完整版Android外文文献翻译.docx

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完整版Android外文文献翻译

AndroidApplicationFundamentals

AndroidapplicationsarewrittenintheJavaprogramminglanguage.TheAndroidSDKtoolscompilethecode—alongwithanydataandresourcefiles—intoan Androidpackage,anarchivefilewithan .apk suffix.Allthecodeinasingle .apk fileisconsideredtobeoneapplicationandisthefilethatAndroid-powereddevicesusetoinstalltheapplication.

Onceinstalledonadevice,eachAndroidapplicationlivesinitsownsecuritysandbox:

TheAndroidoperatingsystemisamulti-userLinuxsysteminwhicheachapplicationisadifferentuser.

Bydefault,thesystemassignseachapplicationauniqueLinuxuserID（theIDisusedonlybythesystemandisunknowntotheapplication）.ThesystemsetspermissionsforallthefilesinanapplicationsothatonlytheuserIDassignedtothatapplicationcanaccessthem.

Eachprocesshasitsownvirtualmachine（VM）,soanapplication'scoderunsinisolationfromotherapplications.

Bydefault,everyapplicationrunsinitsownLinuxprocess.Androidstartstheprocesswhenanyoftheapplication'scomponentsneedtobeexecuted,thenshutsdowntheprocesswhenit'snolongerneededorwhenthesystemmustrecovermemoryforotherapplications.

Inthisway,theAndroidsystemimplementsthe principleofleastprivilege.Thatis,eachapplication,bydefault,hasaccessonlytothecomponentsthatitrequirestodoitsworkandnomore.Thiscreatesaverysecureenvironmentinwhichanapplicationcannotaccesspartsofthesystemforwhichitisnotgivenpermission.

However,therearewaysforanapplicationtosharedatawithotherapplicationsandforanapplicationtoaccesssystemservices:

It'spossibletoarrangefortwoapplicationstosharethesameLinuxuserID,inwhichcasetheyareabletoaccesseachother'sfiles.Toconservesystemresources,applicationswiththesameuserIDcanalsoarrangetoruninthesameLinuxprocessandsharethesameVM（theapplicationsmustalsobesignedwiththesamecertificate）.

Anapplicationcanrequestpermissiontoaccessdevicedatasuchastheuser'scontacts,SMSmessages,themountablestorage（SDcard）,camera,Bluetooth,andmore.Allapplicationpermissionsmustbegrantedbytheuseratinstalltime.

ThatcoversthebasicsregardinghowanAndroidapplicationexistswithinthesystem.Therestofthisdocumentintroducesyouto:

1、Thecoreframeworkcomponentsthatdefineyourapplication.

2、Themanifestfileinwhichyoudeclarecomponentsandrequireddevicefeaturesforyourapplication.

3、Resourcesthatareseparatefromtheapplicationcodeandallowyourapplicationtogracefullyoptimizeitsbehaviorforavarietyofdeviceconfigurations.

ApplicationComponents

ApplicationcomponentsaretheessentialbuildingblocksofanAndroidapplication.Eachcomponentisadifferentpointthroughwhichthesystemcanenteryourapplication.Notallcomponentsareactualentrypointsfortheuserandsomedependoneachother,buteachoneexistsasitsownentityandplaysaspecificrole—eachoneisauniquebuildingblockthathelpsdefineyourapplication'soverallbehavior.

Therearefourdifferenttypesofapplicationcomponents.Eachtypeservesadistinctpurposeandhasadistinctlifecyclethatdefineshowthecomponentiscreatedanddestroyed.

Herearethefourtypesofapplicationcomponents:

Activities

An activity representsasinglescreenwithauserinterface.Forexample,anemailapplicationmighthaveoneactivitythatshowsalistofnewemails,anotheractivitytocomposeanemail,andanotheractivityforreadingemails.Althoughtheactivitiesworktogethertoformacohesiveuserexperienceintheemailapplication,eachoneisindependentoftheothers.Assuch,adifferentapplicationcanstartanyoneoftheseactivities（iftheemailapplicationallowsit）.Forexample,acameraapplicationcanstarttheactivityintheemailapplicationthatcomposesnewmail,inorderfortheusertoshareapicture.

Anactivityisimplementedasasubclassof Activity andyoucanlearnmoreaboutitinthe Activities developerguide.

Services

A service isacomponentthatrunsinthebackgroundtoperformlong-runningoperationsortoperformworkforremoteprocesses.Aservicedoesnotprovideauserinterface.Forexample,aservicemightplaymusicinthebackgroundwhiletheuserisinadifferentapplication,oritmightfetchdataoverthenetworkwithoutblockinguserinteractionwithanactivity.Anothercomponent,suchasanactivity,canstarttheserviceandletitrunorbindtoitinordertointeractwithit.

Aserviceisimplementedasasubclassof Service andyoucanlearnmoreaboutitinthe Services developerguide.

