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写在前面：

当我还是一个24K纯Android新手的时候（现在是也是个小Android萌新），拿着工具书对着电脑敲敲打打，那个时候我就有一个非常大的疑问：Context到底为何这么牛？show一个Dialog，启动一个Activity，Service，发送一个Broadcast，还有各种方法需要传入的参数。几乎在Android中，Context的身影处处可见，所以弄懂它，似乎是一件迫在眉睫的事，所以深呼吸，整理思路，来看看Context到底是什么。
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零：官方定义

好吧如果你无法翻墙，推荐你两个可以看官网文档的网站：

Android官方文档国内镜像站点

Android中文API

我们来看看官方文档中，Context的解释

Interface to global information about an application environment. This is an abstract class whose implementation is provided by the Android system. It allows access to application-specific resources and classes, as well as up-calls for application-level operations such as launching activities, broadcasting and receiving intents, etc.

• 一个应用环境的全局信息，字面意思是上下文的意思;
• Context是一个抽象类;
• 允许我们通过Context获取各种资源，服务，或者去启动一个Activity，发送一个广播，等等;

怎么去理解Context呢？其实Context就是给Android应用程序提供了一个可以实现各种操作的土壤环境，Context为Android提供了各种资源、功能、服务。如果说编写一个Android程序像搭建一座房子，那Context就为Android提供了土地，木材，和染料(启动一个Activity，弹出一个Dialog)，并且能提供呼叫各种将房屋建得更完善的其他帮助(发送一个广播，启动一个服务等)。

一：继承关系

Context继承关系

通过继承关系可以看到，Context直接子类为ContextIml（实现类）和ContextWrapper（包装类）

再看看ContextWrapper的子类有什么，看到熟悉的Service和Application了吧，不过看到这里你一定有个疑问，为什么Activity和他们哥俩不在一个继承层级呢？而是Activity又继承了ContextThemeWrapper，那么ContextWrapper和ContextThemeWrapper的区别在哪里呢？

看到这两个类的名字，相信你心里已经有了答案，对，区别在Theme。

该类内部包含了主题(Theme)相关的接口，即android:theme属性指定的。
只有Activity需要主题，Service不需要主题，
所以Service直接继承于ContextWrapper类。而Activity因为含有Theme属性的缘故，所以继承自ContextThemeWrapper。

所以说，Context所调用的资源是不同的了？保留这个疑问，继续向下看。

二：源码阅读

看到了继承结构，我们分别来看看Context及其子类的一些源码

• Context

public abstract class Context{// 获取应用程序包的AssetManager实例public abstract AssetManager getAssets();// 获取应用程序包的Resources实例public abstract Resources getResources();// 获取PackageManager实例，以查看全局package信息public abstract PackageManager getPackageManager();// 获取应用程序包的ContentResolver实例public abstract ContentResolver getContentResolver();// 它返回当前进程的主线程的Looper，此线程分发调用给应用组件(activities, services等)public abstract Looper getMainLooper();// 返回当前进程的单实例全局Application对象的Contextpublic abstract Context getApplicationContext();// 从string表中获取本地化的、格式化的字符序列public final CharSequence getText(int resId){return getResources().getText(resId);}// 从string表中获取本地化的字符串public final String getString(int resId){return getResources().getString(resId);}public final String getString(int resId, Object... formatArgs){return getResources().getString(resId, formatArgs);}// 返回一个可用于获取包中类信息的class loaderpublic abstract ClassLoader getClassLoader();// 返回应用程序包名public abstract String getPackageName();// 返回应用程序信息public abstract ApplicationInfo getApplicationInfo();// 根据文件名获取SharedPreferencespublic abstract SharedPreferences getSharedPreferences(String name,int mode);// 其根目录为: Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()public abstract File getExternalFilesDir(String type);// 返回应用程序obb文件路径public abstract File getObbDir();// 启动一个新的activitypublic abstract void startActivity(Intent intent);// 启动一个新的activitypublic void startActivityAsUser(Intent intent, UserHandle user){throw new RuntimeException("Not implemented. Must override in a subclass.");}// 启动一个新的activity// intent: 将被启动的activity的描述信息// options: 描述activity将如何被启动public abstract void startActivity(Intent intent, Bundle options);// 启动多个新的activitypublic abstract void startActivities(Intent[] intents);// 启动多个新的activitypublic abstract void startActivities(Intent[] intents, Bundle options);// 广播一个intent给所有感兴趣的接收者，异步机制public abstract void sendBroadcast(Intent intent);// 广播一个intent给所有感兴趣的接收者，异步机制public abstract void sendBroadcast(Intent intent,String receiverPermission);public abstract void sendOrderedBroadcast(Intent intent,String receiverPermission);public abstract void sendOrderedBroadcast(Intent intent,String receiverPermission, BroadcastReceiver resultReceiver,Handler scheduler, int initialCode, String initialData,Bundle initialExtras);public abstract void sendBroadcastAsUser(Intent intent, UserHandle user);public abstract void sendBroadcastAsUser(Intent intent, UserHandle user,String receiverPermission);// 注册一个BroadcastReceiver，且它将在主activity线程中运行public abstract Intent registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver receiver,IntentFilter filter);public abstract Intent registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver receiver,IntentFilter filter, String broadcastPermission, Handler scheduler);public abstract void unregisterReceiver(BroadcastReceiver receiver);// 请求启动一个application servicepublic abstract ComponentName startService(Intent service);// 请求停止一个application servicepublic abstract boolean stopService(Intent service);// 连接一个应用服务，它定义了application和service间的依赖关系public abstract boolean bindService(Intent service, ServiceConnection conn,int flags);// 断开一个应用服务，当服务重新开始时，将不再接收到调用，// 且服务允许随时停止public abstract void unbindService(ServiceConnection conn);public abstract Object getSystemService(String name);public abstract int checkPermission(String permission, int pid, int uid);// 返回一个新的与application name对应的Context对象public abstract Context createPackageContext(String packageName,int flags) throws PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;// 返回基于当前Context对象的新对象，其资源与display相匹配public abstract Context createDisplayContext(Display display);}

