context#getSystemService
*/
public abstract class LayoutInflater {
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private static final String TAG_MERGE = "merge";
private static final String TAG_INCLUDE = "include";
private static final String TAG_1995 = "blink";
private static final String TAG_REQUEST_FOCUS = "requestFocus";
除了TAG_1995这个属性我们可能用的比较少以外，其他的我们应该都用过，如果标签为TAG_1995的话，我们初始化的是BlinkLayout这个类，我们通过源码可以看一下其实他就是个FrameLayout
private static class BlinkLayout extends FrameLayout {
private static final int MESSAGE_BLINK = 0x42;
private static final int BLINK_DELAY = 500;
private boolean mBlink;
private boolean mBlinkState;
private final Handler mHandler;由于这个平时用的比较少，我们这里就不在介绍，我们主要看一下其他的三个属性，TAG_MERGE 属性我们一般自定义控件的时候为了减少层级用的表较多一些，TAG_INCLUDE 属性主要是为了减少代码复用，TAG_REQUEST_FOCUS 主要在EditText中为了获取焦点的时候用到。好了，上面只是一个简单的开头，下面我们就来详细分析inflate这个方法，以下是源码
/**
* Inflate a new view hierarchy from the specified xml resource. Throws
* {@link InflateException} if there is an error.
*
* @param resource ID for an XML layout resource to load (e.g.,
* <code>R.layout.main_page</code>)
* @param root Optional view to be the parent of the generated hierarchy.
* @return The root View of the inflated hierarchy. If root was supplied,
* this is the root View; otherwise it is the root of the inflated
* XML file.
*/
public View inflate(int resource, ViewGroup root) {
return inflate(resource, root, root != null);
}我们看他的另一个重构的方法
public View inflate(int resource, ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot) {
if (DEBUG) System.out.println("INFLATING from resource: " + resource);
XmlResourceParser parser = getContext().getResources().getLayout(resource);
try {
return inflate(parser, root, attachToRoot);
} finally {
parser.close();
}
}他首先通过parser解析得到XmlResourceParser对象，
public XmlResourceParser getLayout(int id) throws NotFoundException {
return loadXmlResourceParser(id, "layout");
}具体怎么解析的，大家可以看他的源码，这里就不在介绍，我们主要来看一看inflate这个方法的实现，他是我们主要分析的对象，下面是全部源码，都没有任何删除，并且还加了注释，其中他里面还有一些调用的方法，这个不作为我们重点分析的对象，待会我们简单提一下就行了，有兴趣的大家可以自己去分析
/**
* Inflate a new view hierarchy from the specified XML node. Throws
* {@link InflateException} if there is an error.
* <p>
* <em><strong>Important</strong></em> For performance
* reasons, view inflation relies heavily on pre-processing of XML files
* that is done at build time. Therefore, it is not currently possible to
* use LayoutInflater with an XmlPullParser over a plain XML file at runtime.
*
* @param parser XML dom node containing the description of the view
* hierarchy.
* @param root Optional view to be the parent of the generated hierarchy (if
* <em>attachToRoot</em> is true), or else simply an object that
* provides a set of LayoutParams values for root of the returned
* hierarchy (if <em>attachToRoot</em> is false.)
* @param attachToRoot Whether the inflated hierarchy should be attached to
* the root parameter? If false, root is only used to create the
* correct subclass of LayoutParams for the root view in the XML.
* @return The root View of the inflated hierarchy. If root was supplied and
* attachToRoot is true, this is root; otherwise it is the root of
* the inflated XML file.
*/
public View inflate(XmlPullParser parser, ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot) {
synchronized (mConstructorArgs) {
Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_VIEW, "inflate");
final AttributeSet attrs = Xml.asAttributeSet(parser);
/*mConstructorArgs是一个长度为2的数组，第一个存放的是Context，第二个存放的是attrs，主要在
* createView中用到*/
Context lastContext = (Context)mConstructorArgs[0];
mConstructorArgs[0] = mContext;
View result = root;
try {
// Look for the root node.
