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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7  *
8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14  * limitations under the License.
15  */
16 
17 package android.os;
18 
19 import android.annotation.NonNull;
20 import android.annotation.Nullable;
21 
22 /**
23  * Handy class for starting a new thread that has a looper. The looper can then be
24  * used to create handler classes. Note that start() must still be called.
25  */
26 public class HandlerThread extends Thread {
27     int mPriority;
28     int mTid = -1;
29     Looper mLooper;
30     private @Nullable Handler mHandler;
31 
HandlerThread(String name)32     public HandlerThread(String name) {
33         super(name);
34         mPriority = Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_DEFAULT;
35     }
36 
37     /**
38      * Constructs a HandlerThread.
39      * @param name
40      * @param priority The priority to run the thread at. The value supplied must be from
41      * {@link android.os.Process} and not from java.lang.Thread.
42      */
HandlerThread(String name, int priority)43     public HandlerThread(String name, int priority) {
44         super(name);
45         mPriority = priority;
46     }
47 
48     /**
49      * Call back method that can be explicitly overridden if needed to execute some
50      * setup before Looper loops.
51      */
onLooperPrepared()52     protected void onLooperPrepared() {
53     }
54 
55     @Override
run()56     public void run() {
57         mTid = Process.myTid();
58         Looper.prepare();
59         synchronized (this) {
60             mLooper = Looper.myLooper();
61             notifyAll();
62         }
63         Process.setThreadPriority(mPriority);
64         onLooperPrepared();
65         Looper.loop();
66         mTid = -1;
67     }
68 
69     /**
70      * This method returns the Looper associated with this thread. If this thread not been started
71      * or for any reason isAlive() returns false, this method will return null. If this thread
72      * has been started, this method will block until the looper has been initialized.
73      * @return The looper.
74      */
getLooper()75     public Looper getLooper() {
76         if (!isAlive()) {
77             return null;
78         }
79 
80         // If the thread has been started, wait until the looper has been created.
81         synchronized (this) {
82             while (isAlive() && mLooper == null) {
83                 try {
84                     wait();
85                 } catch (InterruptedException e) {
86                 }
87             }
88         }
89         return mLooper;
90     }
91 
92     /**
93      * @return a shared {@link Handler} associated with this thread
94      * @hide
95      */
96     @NonNull
getThreadHandler()97     public Handler getThreadHandler() {
98         if (mHandler == null) {
99             mHandler = new Handler(getLooper());
100         }
101         return mHandler;
102     }
103 
104     /**
105      * Quits the handler thread's looper.
106      * <p>
107      * Causes the handler thread's looper to terminate without processing any
108      * more messages in the message queue.
109      * </p><p>
110      * Any attempt to post messages to the queue after the looper is asked to quit will fail.
111      * For example, the {@link Handler#sendMessage(Message)} method will return false.
112      * </p><p class="note">
113      * Using this method may be unsafe because some messages may not be delivered
114      * before the looper terminates.  Consider using {@link #quitSafely} instead to ensure
115      * that all pending work is completed in an orderly manner.
116      * </p>
117      *
118      * @return True if the looper looper has been asked to quit or false if the
119      * thread had not yet started running.
120      *
121      * @see #quitSafely
122      */
quit()123     public boolean quit() {
124         Looper looper = getLooper();
125         if (looper != null) {
126             looper.quit();
127             return true;
128         }
129         return false;
130     }
131 
132     /**
133      * Quits the handler thread's looper safely.
134      * <p>
135      * Causes the handler thread's looper to terminate as soon as all remaining messages
136      * in the message queue that are already due to be delivered have been handled.
137      * Pending delayed messages with due times in the future will not be delivered.
138      * </p><p>
139      * Any attempt to post messages to the queue after the looper is asked to quit will fail.
140      * For example, the {@link Handler#sendMessage(Message)} method will return false.
141      * </p><p>
142      * If the thread has not been started or has finished (that is if
143      * {@link #getLooper} returns null), then false is returned.
144      * Otherwise the looper is asked to quit and true is returned.
145      * </p>
146      *
147      * @return True if the looper looper has been asked to quit or false if the
148      * thread had not yet started running.
149      */
quitSafely()150     public boolean quitSafely() {
151         Looper looper = getLooper();
152         if (looper != null) {
153             looper.quitSafely();
154             return true;
155         }
156         return false;
157     }
158 
159     /**
160      * Returns the identifier of this thread. See Process.myTid().
161      */
getThreadId()162     public int getThreadId() {
163         return mTid;
164     }
165 }
166