又来一篇源码分析文章。讲源码分析文章有的时候很虚，因为我只能讲个我看懂的大概流程，所以细节部分可以没有深入研究，看完之后也只能了解个大概。但个人觉得看源码更重要的是思路而不是细节。今天来分析下LayoutInflater的源码。
之所以分析它是因为我们来常经常使用到它，但往往只知道它是加载view的而不知它具体的实现方法。不多说直接分析。
源码分析
平常我们使用LayoutInflater最常见的方式如：
LayoutInflater inflate = LayoutInflater.from(Context context); LayoutInflater inflate = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
这两种方式实质上是一样的。看来LayoutInflater.from的源码：
public static LayoutInflater from(Context context) {
LayoutInflater LayoutInflater =
(LayoutInflater) context .getSystemService(Context. LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
if ( LayoutInflater == null) {
throw new AssertionError( "LayoutInflater not found.");
}
return LayoutInflater;
}
好吧，它就是一个披着context .getSystemService皮的狼。其实就是简单的封装了下。平常我们在获取系统的一些service如获取传感器之类的都会用到getSystemService，那么在这里context .getSystemService又是具体怎么实现的。
getSystemService
了解这个问题之前我们要清楚，Context是什么，平时我们经常说Context是上下文环境。其实Application，Activity，Service都会存在一个Context。它的具体实现类是ContextImpl。那么直接看ContextImpl：
@Override
public Object getSystemService(String name) {
ServiceFetcher fetcher = SYSTEM_SERVICE_MAP.get(name);
return fetcher == null ? null : fetcher.getService(this);
}
SYSTEM_SERVICE_MAP是什么。我们继续看ContextImpl的代码：
class ContextImpl extends Context {
private final static String TAG = "ContextImpl";
private final static boolean DEBUG = false;
/**
* Map from package name, to preference name, to cached preferences.
*/
private static ArrayMap<String, ArrayMap<String, SharedPreferencesImpl>> sSharedPrefs;
/**
* Override this class when the system service constructor needs a
* ContextImpl. Else, use StaticServiceFetcher below.
*/
/*package*/ static class ServiceFetcher {
int mContextCacheIndex = -1;
/**
* Main entrypoint; only override if you don"t need caching.
*/
public Object getService(ContextImpl ctx) {
ArrayList<Object> cache = ctx.mServiceCache;
Object service;
synchronized (cache) {
if (cache.size() == 0) {
// Initialize the cache vector on first access.
// At this point sNextPerContextServiceCacheIndex
// is the number of potential services that are
// cached per-Context.
for (int i = 0; i < sNextPerContextServiceCacheIndex; i++) {
cache.add(null);
}
} else {
service = cache.get(mContextCacheIndex);
if (service != null) {
return service;
}
}
service = createService(ctx);
cache.set(mContextCacheIndex, service);
return service;
}
}
/**
* Override this to create a new per-Context instance of the
* service. getService() will handle locking and caching.
*/
public Object createService(ContextImpl ctx) {
throw new RuntimeException("Not implemented");
}
}
abstract static class StaticServiceFetcher extends ServiceFetcher {
private Object mCachedInstance;
@Override
public final Object getService(ContextImpl unused) {
synchronized (StaticServiceFetcher.this) {
Object service = mCachedInstance;
if (service != null) {
return service;
}
return mCachedInstance = createStaticService();
}
}
public abstract Object createStaticService();
}
private static final HashMap<String, ServiceFetcher> SYSTEM_SERVICE_MAP =
new HashMap<String, ServiceFetcher>();
private static int sNextPerContextServiceCacheIndex = 0;
private static void registerService(String serviceName, ServiceFetcher fetcher) {
if (!(fetcher instanceof StaticServiceFetcher)) {
fetcher.mContextCacheIndex = sNextPerContextServiceCacheIndex++;
}
SYSTEM_SERVICE_MAP.put(serviceName, fetcher);
}
static {
…………
registerService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE, new ServiceFetcher() {
public Object createService(ContextImpl ctx) {
return PolicyManager.makeNewLayoutInflater(ctx.getOuterContext());
}});
…………
}
在虚拟机第一次加载该类时就会注册各种ServiceFatcher,包括LayoutInflater，这个是在一系列的registerService中实现的。然后将它们存储在SYSTEM_SERVICE_MAP这个HashMap中，以后要用只需从中获取，注册是在静态代码块中进行的，也就是说它只会执行一次，保证实例的唯一性。这可以说是用容器来实现的单例模式。最后通过getSystemService获取相应的Service。
我们重点关注到PolicyManager.makeNewLayoutInflate这句代码，它最终调用的是Policy中的makeNewLayoutInflate方法。
public class Policy implements IPolicy {
private static final String TAG = "PhonePolicy";
static {
// For performance reasons, preload some policy specific classes when
// the policy gets loaded.