int type;
/*不停循环，直到找到开始的标签位置*/
while ((type = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.START_TAG &&
type != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
// Empty
}
/*没找到则抛出异常*/
if (type != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
throw new InflateException(parser.getPositionDescription()
+ ": No start tag found!");
}
final String name = parser.getName();
if (DEBUG) {
System.out.println("**************************");
System.out.println("Creating root view: "
+ name);
System.out.println("**************************");
}
/*（1）这个标签我们一般自定义控件的时候用的比较多，就是说<merge/>必须要有一个父控件，
* 否则就会抛出异常，待会我们给大家演示一下，这先标记为我们的第一个问题*/
if (TAG_MERGE.equals(name)) {
if (root == null || !attachToRoot) {
throw new InflateException("<merge /> can be used only with a valid "
+ "ViewGroup root and attachToRoot=true");
}
/*（2）rInflate方法主要是把parser解析出来的标签和attrs属性共同创建的View
* 添加到父控件root中，待会我们在具体分析*/
rInflate(parser, root, attrs, false);
} else {
// Temp is the root view that was found in the xml
View temp;
if (TAG_1995.equals(name)) {
/*这个我们上面说了，他其实就是继承的FrameLayout，相当于new了一个FrameLayout*/
temp = new BlinkLayout(mContext, attrs);
} else {
/*（3）这个方法根据名字大家可能也能猜出来就是根据name来创建View，事实证明我们
* 的猜测是正确的，不过这回他不是new出来一个View，他是通过类name和attrs，
* 然后由loadClass加载这个类，最后newInstance这个View*/
temp = createViewFromTag(root, name, attrs);
}
ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = null;
if (root != null) {
if (DEBUG) {
System.out.println("Creating params from root: " +
root);
}
// Create layout params that match root, if supplied
/*（4）如果root不为空，获取根布局的宽和高属性，*/
params = root.generateLayoutParams(attrs);
if (!attachToRoot) {
// Set the layout params for temp if we are not
// attaching. (If we are, we use addView, below)
/*（5）如果root不为空，且attachToRoot为false，把根布局的长和宽设置
* 给创建的temp View，其实我们根据他的注释大概也能猜测如果没有attach，
* 这把上面获得的参数params给我们创建的temp，如果attach则在下面把它给add进去*/
temp.setLayoutParams(params);
}
}
if (DEBUG) {
System.out.println("-----> start inflating children");
}
// Inflate all children under temp
/*这个同上面的问题（2），我们待会再讲*/
rInflate(parser, temp, attrs, true);
if (DEBUG) {
System.out.println("-----> done inflating children");
}
// We are supposed to attach all the views we found (int temp)
// to root. Do that now.
if (root != null && attachToRoot) {
/*把我们创建的temp add到root中*/
root.addView(temp, params);
}
// Decide whether to return the root that was passed in or the
// top view found in xml.
if (root == null || !attachToRoot) {
/*没有把temp add到temp中*/
result = temp;
}
}
} catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
InflateException ex = new InflateException(e.getMessage());
ex.initCause(e);
throw ex;
} catch (IOException e) {
InflateException ex = new InflateException(
parser.getPositionDescription()
+ ": " + e.getMessage());
ex.initCause(e);
throw ex;
} finally {
// Don't retain static reference on context.
/*最后把数组的第一个context设置为lastContext，然后第二个attrs设置为空*/
mConstructorArgs[0] = lastContext;
mConstructorArgs[1] = null;
}
Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_VIEW);
return result;
}
}不要急，等我们把所有问题全部分析完成之后再做最后的猜想和验证，我们先来看上面第二个问题的源码
/**
* Recursive method used to descend down the xml hierarchy and instantiate
* views, instantiate their children, and then call onFinishInflate().
*/
void rInflate(XmlPullParser parser, View parent, final AttributeSet attrs,
boolean finishInflate) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
final int depth = parser.getDepth();
int type;
while (((type = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_TAG ||
parser.getDepth() > depth) && type != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
if (type != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
continue;
}
final String name = parser.getName();
if (TAG_REQUEST_FOCUS.equals(name)) {
parseRequestFocus(parser, parent);
} else if (TAG_INCLUDE.equals(name)) {
if (parser.getDepth() == 0) {
throw new InflateException("<include /> cannot be the root element");
}
parseInclude(parser, parent, attrs);
} else if (TAG_MERGE.equals(name)) {
throw new InflateException("<merge /> must be the root element");
} else if (TAG_1995.equals(name)) {
final View view = new BlinkLayout(mContext, attrs);
final ViewGroup viewGroup = (ViewGroup) parent;
final ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = viewGroup.generateLayoutParams(attrs);
rInflate(parser, view, attrs, true);
viewGroup.addView(view, params);
} else {
final View view = createViewFromTag(parent, name, attrs);
final ViewGroup viewGroup = (ViewGroup) parent;
final ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = viewGroup.generateLayoutParams(attrs);
rInflate(parser, view, attrs, true);
viewGroup.addView(view, params);
}
}
if (finishInflate) parent.onFinishInflate();
}通过源码我们可以看出如果有<merge />标签，那么他必须为第一个，否则会抛出异常。最后根据是否加载完成来调用onFinishInflate方法，这个方法有时候也是我们在自定义控件的时候常用到的。如果标签为TAG_REQUEST_FOCUS，那么他的代码很简单，主要就这一行parent.requestFocus();，源码就不在贴出，如果标签为TAG_INCLUDE就会调用下面方法
private void parseInclude(XmlPullParser parser, View parent, AttributeSet attrs)
throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
int type;
if (parent instanceof ViewGroup) {
final int layout = attrs.getAttributeResourceValue(null, "layout", 0);
if (layout == 0) {
final String value = attrs.getAttributeValue(null, "layout");
if (value == null) {
throw new InflateException("You must specifiy a layout in the"
+ " include tag: <include layout=\"@layout/layoutID\" />");
} else {
throw new InflateException("You must specifiy a valid layout "
+ "reference. The layout ID " + value + " is not valid.");
}
} else {
final XmlResourceParser childParser =
getContext().getResources().getLayout(layout);
try {
final AttributeSet childAttrs = Xml.asAttributeSet(childParser);
while ((type = childParser.next()) != XmlPullParser.START_TAG &&
type != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
// Empty.