Context的源码算上注释有3000行之多，这里贴出一些重要代码，可以看到，Context几乎包含了所有你能想到的，一个Android程序需要的资源和操作，Context自己就像一个App一样，启动Activity、Service，发送Broadcast，拿到assets下的资源，获取SharedPreferences等等。

但Context只是一个顶层接口啊，又是谁帮他实现了操作呢？是ContextWrapper吗？

• ContextWrapper

public class ContextWrapper extends Context{Context mBase; //该属性指向一个ContextIml实例public ContextWrapper(Context base){mBase = base;}/*** @param base The new base context for this wrapper.* 创建Application、Service、Activity，会调用该方法给mBase属性赋值*/protected void attachBaseContext(Context base){if (mBase != null) {throw new IllegalStateException("Base context already set");}mBase = base;}@Overridepublic Looper getMainLooper(){return mBase.getMainLooper();}@Overridepublic Object getSystemService(String name){return mBase.getSystemService(name);}@Overridepublic void startActivity(Intent intent){mBase.startActivity(intent);}
}

好吧，ContextWrapper好像很懒的样子，它把所有操作都丢给了mBase，mBase又是谁呢？在构造方法和attachBaseContext方法中，指向了一个Context实例，ContextIml，我们赶紧来看看ContextIml的源码！

• ContextImpl

/*** Common implementation of Context API, which provides the base* context object for Activity and other application components.*/
class ContextImpl extends Context{private final static String TAG = "ContextImpl";private final static boolean DEBUG = false;private static final HashMap<String, SharedPreferencesImpl> sSharedPrefs =new HashMap<String, SharedPreferencesImpl>();/*package*/ LoadedApk mPackageInfo; // 关键数据成员private String mBasePackageName;private Resources mResources;/*package*/ ActivityThread mMainThread; // 主线程@Overridepublic AssetManager getAssets(){return getResources().getAssets();}@Overridepublic Looper getMainLooper(){return mMainThread.getLooper();}@Overridepublic Object getSystemService(String name){ServiceFetcher fetcher = SYSTEM_SERVICE_MAP.get(name);return fetcher == null ? null : fetcher.getService(this);}@Overridepublic void startActivity(Intent intent, Bundle options){warnIfCallingFromSystemProcess();if ((intent.getFlags()&Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK) == 0) {throw new AndroidRuntimeException("Calling startActivity() from outside of an Activity "+ " context requires the FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag."+ " Is this really what you want?");}mMainThread.getInstrumentation().execStartActivity(getOuterContext(), mMainThread.getApplicationThread(), null,(Activity)null, intent, -1, options);}
}