for (String s : preload_classes) {
try {
Class.forName(s);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
Log.e(TAG, "Could not preload class for phone policy: " + s);
}
}
}
public Window makeNewWindow(Context context) {
return new PhoneWindow(context);
}
public LayoutInflater makeNewLayoutInflater(Context context) {
return new PhoneLayoutInflater(context);
}
}
在这里看到Window具体实现类是PhoneWindow，LayoutInflater的具体实现是PhoneLayoutInflater。
PhoneLayoutInflater
看下PhoneLayoutInflater的代码。
public class PhoneLayoutInflater extends LayoutInflater {
private static final String[] sClassPrefixList = {
"android.widget.",
"android.webkit.",
"android.app."
};
/**
* Instead of instantiating directly, you should retrieve an instance
* through {@link Context#getSystemService}
*
* @param context The Context in which in which to find resources and other
* application-specific things.
*
* @see Context#getSystemService
*/
public PhoneLayoutInflater(Context context) {
super(context);
}
protected PhoneLayoutInflater(LayoutInflater original, Context newContext) {
super(original, newContext);
}
/** 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);
}
}
它重定了onCreateView 方法，其实就是为系统View加上相应的前缀。如TextView读出的完整路径会是android.widget.TextView。再调用createView方法，通过类的完整路径来构造View对象。具体的实现过程我们可以来看看setContentView。
setContentView
首先我们来看一幅android的结构图： 
Acitivity的一个界面中最外层是PhoneWindow，它里面是一个DecorView。它是界面中所有view的根view。它包括两部分，ActionBar和ContentView，而ContentView就是我们平常接触最多的，setContentView设置的就是它的内容。而我们在xml中定义的所有view都是显示在它上面的。
先来看下PhoneWindow中的setContentView方法。
public void setContentView(int layoutResID) {
// Note: FEATURE_CONTENT_TRANSITIONS may be set in the process of installing the window
// decor, when theme attributes and the like are crystalized. Do not check the feature
// before this happens.
if (mContentParent == null) {
installDecor();
} else if (!hasFeature(FEATURE_CONTENT_TRANSITIONS)) {
mContentParent.removeAllViews();
}
if (hasFeature(FEATURE_CONTENT_TRANSITIONS)) {
final Scene newScene = Scene.getSceneForLayout(mContentParent, layoutResID,
getContext());
transitionTo(newScene);
} else {
mLayoutInflater.inflate(layoutResID, mContentParent);
}
final Callback cb = getCallback();
if (cb != null && !isDestroyed()) {
cb.onContentChanged();
}
首先调用的是installDecor方法。从名字中我们就可以猜到，它应该就是加载DecorView。看下代码：
private void installDecor() {
if (mDecor == null) {
mDecor = generateDecor();
mDecor.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_AFTER_DESCENDANTS);
mDecor.setIsRootNamespace(true);
if (!mInvalidatePanelMenuPosted && mInvalidatePanelMenuFeatures != 0) {
mDecor.postOnAnimation(mInvalidatePanelMenuRunnable);
}
}
if (mContentParent == null) {
mContentParent = generateLayout(mDecor);
// Set up decor part of UI to ignore fitsSystemWindows if appropriate.