}
if (type != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
throw new InflateException(childParser.getPositionDescription() +
": No start tag found!");
}
final String childName = childParser.getName();
if (TAG_MERGE.equals(childName)) {
// Inflate all children.
rInflate(childParser, parent, childAttrs, false);
} else {
final View view = createViewFromTag(parent, childName, childAttrs);
final ViewGroup group = (ViewGroup) parent;
// We try to load the layout params set in the <include /> tag. If
// they don't exist, we will rely on the layout params set in the
// included XML file.
// During a layoutparams generation, a runtime exception is thrown
// if either layout_width or layout_height is missing. We catch
// this exception and set localParams accordingly: true means we
// successfully loaded layout params from the <include /> tag,
// false means we need to rely on the included layout params.
ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = null;
try {
params = group.generateLayoutParams(attrs);
} catch (RuntimeException e) {
params = group.generateLayoutParams(childAttrs);
} finally {
if (params != null) {
view.setLayoutParams(params);
}
}
// Inflate all children.
rInflate(childParser, view, childAttrs, true);
// Attempt to override the included layout's android:id with the
// one set on the <include /> tag itself.
TypedArray a = mContext.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs,
com.android.internal.R.styleable.View, 0, 0);
int id = a.getResourceId(com.android.internal.R.styleable.View_id, View.NO_ID);
// While we're at it, let's try to override android:visibility.
int visibility = a.getInt(com.android.internal.R.styleable.View_visibility, -1);
a.recycle();
if (id != View.NO_ID) {
view.setId(id);
}
switch (visibility) {
case 0:
view.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
break;
case 1:
view.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
break;
case 2:
view.setVisibility(View.GONE);
break;
}
group.addView(view);
}
} finally {
childParser.close();
}
}
} else {
throw new InflateException("<include /> can only be used inside of a ViewGroup");
}
final int currentDepth = parser.getDepth();
while (((type = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_TAG ||
parser.getDepth() > currentDepth) && type != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
// Empty
}
}其实原理和上面差不多，我们就不在一一分析，我们主要来看一下这里面的一个方法createViewFromTag，也是在上面我们提到的问题（3），他的源码如下，我们仔细看
/*
* default visibility so the BridgeInflater can override it.
*/
View createViewFromTag(View parent, String name, AttributeSet attrs) {
if (name.equals("view")) {
name = attrs.getAttributeValue(null, "class");
}
if (DEBUG) System.out.println("******** Creating view: " + name);
try {
View view;
if (mFactory2 != null) view = mFactory2.onCreateView(parent, name, mContext, attrs);
else if (mFactory != null) view = mFactory.onCreateView(name, mContext, attrs);
else view = null;
if (view == null && mPrivateFactory != null) {
view = mPrivateFactory.onCreateView(parent, name, mContext, attrs);
}
if (view == null) {
if (-1 == name.indexOf('.')) {
/*(1)*/
view = onCreateView(parent, name, attrs);
} else {
/*(2)*/
view = createView(name, null, attrs);
}
}
if (DEBUG) System.out.println("Created view is: " + view);
return view;
} catch (InflateException e) {
throw e;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
InflateException ie = new InflateException(attrs.getPositionDescription()
+ ": Error inflating class " + name);
ie.initCause(e);
throw ie;
} catch (Exception e) {
InflateException ie = new InflateException(attrs.getPositionDescription()
+ ": Error inflating class " + name);
ie.initCause(e);
throw ie;
}
}最上面的Factory其实就是个接口，我们主要看我标注的（1）和（2）两部分，其实最终还是（1）调用了（2），我们看源码
protected View onCreateView(View parent, String name, AttributeSet attrs)
throws ClassNotFoundException {
return onCreateView(name, attrs);
}接着看
protected View onCreateView(String name, AttributeSet attrs)
throws ClassNotFoundException {
return createView(name, "android.view.", attrs);
}我们看到了在第二个参数传入的是”android.view.”，回想我们上一篇讲的怎么获取LayoutInflater的时候，说到其实我们获取的是PhoneLayoutInflater，我们在PhoneLayoutInflater中看到这样几行代码，代码如下，已经略去一部分
public class PhoneLayoutInflater extends LayoutInflater {
private static final String[] sClassPrefixList = {
"android.widget.",
"android.webkit.",
"android.app."