其实ContextImpl才是在Context的所有继承结构中唯一一个真正实现了Context中方法的类。其它Context的子类，Application，Activity，Service，都是与ContextImpl相关联，去获取资源和服务，并没有真正自己去实现，这里就不贴上ContextThemeWrapper的源码了，它是为Activity添加了一些Theme的属性，不再赘述。

思路越来越清晰，我们现在就是要去寻找，Activity，Service，Application是何时与ContextImpl完成绑定关联的。

三：关联时机

我们都知道ActivityThread的main方法，是整个Android程序的入口，所以去探究ActivityThread类，也是一件非常重要的事。

推荐一篇文章，去了解下ActivityThread吧

ActivityThread简介

贴出ActivityThread的main方法部分重要的代码

public final class ActivityThread{  static ContextImpl mSystemContext = null;  static IPackageManager sPackageManager;// 创建ApplicationThread实例，以接收AMS指令并执行final ApplicationThread mAppThread = new ApplicationThread();  final Looper mLooper = Looper.myLooper();  final HashMap<IBinder, ActivityClientRecord> mActivities  = new HashMap<IBinder, ActivityClientRecord>();  final HashMap<IBinder, Service> mServices  = new HashMap<IBinder, Service>();  final H mH = new H();  Application mInitialApplication;  final ArrayList<Application> mAllApplications  = new ArrayList<Application>();  static final ThreadLocal<ActivityThread> sThreadLocal = new ThreadLocal<ActivityThread>();  Instrumentation mInstrumentation;  static Handler sMainThreadHandler;  // set once in main()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");  ActivityClientRecord r = (ActivityClientRecord)msg.obj;  r.packageInfo = getPackageInfoNoCheck(  r.activityInfo.applicationInfo, r.compatInfo);  handleLaunchActivity(r, null);  Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);  } break;  ...  }  if (DEBUG_MESSAGES) Slog.v(TAG, "<<< done: " + codeToString(msg.what));  }  ...  }  private class ApplicationThread extends ApplicationThreadNative{  private void updatePendingConfiguration(Configuration config){  synchronized (mPackages) {  if (mPendingConfiguration == null ||  mPendingConfiguration.isOtherSeqNewer(config)) {  mPendingConfiguration = config;  }  }  }  public final void schedulePauseActivity(IBinder token, boolean finished,  boolean userLeaving, int configChanges){  queueOrSendMessage(  finished ? H.PAUSE_ACTIVITY_FINISHING : H.PAUSE_ACTIVITY,  token,  (userLeaving ? 1 : 0),  configChanges);  }  // we use token to identify this activity without having to send the// activity itself back to the activity manager. (matters more with ipc)public final void scheduleLaunchActivity(Intent intent, IBinder token, int ident,  ActivityInfo info, Configuration curConfig, CompatibilityInfo compatInfo,  Bundle state, List<ResultInfo> pendingResults,  List<Intent> pendingNewIntents, boolean notResumed, boolean isForward,  String profileName, ParcelFileDescriptor profileFd, boolean autoStopProfiler){  ActivityClientRecord r = new ActivityClientRecord();  r.token = token;  r.ident = ident;  r.intent = intent;  r.activityInfo = info;  r.compatInfo = compatInfo;  r.state = state;  r.pendingResults = pendingResults;  r.pendingIntents = pendingNewIntents;  r.startsNotResumed = notResumed;  r.isForward = isForward;  r.profileFile = profileName;  r.profileFd = profileFd;  r.autoStopProfiler = autoStopProfiler;  updatePendingConfiguration(curConfig);  queueOrSendMessage(H.LAUNCH_ACTIVITY, r);  }  ...  }public static void main(String[] args){  SamplingProfilerIntegration.start();  // CloseGuard defaults to true and can be quite spammy.  We// disable it here, but selectively enable it later (via// StrictMode) on debug builds, but using DropBox, not logs.CloseGuard.setEnabled(false);  Environment.initForCurrentUser();  // Set the reporter for event logging in libcoreEventLogger.setReporter(new EventLoggingReporter());  Process.setArgV0("<pre-initialized>");  Looper.prepareMainLooper();  // 创建ActivityThread实例ActivityThread thread = new ActivityThread();  thread.attach(false);  if (sMainThreadHandler == null) {  sMainThreadHandler = thread.getHandler();  }  AsyncTask.init();  if (false) {  Looper.myLooper().setMessageLogging(new  LogPrinter(Log.DEBUG, "ActivityThread"));  }  Looper.loop();  throw new RuntimeException("Main thread loop unexpectedly exited");  } public void handleMessage(Message msg){  if (DEBUG_MESSAGES) Slog.v(TAG, ">>> handling: " + codeToString(msg.what));  switch (msg.what) {  case LAUNCH_ACTIVITY: { // 创建Activity对象Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "activityStart");  ActivityClientRecord r = (ActivityClientRecord)msg.obj;  r.packageInfo = getPackageInfoNoCheck(  r.activityInfo.applicationInfo, r.compatInfo);  handleLaunchActivity(r, null);  Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);  } break;  case BIND_APPLICATION: // 创建Application对象Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "bindApplication");  AppBindData data = (AppBindData)msg.obj;  handleBindApplication(data);  Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);  break;  case CREATE_SERVICE: // 创建Service对象Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "serviceCreate");  handleCreateService((CreateServiceData)msg.obj);  Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);  break;  case BIND_SERVICE:  // Bind Service对象Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, "serviceBind");  handleBindService((BindServiceData)msg.obj);  Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);  break;  }  }
}