mDecor.makeOptionalFitsSystemWindows();
final DecorContentParent decorContentParent = (DecorContentParent) mDecor.findViewById(
R.id.decor_content_parent);
if (decorContentParent != null) {
mDecorContentParent = decorContentParent;
mDecorContentParent.setWindowCallback(getCallback());
if (mDecorContentParent.getTitle() == null) {
mDecorContentParent.setWindowTitle(mTitle);
}
final int localFeatures = getLocalFeatures();
for (int i = 0; i < FEATURE_MAX; i++) {
if ((localFeatures & (1 << i)) != 0) {
mDecorContentParent.initFeature(i);
}
}
mDecorContentParent.setUiOptions(mUiOptions);
if ((mResourcesSetFlags & FLAG_RESOURCE_SET_ICON) != 0 ||
(mIconRes != 0 && !mDecorContentParent.hasIcon())) {
mDecorContentParent.setIcon(mIconRes);
} else if ((mResourcesSetFlags & FLAG_RESOURCE_SET_ICON) == 0 &&
mIconRes == 0 && !mDecorContentParent.hasIcon()) {
mDecorContentParent.setIcon(
getContext().getPackageManager().getDefaultActivityIcon());
mResourcesSetFlags |= FLAG_RESOURCE_SET_ICON_FALLBACK;
}
if ((mResourcesSetFlags & FLAG_RESOURCE_SET_LOGO) != 0 ||
(mLogoRes != 0 && !mDecorContentParent.hasLogo())) {
mDecorContentParent.setLogo(mLogoRes);
}
// Invalidate if the panel menu hasn"t been created before this.
// Panel menu invalidation is deferred avoiding application onCreateOptionsMenu
// being called in the middle of onCreate or similar.
// A pending invalidation will typically be resolved before the posted message
// would run normally in order to satisfy instance state restoration.
PanelFeatureState st = getPanelState(FEATURE_OPTIONS_PANEL, false);
if (!isDestroyed() && (st == null || st.menu == null)) {
invalidatePanelMenu(FEATURE_ACTION_BAR);
}
} else {
mTitleView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.title);
if (mTitleView != null) {
mTitleView.setLayoutDirection(mDecor.getLayoutDirection());
if ((getLocalFeatures() & (1 << FEATURE_NO_TITLE)) != 0) {
View titleContainer = findViewById(
R.id.title_container);
if (titleContainer != null) {
titleContainer.setVisibility(View.GONE);
} else {
mTitleView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
if (mContentParent instanceof FrameLayout) {
((FrameLayout)mContentParent).setForeground(null);
}
} else {
mTitleView.setText(mTitle);
}
}
}
if (mDecor.getBackground() == null && mBackgroundFallbackResource != 0) {
mDecor.setBackgroundFallback(mBackgroundFallbackResource);
}
// Only inflate or create a new TransitionManager if the caller hasn"t
// already set a custom one.
