如何提高Service的优先级避免被杀死或者杀死后如何再次重启Service？

2014-01-21 16:45:02

我们知道，当进程长期不活动时，如果系统资源吃紧，会杀死一些Service，或不可见的Activity等所在的进程。 

如何避免Service被系统杀死，随便在网上搜一下，都能搜到好几种方法，但是每一种方法都有不同的适用环境。

1. 添加android:persistent="true"

添加android:persistent="true"到AndroidManifest.xml，Google文档描述如下：

Whether or not the application should remain running at all times-true" if it should, and "false"if not. The default value is "false". Applications should not normally set this flag; persistence mode is intended only for certain system applications.可见这个属性不能随便用，到目前为止，我所发现使用该属性的应用只有Phone，而且使用是要求权限的，所以这个属性对第三方应用来说意义不是很大；

2. 设置onStartCommand（）的返回值

这个思路比较有用，我们着重分析一下，该方法有四种返回值：

START_STICKY

START_NOT_STICKY

START_REDELIVER_INTENT

START_STICKY_COMPATIBILITY

Google官方解释如下，有兴趣的可以展开看看：

    /**
     * Constant to return from {@link #onStartCommand}: compatibility
     * version of {@link #START_STICKY} that does not guarantee that
     * {@link #onStartCommand} will be called again after being killed.
     */
    public static final int START_STICKY_COMPATIBILITY = 0;
    
    /**
     * Constant to return from {@link #onStartCommand}: if this service's
     * process is killed while it is started (after returning from
     * {@link #onStartCommand}), then leave it in the started state but
     * don't retain this delivered intent.  Later the system will try to
     * re-create the service.  Because it is in the started state, it will
     * guarantee to call {@link #onStartCommand} after creating the new
     * service instance; if there are not any pending start commands to be
     * delivered to the service, it will be called with a null intent
     * object, so you must take care to check for this.
     * 
     * <p>This mode makes sense for things that will be explicitly started
     * and stopped to run for arbitrary periods of time, such as a service
     * performing background music playback.
     */
    public static final int START_STICKY = 1;
    
    /**
     * Constant to return from {@link #onStartCommand}: if this service's
     * process is killed while it is started (after returning from
     * {@link #onStartCommand}), and there are no new start intents to
     * deliver to it, then take the service out of the started state and
     * don't recreate until a future explicit call to
     * {@link Context#startService Context.startService(Intent)}.  The
     * service will not receive a {@link #onStartCommand(Intent, int, int)}
     * call with a null Intent because it will not be re-started if there
     * are no pending Intents to deliver.
     * 
     * <p>This mode makes sense for things that want to do some work as a
     * result of being started, but can be stopped when under memory pressure
     * and will explicit start themselves again later to do more work.  An
     * example of such a service would be one that polls for data from
     * a server: it could schedule an alarm to poll every N minutes by having
     * the alarm start its service.  When its {@link #onStartCommand} is
     * called from the alarm, it schedules a new alarm for N minutes later,
     * and spawns a thread to do its networking.  If its process is killed
     * while doing that check, the service will not be restarted until the
     * alarm goes off.
     */
    public static final int START_NOT_STICKY = 2;
    
    /**
     * Constant to return from {@link #onStartCommand}: if this service's
     * process is killed while it is started (after returning from
     * {@link #onStartCommand}), then it will be scheduled for a restart
     * and the last delivered Intent re-delivered to it again via
     * {@link #onStartCommand}.  This Intent will remain scheduled for
     * redelivery until the service calls {@link #stopSelf(int)} with the
     * start ID provided to {@link #onStartCommand}.  The
     * service will not receive a {@link #onStartCommand(Intent, int, int)}
     * call with a null Intent because it will will only be re-started if
     * it is not finished processing all Intents sent to it (and any such
     * pending events will be delivered at the point of restart).
     */
    public static final int START_REDELIVER_INTENT = 3;

那么简单的说，四种模式的区别如下：

START_STICKY：kill后会被重启，但是重启后调用onStarfCommand（）传进来的Intent参数为null，说明被kill的时候没有保存Intent；