也许你不能完全看懂、理解这些代码，不过没关系，直接告诉你结论吧，ActivityThread的一个内部类H，里面定义了activity、service等启动、销毁等事件的响应，也就是说activity、service的启动、销毁都是在ActivityThread中进行的。

当然了，一个Activity或者Service的从创建到启动是相当复杂的，其中还涉及的Binder机制等等原理，推荐给大家两篇博文，去慢慢研读消化吧。

Activity启动原理详解

Service启动原理分析

准备工作不知不觉就做了这么多，差点忘了正事，我们还是要继续寻找Application、Activity、Service是何时与ContextImpl进行关联的。

• Application

   // ActivityThread.javaprivate void handleBindApplication(AppBindData data){ try {// If the app is being launched for full backup or restore, bring it up in// a restricted environment with the base application class.Application app = data.info.makeApplication(data.restrictedBackupMode, null);mInitialApplication = app;...} finally {StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(savedPolicy);}}// LoadedApk.javapublic Application makeApplication(boolean forceDefaultAppClass,Instrumentation instrumentation){if (mApplication != null) {return mApplication;}Application app = null;String appClass = mApplicationInfo.className;if (forceDefaultAppClass || (appClass == null)) {appClass = "android.app.Application";}try {java.lang.ClassLoader cl = getClassLoader();ContextImpl appContext = new ContextImpl(); // 创建ContextImpl实例appContext.init(this, null, mActivityThread);app = mActivityThread.mInstrumentation.newApplication(cl, appClass, appContext);appContext.setOuterContext(app); // 将Application实例传递给Context实例} catch (Exception e) {...}mActivityThread.mAllApplications.add(app);mApplication = app;return app;}

每个应用程序在第一次启动时，都会首先创建一个Application对象。从startActivity流程可知，创建Application的时机在handleBindApplication()方法中，该函数位于 ActivityThread.java类

• Activity

      private void handleLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r, Intent customIntent){...Activity a = performLaunchActivity(r, customIntent); // 到下一步if (a != null) {r.createdConfig = new Configuration(mConfiguration);Bundle oldState = r.state;handleResumeActivity(r.token, false, r.isForward,!r.activity.mFinished && !r.startsNotResumed);...}...}private Activity performLaunchActivity(ActivityClientRecord r, Intent customIntent){...    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);if (r.state != null) {r.state.setClassLoader(cl);}} catch (Exception e) {...}try {Application app = r.packageInfo.makeApplication(false, mInstrumentation);if (activity != null) {Context appContext = createBaseContextForActivity(r, activity); // 创建ContextCharSequence 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);if (customIntent != null) {activity.mIntent = customIntent;}r.lastNonConfigurationInstances = null;activity.mStartedActivity = false;int theme = r.activityInfo.getThemeResource();if (theme != 0) {activity.setTheme(theme);}mActivities.put(r.token, r);} catch (SuperNotCalledException e) {...} catch (Exception e) {...}return activity;}

    private Context createBaseContextForActivity(ActivityClientRecord r,final Activity activity){ContextImpl appContext = new ContextImpl();  // 创建ContextImpl实例appContext.init(r.packageInfo, r.token, this);appContext.setOuterContext(activity);// For debugging purposes, if the activity's package name contains the value of// the "debug.use-second-display" system property as a substring, then show// its content on a secondary display if there is one.Context baseContext = appContext;String pkgName = SystemProperties.get("debug.second-display.pkg");if (pkgName != null && !pkgName.isEmpty()&& r.packageInfo.mPackageName.contains(pkgName)) {DisplayManagerGlobal dm = DisplayManagerGlobal.getInstance();for (int displayId : dm.getDisplayIds()) {if (displayId != Display.DEFAULT_DISPLAY) {Display display = dm.getRealDisplay(displayId);baseContext = appContext.createDisplayContext(display);break;}}}return baseContext;}