if (hasFeature(FEATURE_ACTIVITY_TRANSITIONS)) {
if (mTransitionManager == null) {
final int transitionRes = getWindowStyle().getResourceId(
R.styleable.Window_windowContentTransitionManager,
0);
if (transitionRes != 0) {
final TransitionInflater inflater = TransitionInflater.from(getContext());
mTransitionManager = inflater.inflateTransitionManager(transitionRes,
mContentParent);
} else {
mTransitionManager = new TransitionManager();
}
}
mEnterTransition = getTransition(mEnterTransition, null,
R.styleable.Window_windowEnterTransition);
mReturnTransition = getTransition(mReturnTransition, USE_DEFAULT_TRANSITION,
R.styleable.Window_windowReturnTransition);
mExitTransition = getTransition(mExitTransition, null,
R.styleable.Window_windowExitTransition);
mReenterTransition = getTransition(mReenterTransition, USE_DEFAULT_TRANSITION,
R.styleable.Window_windowReenterTransition);
mSharedElementEnterTransition = getTransition(mSharedElementEnterTransition, null,
R.styleable.Window_windowSharedElementEnterTransition);
mSharedElementReturnTransition = getTransition(mSharedElementReturnTransition,
USE_DEFAULT_TRANSITION,
R.styleable.Window_windowSharedElementReturnTransition);
mSharedElementExitTransition = getTransition(mSharedElementExitTransition, null,
R.styleable.Window_windowSharedElementExitTransition);
mSharedElementReenterTransition = getTransition(mSharedElementReenterTransition,
USE_DEFAULT_TRANSITION,
R.styleable.Window_windowSharedElementReenterTransition);
if (mAllowEnterTransitionOverlap == null) {
mAllowEnterTransitionOverlap = getWindowStyle().getBoolean(
R.styleable.Window_windowAllowEnterTransitionOverlap, true);
}
if (mAllowReturnTransitionOverlap == null) {
mAllowReturnTransitionOverlap = getWindowStyle().getBoolean(
R.styleable.Window_windowAllowReturnTransitionOverlap, true);
}
if (mBackgroundFadeDurationMillis < 0) {
mBackgroundFadeDurationMillis = getWindowStyle().getInteger(
R.styleable.Window_windowTransitionBackgroundFadeDuration,
DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_FADE_DURATION_MS);
}
if (mSharedElementsUseOverlay == null) {
mSharedElementsUseOverlay = getWindowStyle().getBoolean(
R.styleable.Window_windowSharedElementsUseOverlay, true);
}
}
}
}
可以看到这里不仅初始化mContentParent，而且在之前先调用generateDecor();初始化了一个mDecor，mDecor是DecorView对象，为FrameLayout的子类。并通过findViewById进行获取控件。
generateLayout(mDecor)猜测应该是用来获取到了我们的ContentView的；具体我们来看下源码。
generateLayout
protected ViewGroup generateLayout(DecorView decor) {
// Apply data from current theme.
TypedArray a = getWindowStyle();
//...... //依据主题style设置一堆值进行设置
int layoutResource;
int features = getLocalFeatures();
View in = mLayoutInflater.inflate(layoutResource, null);
decor.addView(in, new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(MATCH_PARENT, MATCH_PARENT));
mContentRoot = (ViewGroup) in;
ViewGroup contentParent = (ViewGroup)findViewById(ID_ANDROID_CONTENT);
if (contentParent == null)
{
throw new RuntimeException("Window couldn"t find content container view");
} //...... //继续一堆属性设置，完事返回contentParent
return contentParent;
}
之前我们设置界面主题（如Notitle）主要有两种方式，一种是在xml中设置：
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar"
一种是调用requestFeature。
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
第一种方法对应的就是getWindowStyle方法。而第二种就是在getLocalFeatures完成的。这就是为什么requestWindowFeature要写在setContentView方法之前的原因。
接着通过mDecor.findViewById传入R.id.content，返回mDecor（布局）中的id为content的View，就是我们前面说的ContentView。可以看到我们的mDecor是一个FrameLayout，然后会根据theme去选择系统中的布局文件，将布局文件通过inflate转化为view，加入到mDecor中；这些布局文件中都包含一个id为content的FrameLayout，将其引用返回给mContentParent。
等我们的mContentParent有值了以后，再次回到setContentView中，它会调用以下方法。
mLayoutInflater.inflate(layoutResID, mContentParent);
接下来重点看inflate是如何加载布局的。
inflate
public View inflate(XmlPullParser parser, ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot) {
synchronized (mConstructorArgs) {
Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_VIEW, "inflate");
final AttributeSet attrs = Xml.asAttributeSet(parser);
Context lastContext = (Context)mConstructorArgs[0];
mConstructorArgs[0] = mContext;
View result = root;
try {
// Look for the root node.