START_STICKY_COMPATIBILITY：START_STICKY的兼容版，但是不能保证onStartCommand()方法被调用，如果应用程序的targetSdkVersion 小于 2.0版本，就会返回该值，否则返回START_STICKY，同时再次启动时只会调用onCreate（），不保证能调用onStartCommand()方法，代码如下：

public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
    onStart(intent, startId);
    return mStartCompatibility ? START_STICKY_COMPATIBILITY : START_STICKY;
}
=================================
mStartCompatibility = getApplicationInfo().targetSdkVersion  < Build.VERSION_CODES.ECLAIR;
=================================
public static final int ECLAIR = 5; // 对应SDK2.0版本

START_NOT_STICKY：kill之后不会被重启；

START_REDELIVER_INTENT：kill后会被重启，同时重启调用onStartCommand（）时再次传入保存的Intent。

启动一个service，然后在recent app里面杀死该进程，使用不同返回值时的log如下：

START_REDELIVER_INTENT

D/PlayerService(16907): onCreate------
D/PlayerService(16907): onStartCommand------and startId = 1
D/PlayerService(16907): onStartCommand------and intent = Intent { cmp=com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService }
W/ActivityManager(  868): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService in 7776ms
I/ActivityManager(  868): Start proc com.example.bitmapfun for service com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService: pid=17271 uid=10153 gids={50153, 1028}
D/PlayerService(17271): onCreate------
D/PlayerService(17271): onStartCommand------and startId = 1
D/PlayerService(17271): onStartCommand------and intent = Intent { cmp=com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService }

被杀死的时候没有调用onDestory()方法，ActivityManager负责安排重启该service，此次重启大概需要7776ms，但这个时间不固定，有时很短，几秒，有时很长，可能要几十秒；

START_STICKY

D/PlayerService(17620): onCreate------
D/PlayerService(17620): onStartCommand------and startId = 1
D/PlayerService(17620): onStartCommand------and intent = Intent { cmp=com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService }
W/ActivityManager( 868): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService in 5000ms
I/ActivityManager( 868): Start proc com.example.bitmapfun for service com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService: pid=18003 uid=10153 gids={50153, 1028}
D/PlayerService(18003): onCreate------
D/PlayerService(18003): onStartCommand------and startId = 3
D/PlayerService(18003): onStartCommand------and intent = null

同上，不过传入的Intent为null，同时startId发生了变化，startId的官方解释是“A unique integer representing this specific request to start. Use with stopSelfResult(int)”，也就是说重启和第一次启动不是同一个request，也可以认为这是一个全新的request；

START_STICKY_COMPATIBILITY

D/PlayerService(18177): onCreate------
D/PlayerService(18177): onStartCommand------and startId = 1
D/PlayerService(18177): onStartCommand------and intent = Intent { cmp=com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService }
W/ActivityManager(  868): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService in 5000ms
I/ActivityManager(  868): Start proc com.example.bitmapfun for service com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService: pid=18578 uid=10153 gids={50153, 1028}
D/PlayerService(18578): onCreate------

这次重启根本就没有调用onStartCommand()方法；

START_NOT_STICKY

D/PlayerService(19436): onCreate------
D/PlayerService(19436): onStartCommand------and startId = 1
D/PlayerService(19436): onStartCommand------and intent = Intent { cmp=com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService }
W/ActivityManager(  868): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService in 29285ms

没有再次启动被杀掉的service。

测试的代码很简单，大家可以自己尝试。现在有一个问题：我们该如何判断启动的service是正常启动还是杀死后被重启的，因为有时候我们需要知道这些信息，代码如下：

    private boolean isApplicationBroughtToBackground() {
        ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
        List<RunningTaskInfo> tasks = am.getRunningTasks(1);
        if (!tasks.isEmpty()) {
            ComponentName topActivity = tasks.get(0).topActivity;
            Log.d(TAG, "topActivity.getPackageName() = " + topActivity.getPackageName());
            if (!topActivity.getPackageName().equals(getPackageName())) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

原理：service所在的activity和running task栈顶的activity做比较，因为一旦service所在的activity被杀死，那么系统会跳转到其他应用，如比桌面，或者SystemUI，或者用户可以打开的task栈中的其他TOP activity，此时的running task栈顶的activity肯定不是被杀死的activity了。