通过startActivity()或startActivityForResult()请求启动一个Activity时，如果系统检测需要新建一个Activity对象时，就会回调handleLaunchActivity()方法，该方法继而调用performLaunchActivity()方法，去创建一个Activity实例，并且回调onCreate()，onStart()方法等，函数位于 ActivityThread.java类。

• Service

    private void handleCreateService(CreateServiceData data){// If we are getting ready to gc after going to the background, well// we are back active so skip it.unscheduleGcIdler();LoadedApk packageInfo = getPackageInfoNoCheck(data.info.applicationInfo, data.compatInfo);Service service = null;try {java.lang.ClassLoader cl = packageInfo.getClassLoader();service = (Service) cl.loadClass(data.info.name).newInstance();} catch (Exception e) {if (!mInstrumentation.onException(service, e)) {throw new RuntimeException("Unable to instantiate service " + data.info.name+ ": " + e.toString(), e);}}try {if (localLOGV) Slog.v(TAG, "Creating service " + data.info.name);ContextImpl context = new ContextImpl(); // 创建ContextImpl实例context.init(packageInfo, null, this);Application app = packageInfo.makeApplication(false, mInstrumentation);context.setOuterContext(service);service.attach(context, this, data.info.name, data.token, app,ActivityManagerNative.getDefault());service.onCreate();mServices.put(data.token, service);try {ActivityManagerNative.getDefault().serviceDoneExecuting(data.token, 0, 0, 0);} catch (RemoteException e) {// nothing to do.}} catch (Exception e) {if (!mInstrumentation.onException(service, e)) {throw new RuntimeException("Unable to create service " + data.info.name+ ": " + e.toString(), e);}}}

通过startService或者bindService时，如果系统检测到需要新创建一个Service实例，就会回调handleCreateService()方法，完成相关数据操作。handleCreateService()函数位于 ActivityThread.java类

看到这里，相信你对Context的理解更进一步了，现在我们知道了Context是什么，它为Android提供了怎样的资源、功能、和服务，又在什么时候将Application、Activity、Service与ContextImpl相关联，但是所请求的资源是不是同一套资源呢？

在这里你一定说：“当然不是，不同的Context对象明显是有区别的，用法也不同”

但是其实他们访问的，确确实实，是同一套资源。

三：Context资源详解

来吧，看看不同Context对象的区别和用法的不同，参见以下表格。

Context用法区别

这张表格是不是又支持了你的观点(也就是一直认为的，Context资源对象是不同的)，但是还是要再次强调一次，它们所请求的，确确实实是同一块资源，看看上面进行关联的源码，都走进了Context实现类的init方法，拨云见日，我们去看看init方法吧。

查看ContextImpl类源码可以看到，getResources方法直接返回内部的mResources变量

final void init(LoadedApk packageInfo,  IBinder activityToken, ActivityThread mainThread,  Resources container){  mPackageInfo = packageInfo;  mResources = mPackageInfo.getResources(mainThread);  if (mResources != null && container != null  && container.getCompatibilityInfo().applicationScale !=  mResources.getCompatibilityInfo().applicationScale) {  if (DEBUG) {  Log.d(TAG, "loaded context has different scaling. Using container's" +  " compatiblity info:" + container.getDisplayMetrics());  }  mResources = mainThread.getTopLevelResources(  mPackageInfo.getResDir(), container.getCompatibilityInfo().copy());  }  mMainThread = mainThread;  mContentResolver = new ApplicationContentResolver(this, mainThread);  setActivityToken(activityToken);
}

mResources又是调用LoadedApk的getResources方法进行赋值。代码如下。

public Resources getResources(ActivityThread mainThread){  if (mResources == null) {  mResources = mainThread.getTopLevelResources(mResDir, this);  }  return mResources;
}