int type;
while ((type = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.START_TAG &&
type != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
// Empty
}
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("**************************");
}
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");
}
rInflate(parser, root, attrs, false, false);
} else {
// Temp is the root view that was found in the xml
final View temp = createViewFromTag(root, name, attrs, false);
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
params = root.generateLayoutParams(attrs);
if (!attachToRoot) {
// Set the layout params for temp if we are not
// attaching. (If we are, we use addView, below)
temp.setLayoutParams(params);
}
}
if (DEBUG) {
System.out.println("-----> start inflating children");
}
// Inflate all children under temp
rInflate(parser, temp, attrs, true, 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) {
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) {
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.
mConstructorArgs[0] = lastContext;
mConstructorArgs[1] = null;
}
Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_VIEW);
return result;
}
}
代码很长，主要分为以下几步：
1.解析XML的根标签。
2.如果是merge，调用rInflate进行解析。它会把merge所有子view添加到根标签中。
3.如果是普通标签，调用createViewFromTag进行解析。
4.调用rInflate解析temp根元素下的子view。并添加到temp中。
最后返回root。
看下createViewFromTag是如何加载标签的。
View createViewFromTag(View parent, String name, AttributeSet attrs, boolean inheritContext) {
if (name.equals("view")) {
name = attrs.getAttributeValue(null, "class");
}
Context viewContext;
if (parent != null && inheritContext) {
viewContext = parent.getContext();
} else {
viewContext = mContext;
}
// Apply a theme wrapper, if requested.
final TypedArray ta = viewContext.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, ATTRS_THEME);
final int themeResId = ta.getResourceId(0, 0);
if (themeResId != 0) {
viewContext = new ContextThemeWrapper(viewContext, themeResId);
}
ta.recycle();
if (name.equals(TAG_1995)) {
// Let"s party like it"s 1995!
return new BlinkLayout(viewContext, attrs);
}
if (DEBUG) System.out.println("******** Creating view: " + name);
try {
View view;
if (mFactory2 != null) {
view = mFactory2.onCreateView(parent, name, viewContext, attrs);
} else if (mFactory != null) {
view = mFactory.onCreateView(name, viewContext, attrs);
} else {
view = null;
}
if (view == null && mPrivateFactory != null) {
view = mPrivateFactory.onCreateView(parent, name, viewContext, attrs);
}
if (view == null) {
final Object lastContext = mConstructorArgs[0];
mConstructorArgs[0] = viewContext;
try {
if (-1 == name.indexOf(".")) {
view = onCreateView(parent, name, attrs);
} else {
view = createView(name, null, attrs);
}
} finally {
mConstructorArgs[0] = lastContext;
}
}
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;
}
}
上面这个方法中，如果传过来的名字没有“.”，会认为是一个内置view。会调用onCreateView来解析这个View。PhoneLayoutInflater的onCreateView就是为内置的View加上前缀，如android.widget等。然后再调用createView()来进行view的构造。
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;
try {
Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_VIEW, name);
//constructor是从缓存中取出的构造函数
if (constructor == null) {
// Class not found in the cache, see if it"s real, and try to add it
//如果prefix不为空就构造view路径并加载
clazz = mContext.getClassLoader().loadClass(
prefix != null ? (prefix + name) : name).asSubclass(View.class);
if (mFilter != null && clazz != null) {
boolean allowed = mFilter.onLoadClass(clazz);
if (!allowed) {
failNotAllowed(name, prefix, attrs);
}
}
constructor = clazz.getConstructor(mConstructorSignature);
sConstructorMap.put(name, constructor);
} else {
// If we have a filter, apply it to cached constructor
if (mFilter != null) {
// Have we seen this name before?