};
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/** Override onCreateView to instantiate names that correspond to the
widgets known to the Widget factory. If we don't find a match,
call through to our super class.
*/
@Override protected View onCreateView(String name, AttributeSet attrs) throws ClassNotFoundException {
for (String prefix : sClassPrefixList) {
try {
View view = createView(name, prefix, attrs);
if (view != null) {
return view;
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// In this case we want to let the base class take a crack
// at it.
}
}
return super.onCreateView(name, attrs);
}看懂了吧，其实他就是传入的包名加一个点，目的就是拼接一个完整的控件路径然后在初始化，我们看源码
public final View createView(String name, String prefix, AttributeSet attrs)
throws ClassNotFoundException, InflateException {
Constructor<? extends View> constructor = sConstructorMap.get(name);
Class<? extends View> clazz = null;
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if (constructor == null) {
// 如果prefix为null说明name是个完整的路径
clazz = mContext.getClassLoader().loadClass(
prefix != null ? (prefix + name) : name).asSubclass(View.class);
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constructor = clazz.getConstructor(mConstructorSignature);
sConstructorMap.put(name, constructor);
} else {
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clazz = mContext.getClassLoader().loadClass(
prefix != null ? (prefix + name) : name).asSubclass(View.class);
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}
/*这就是上面inflate方法中我们提到的长度为2的一个数组，通过下面的newInstance创建一个新的View*/
Object[] args = mConstructorArgs;
args[1] = attrs;
final View view = constructor.newInstance(args);
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return view;
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}接着我们分析上面（4）个问题的源码，这个比较简单
public LayoutParams generateLayoutParams(AttributeSet attrs) {
return new LayoutParams(getContext(), attrs);
}我们继续
public LayoutParams(Context c, AttributeSet attrs) {
TypedArray a = c.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.ViewGroup_Layout);
setBaseAttributes(a,
R.styleable.ViewGroup_Layout_layout_width,
R.styleable.ViewGroup_Layout_layout_height);
a.recycle();
}我们在来看一看setBaseAttributes的源码
protected void setBaseAttributes(TypedArray a, int widthAttr, int heightAttr) {
width = a.getLayoutDimension(widthAttr, "layout_width");
height = a.getLayoutDimension(heightAttr, "layout_height");
}看到了吧，就是设置LayoutParams参数的宽和高。其实无论是new一个View还是newInstance一个View，那么AttributeSet属性并不能设置View的宽和高，因为我们知道View的宽高是由ViewRootImpl的performTraversals方法最先调用，然后再由自身的Measure方法和LayoutParams参数测量之后共同决定的，待会给大家总结的时候，可能就会明白为什么View的背景和其他属性都起作用，但设置宽和高却没有任何作用，原因就在这
好了，到目前为止我们把LayoutInflater及它的inflate方法都分析完了，那么下面我们就猜想，然后在验证上面遗留的一些问题，猜想如下
public View inflate(int resource, ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot) 为了便于大家理解，我们来定义两个术语，根布局和root，意思虽然差不多，但所指却截然不同，根布局就是指我们自定义layout的根View，root是指我们inflate的那个类
（1）如果merge为根布局root不能为空，否则抛异常
（以下3个问题是在没有merge的情况下讨论）
（2）如果root为空，attachToRoot无论是true或false都没有任何意义，root与他没有任何关系，但根布局的属性保留了下来，宽高没有保留，（因为上面我们分析的createViewFromTag方法在创建temp的时候只是把attrs传了过去，通过newInstance创建了View对象，但并没有把LayoutParams设置进去，所以宽高并没有任何作用）
（3）如果root不为空，且attachToRoot为true，则根布局的所有属性都会保留下来，包括宽高，并且root还是布局文件的父类(通过源码我们可以看到 if (root != null && attachToRoot)则root.addView(temp, params)，就是把temp和参数全部设置进去)
（4）如果root不为空，且attachToRoot为false，则根布局的所有属性和宽高都会保留下来，但不会add到root中，所以root也不会是布局文件的父类（我们通过最上面代码中的问题5可以看到，就是把LayoutParams设置进去了，但没有add）
好了，到目前为止，LayoutInflater及它的inflate方法我们都分析完了，那么究竟对不对，在下一篇中我们将举例为大家验证。