从代码中可以看到，最终mResources的赋值是由AcitivtyThread的getTopLevelResources方法返回。代码如下。

Resources getTopLevelResources(String resDir, CompatibilityInfo compInfo){  ResourcesKey key = new ResourcesKey(resDir, compInfo.applicationScale);  Resources r;  synchronized (mPackages) {  // Resources is app scale dependent.if (false) {  Slog.w(TAG, "getTopLevelResources: " + resDir + " / "  + compInfo.applicationScale);  }  WeakReference<Resources> wr = mActiveResources.get(key);  r = wr != null ? wr.get() : null;  if (r != null && r.getAssets().isUpToDate()) {  if (false) {  Slog.w(TAG, "Returning cached resources " + r + " " + resDir  + ": appScale=" + r.getCompatibilityInfo().applicationScale);  }  return r;  }  }  AssetManager assets = new AssetManager();  if (assets.addAssetPath(resDir) == 0) {  return null;  }  DisplayMetrics metrics = getDisplayMetricsLocked(false);  r = new Resources(assets, metrics, getConfiguration(), compInfo);  if (false) {  Slog.i(TAG, "Created app resources " + resDir + " " + r + ": "  + r.getConfiguration() + " appScale="  + r.getCompatibilityInfo().applicationScale);  }  synchronized (mPackages) {  WeakReference<Resources> wr = mActiveResources.get(key);  Resources existing = wr != null ? wr.get() : null;  if (existing != null && existing.getAssets().isUpToDate()) {  // Someone else already created the resources while we were// unlocked; go ahead and use theirs.r.getAssets().close();  return existing;  }  // XXX need to remove entries when weak references go awaymActiveResources.put(key, new WeakReference<Resources>(r));  return r;  }
}

以上代码中，mActiveResources对象内部保存了该应用程序所使用到的所有Resources对象，其类型为WeakReference，所以当内存紧张时，可以释放Resources占用的资源，自然这不是我们探究的重点，ResourcesKey的构造需要resDir和compInfo.applicationScale。resdDir变量的含义是资源文件所在路径，实际指的是APK程序所在路径，比如可以是：/data/app/com.haii.android.xxx-1.apk，该apk会对应/data/dalvik-cache目录下的：data@app@com.haii.android.xxx-1.apk@classes.dex文件。

所以结论来了：

如果一个应用程序没有访问该程序以外的资源，那么mActiveResources变量中就仅有一个Resources对象。

总结：

当ActivityThread类中创建Application、Service、Activity的同时，完成了与ContextImpl的关联绑定，通过ContextImpl类中init方法，获得了一个唯一的Resources对象，根据上述代码中资源的请求机制，再加上ResourcesManager采用单例模式，这样就保证了不同的ContextImpl访问的是同一套资源。

如果这篇博客现在就结束了，你一定会杀了我 - -，现在我们就来分析下，是什么造成了唯一的这个Resources，却展现出了“不同”。

举个通俗易懂的例子，我和我老妈都拿到同一块土豆，但是因为我们处理这个土豆的方法有区别，导致这个土豆最后表现出来的也不一样，我想把它做成薯片，我妈妈把它炒成了土豆丝，:-D。

再具体一点，比如除了Activity可以创建一个Dialog，其它Context都不可以创建Dialog。比如在Application中创建Dialog会报错，还有Application和Service可以启动一个Activity，但是需要创建一个新的task。比如你在Application中调用startActivity（intent）时系统也会崩溃报错。

报错的原因并不是因为他们拿到的Context资源不同，拿到的都是一个Resoucres对象，但是在创建Dialog的时候会使用到Context对象去获取当前主题信息，但是我们知道Application和Service是继承自ContextWrapper，没有实现关于主题的功能，然而Activity是继承自ContextThemeWrapper，该类是实现了关于主题功能的，因此创建Dialog的时候必须依附于Activity的Context引用。

结论：

Application、Service、Activity，它们本身对Resources资源处理方法的不同，造成了这个Resoucres最后表现出来的不一样，这么说大家就都懂了吧！

四：Context内存泄漏

关于Context的内存泄漏，找到一篇比较不错的文章分享给大家。

Android开发，中可能会导致内存泄露的问题

写在最后：

Context可能还有更多深层次的知识需要我们去了解，比如Context这些封装类，是具体如何通过Binder跟ContextImpl进行关联的；资源对象都被存储在ArrayMap，为什么ArrayMap中会有可能存在多个资源对象，如何访问其他应用程序的Context资源等等，剩下的这些就靠大家慢慢发掘了~