Boolean allowedState = mFilterMap.get(name);
if (allowedState == null) {
// New class -- remember whether it is allowed
//通过反射构造view
clazz = mContext.getClassLoader().loadClass(
prefix != null ? (prefix + name) : name).asSubclass(View.class);
boolean allowed = clazz != null && mFilter.onLoadClass(clazz);
mFilterMap.put(name, allowed);
if (!allowed) {
failNotAllowed(name, prefix, attrs);
}
} else if (allowedState.equals(Boolean.FALSE)) {
failNotAllowed(name, prefix, attrs);
}
}
}
Object[] args = mConstructorArgs;
args[1] = attrs;
constructor.setAccessible(true);
final View view = constructor.newInstance(args);
if (view instanceof ViewStub) {
// Use the same context when inflating ViewStub later.
final ViewStub viewStub = (ViewStub) view;
viewStub.setLayoutInflater(cloneInContext((Context) args[0]));
}
return view;
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
InflateException ie = new InflateException(attrs.getPositionDescription()
+ ": Error inflating class "
+ (prefix != null ? (prefix + name) : name));
ie.initCause(e);
throw ie;
} catch (ClassCastException e) {
// If loaded class is not a View subclass
InflateException ie = new InflateException(attrs.getPositionDescription()
+ ": Class is not a View "
+ (prefix != null ? (prefix + name) : name));
ie.initCause(e);
throw ie;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// If loadClass fails, we should propagate the exception.
throw e;
} catch (Exception e) {
InflateException ie = new InflateException(attrs.getPositionDescription()
+ ": Error inflating class "
+ (clazz == null ? "<unknown>" : clazz.getName()));
ie.initCause(e);
throw ie;
} finally {
Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_VIEW);
}
}
又是一大堆代码，但它其实就是使用view的完整路径将类加载到虚拟机中，通过构造函数来创建view对象，这个过程是通过反射。最后返回view。这个就解析了单个view。那如果是一棵树，则交给rInflate来处理。看下代码：
void rInflate(XmlPullParser parser, View parent, final AttributeSet attrs,
boolean finishInflate, boolean inheritContext) 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_TAG.equals(name)) {
parseViewTag(parser, parent, attrs);
} else if (TAG_INCLUDE.equals(name)) {
if (parser.getDepth() == 0) {
throw new InflateException("<include /> cannot be the root element");
}
parseInclude(parser, parent, attrs, inheritContext);
} else if (TAG_MERGE.equals(name)) {
throw new InflateException("<merge /> must be the root element");
} else {
final View view = createViewFromTag(parent, name, attrs, inheritContext);
final ViewGroup viewGroup = (ViewGroup) parent;
final ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = viewGroup.generateLayoutParams(attrs);
rInflate(parser, view, attrs, true, true);
viewGroup.addView(view, params);
}
}
if (finishInflate) parent.onFinishInflate();
}
/**
* Parses a <code><request-focus></code> element and requests focus on
* the containing View.
*/
private void parseRequestFocus(XmlPullParser parser, View view)
throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
int type;
view.requestFocus();
final int currentDepth = parser.getDepth();
while (((type = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_TAG ||
parser.getDepth() > currentDepth) && type != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
// Empty
}
}
普希金通过深度优先遍历来构造视图树。每解析一个view就会递归调用rInflate。view的结构一层包一层，其实就是标准的组合设计模式实现的。整个视图构建完后就会在onResume之后，内容就会出现在界面中。
到此，LayoutInflater加载View的过程就分析完了。还是比较简单易懂的。
布局加载优化
通过上面的分析，我们可以提出几点常用的布局优化手段：
1.尽量使用相对布局，减少不必要层级结构。
2.使用merge属性。使用它可以有效的将某些符合条件的多余的层级优化掉，使用merge标签还是有一些限制的，具体是：merge只能用在布局XML文件的根元素；使用merge来inflate一个布局时，必须指定一个ViewGroup作为其父元素，并且要设置inflate的attachToRoot参数为true。；不能在ViewStub中使用merge标签。
3.使用ViewStub。一个轻量级的页面，我们通常使用它来做预加载处理，来改善页面加载速度和提高流畅性，ViewStub本身不会占用层级，它最终会被它指定的层级取代。ViewStub也是有一些缺点，譬如：ViewStub只能Inflate一次，之后ViewStub对象会被置为空。VIewStub中不能嵌套merge标签。
4.使用include。这个标签是为了布局重用。
当然还有很多优化手段和工具可以使用，在此不一一罗列。关于布局还是有很大的学问要去深入研究的。