Contentproviders

A contentprovider managesasharedsetofapplicationdata.Youcanstorethedatainthefilesystem,anSQLitedatabase,ontheweb,oranyotherpersistentstoragelocationyourapplicationcanaccess.Throughthecontentprovider,otherapplicationscanqueryorevenmodifythedata（ifthecontentproviderallowsit）.Forexample,theAndroidsystemprovidesacontentproviderthatmanagestheuser'scontactinformation.Assuch,anyapplicationwiththeproperpermissionscanquerypartofthecontentprovider（suchas ContactsContract.Data）toreadandwriteinformationaboutaparticularperson.

Contentprovidersarealsousefulforreadingandwritingdatathatisprivatetoyourapplicationandnotshared.Forexample,the NotePad sampleapplicationusesacontentprovidertosavenotes.

Acontentproviderisimplementedasasubclassof ContentProvider andmustimplementastandardsetofAPIsthatenableotherapplicationstoperformtransactions.Formoreinformation,seethe ContentProviders developerguide.

Broadcastreceivers

A broadcastreceiver isacomponentthatrespondstosystem-widebroadcastannouncements.Manybroadcastsoriginatefromthesystem—forexample,abroadcastannouncingthatthescreenhasturnedoff,thebatteryislow,orapicturewascaptured.Applicationscanalsoinitiatebroadcasts—forexample,toletotherapplicationsknowthatsomedatahasbeendownloadedtothedeviceandisavailableforthemtouse.Althoughbroadcastreceiversdon'tdisplayauserinterface,theymay createastatusbarnotification toalerttheuserwhenabroadcasteventoccurs.Morecommonly,though,abroadcastreceiverisjusta"gateway"toothercomponentsandisintendedtodoaveryminimalamountofwork.Forinstance,itmightinitiateaservicetoperformsomeworkbasedontheevent.

Abroadcastreceiverisimplementedasasubclassof BroadcastReceiver andeachbroadcastisdeliveredasan Intent object.Formoreinformation,seetheBroadcastReceiver class.

AuniqueaspectoftheAndroidsystemdesignisthatanyapplicationcanstartanotherapplication’scomponent.Forexample,ifyouwanttheusertocaptureaphotowiththedevicecamera,there'sprobablyanotherapplicationthatdoesthatandyourapplicationcanuseit,insteadofdevelopinganactivitytocaptureaphotoyourself.Youdon'tneedtoincorporateorevenlinktothecodefromthecameraapplication.Instead,youcansimplystarttheactivityinthecameraapplicationthatcapturesaphoto.Whencomplete,thephotoisevenreturnedtoyourapplicationsoyoucanuseit.Totheuser,itseemsasifthecameraisactuallyapartofyourapplication.

Whenthesystemstartsacomponent,itstartstheprocessforthatapplication（ifit'snotalreadyrunning）andinstantiatestheclassesneededforthecomponent.Forexample,ifyourapplicationstartstheactivityinthecameraapplicationthatcapturesaphoto,thatactivityrunsintheprocessthatbelongstothecameraapplication,notinyourapplication'sprocess.Therefore,unlikeapplicationsonmostothersystems,Androidapplicationsdon'thaveasingleentrypoint（there'sno main（） function,forexample）.

Becausethesystemrunseachapplicationinaseparateprocesswithfilepermissionsthatrestrictaccesstootherapplications,yourapplicationcannotdirectlyactivateacomponentfromanotherapplication.TheAndroidsystem,however,can.So,toactivateacomponentinanotherapplication,youmustdeliveramessagetothesystemthatspecifiesyour intent tostartaparticularcomponent.Thesystemthenactivatesthecomponentforyou.

ActivatingComponents

Threeofthefourcomponenttypes—activities,services,andbroadcastreceivers—areactivatedbyanasynchronousmessagecalledan intent.Intentsbindindividualcomponentstoeachotheratruntime（youcanthinkofthemasthemessengersthatrequestanactionfromothercomponents）,whetherthecomponentbelongstoyourapplicationoranother.

Anintentiscreatedwithan Intent object,whichdefinesamessagetoactivateeitheraspecificcomponentoraspecific type ofcomponent—anintentcanbeeitherexplicitorimplicit,respectively.

Foractivitiesandservices,anintentdefinestheactiontoperform（forexample,to"view"or"send"something）andmayspecifytheURIofthedatatoacton（amongotherthingsthatthecomponentbeingstartedmightneedtoknow）.Forexample,anintentmightconveyarequestforanactivitytoshowanimageortoopenawebpage.Insomecases,youcanstartanactivitytoreceivearesult,inwhichcase,theactivityalsoreturnstheresultinan Intent （forexample,youcanissueanintenttolettheuserpickapersonalcontactandhaveitreturnedtoyou—thereturnintentincludesaURIpointingtothechosencontact）.

Forbroadcastreceivers,theintentsimplydefinestheannouncementbeingbroadcast（forexample,abroadcasttoindicatethedevicebatteryislowincludesonlyaknownactionstringthatindicates"batteryislow"）.

Theothercomponenttype,contentpro