以上测试中所谓的杀死指的是在recent app里面或者Eclipse DDMS 点击Stop杀死，而不是在settings app info中“Force stop”，“Force stop”的log如下：

D/PlayerService(21779): onCreate------
D/PlayerService(21779): onStartCommand------and startId = 1
D/PlayerService(21779): onStartCommand------and intent = Intent { cmp=com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService }
W/ActivityManager(  868): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService in 14898ms
I/ActivityManager(  868):   Force stopping service ServiceRecord{419a3198 u0 com.example.bitmapfun/.ui.PlayerService}

可以发现，虽然安排了启动，但是很快就被Force Stop了，这样也就失去了被重启的机会，至于在Settings中杀死进程的原理，有机会咱们展开讲。

3. startForeground（）提高service的进程等级

我们知道Android进程分为5个等级：foreground process， visible process， Service process， background process， empty process，当系统资源吃紧的时候，会按照进程等级从低到高的顺序，同时根据进程消耗的资源从多到少的原则来kill一些进程，而service正处于第三个等级，如果能够提高service所在进程的等级，那么它被杀死的概率就会小一些。

可以利用Service的startForeground（）方法将Service的进程等级从第三级提升到第一级foreground process。源代码如下：

    /**
     * Make this service run in the foreground, supplying the ongoing
     * notification to be shown to the user while in this state.
     * By default services are background, meaning that if the system needs to
     * kill them to reclaim more memory (such as to display a large page in a
     * web browser), they can be killed without too much harm.  You can set this
     * flag if killing your service would be disruptive to the user, such as
     * if your service is performing background music playback, so the user
     * would notice if their music stopped playing.
     * 
     * <p>If you need your application to run on platform versions prior to API
     * level 5, you can use the following model to call the the older setForeground()
     * or this modern method as appropriate:
     * 
     * {@sample development/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/ForegroundService.java
     *   foreground_compatibility}
     * 
     * @param id The identifier for this notification as per
     * {@link NotificationManager#notify(int, Notification)
     * NotificationManager.notify(int, Notification)}.
     * @param notification The Notification to be displayed.
     * 
     * @see #stopForeground(boolean)
     */
    public final void startForeground(int id, Notification notification) {
        try {
            mActivityManager.setServiceForeground(
                    new ComponentName(this, mClassName), mToken, id,
                    notification, true);
        } catch (RemoteException ex) {
        }
    }

至于使用嘛，可以在在onCreate（）或者onStartComman()方法中调用，然后可以在onDestroy（）或者其他地方调用stopForeground(boolean removeNotification)方法来stop。

关于进程等级可访问：http://blog.csdn.net/llbupt/article/details/7358360

当然啦，网上还有一些其他的避免Service被杀死或者kill后重启的方法，比如监听android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT，来启动service，或者提高service IntentFilter的priority等，都能算是一些在某些特殊情况下可以其作用的方法，倒也不妨尝试一下。

还有人说用AlarmManager，如下：

public void onReceive(Context context, Intent mintent) {  

    if (Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED.equals(mintent.getAction())) {  
        // 启动完成  
        Intent intent = new Intent(context, Alarmreceiver.class);  
        intent.setAction("arui.alarm.action");  
        PendingIntent sender = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0,   intent, 0);  
        long firstime = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();  
        AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) context  
                .getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);  

        // 10秒一个周期，不停的发送广播  
        am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, firstime,  
                10 * 1000, sender);  
    }
}

监听系统启动的broadcast，然后每10秒一个周期，不停的发广播，这就是说应用一旦启动，就会不断的发广播，个人觉得这种方式不靠谱，原因如下：

1. 这样做无谓的操作，会消耗系统资源；

2. 一旦APP进程被杀死，怎么保证你的receiver不被杀死？

3. 不停的启动service，加入service中启动了其他的线程在做耗时的操作，这样做会产生大量的线程做重复的操作，即便service中没有启动其他线程，不断的调用onStartCommand()方法都不算是一个好办法。

当然了，如果实在没办法，必须得使用这种solution的话，我们可以判断service是否是alive，至于方法百度一下就有了。

至于有人说在onDestroy（）中重启service，上面打出来的log大家也看到了，被kill的时候都没机会去调用onDestroy（）。