AndroidApplicationFundamentalsAndroidapplicationsarewrittenintheJavaprogramminglanguage.TheAndroidSDKtoolscompilethecode—alongwithanydataandresourcefiles—intoanAndroidpackage,anarchivefilewithan.apksuffix.Allthecodeinasingle.apkfileisconsideredtobeoneapplicationandisthefilethatAndroid-powereddevicesusetoinstalltheapplication.Onceinstalledonadevice,eachAndroidapplicationlivesinitsownsecuritysandbox:TheAndroidoperatingsystemisamulti-userLinuxsysteminwhicheachapplicationisadifferentuser.Bydefault,thesystemassignseachapplicationauniqueLinuxuserID(theIDisusedonlybythesystemandisunknowntotheapplication).ThesystemsetspermissionsforallthefilesinanapplicationsothatonlytheuserIDassignedtothatapplicationcanaccessthem.Eachprocesshasitsownvirtualmachine(VM),soanapplication'scoderunsinisolationfromotherapplications.Bydefault,everyapplicationrunsinitsownLinuxprocess.Androidstartstheprocesswhenanyoftheapplication'scomponentsneedtobeexecuted,thenshutsdowntheprocesswhenit'snolongerneededorwhenthesystemmustrecovermemoryforotherapplications.Inthisway,theAndroidsystemimplementstheprincipleofleastprivilege.Thatis,eachapplication,bydefault,hasaccessonlytothecomponentsthatitrequirestodoitsworkandnomore.Thiscreatesaverysecureenvironmentinwhichanapplicationcannotaccesspartsofthesystemforwhichitisnotgivenpermission.However,therearewaysforanapplicationtosharedatawithotherapplicationsandforanapplicationtoaccesssystemservices:It'spossibletoarrangefortwoapplicationstosharethesameLinuxuserID,inwhichcasetheyareabletoaccesseachother'sfiles.Toconservesystemresources,applicationswiththesameuserIDcanalsoarrangetoruninthesameLinuxprocessandsharethesameVM(theapplicationsmustalsobesignedwiththesamecertificate).Anapplicationcanrequestpermissiontoaccessdevicedatasuchastheuser'scontacts,SMSmessages,themountablestorage(SDcard),camera,Bluetooth,andmore.Allapplicationpermissionsmustbegrantedbytheuseratinstalltime.第1页，共20页ThatcoversthebasicsregardinghowanAndroidapplicationexistswithinthesystem.Therestofthisdocumentintroducesyouto:Thecoreframeworkcomponentsthatdefineyourapplication.Themanifestfileinwhichyoudeclarecomponentsandrequireddevicefeaturesforyourapplication.Resourcesthatareseparatefromtheapplicationcodeandallowyourapplicationtogracefullyoptimizeitsbehaviorforavarietyofdeviceconfigurations.ApplicationComponentsApplicationcomponentsaretheessentialbuildingblocksofanAndroidapplication.Eachcomponentisadifferentpointthroughwhichthesystemcanenteryourapplication.Notallcomponentsareactualentrypointsfortheuserandsomedependoneachother,buteachoneexistsasitsownentityandplaysaspecificrole—eachoneisauniquebuildingblockthathelpsdefineyourapplication'soverallbehavior.Therearefourdifferenttypesofapplicationcomponents.Eachtypeservesadistinctpurposeandhasadistinctlifecyclethatdefineshowthecomponentiscreatedanddestroyed.Herearethefourtypesofapplicationcomponents:ActivitiesAnactivityrepresentsasinglescreenwithauserinterface.Forexample,anemailapplicationmighthaveoneactivitythatshowsalistofnewemails,anotheractivitytocomposeanemail,andanotheractivityforreadingemails.Althoughtheactivitiesworktogethertoformacohesiveuserexperienceintheemailapplication,eachoneisindependentoftheothers.Assuch,adifferentapplicationcanstartanyoneoftheseactivities(iftheemailapplicationallowsit).Forexample,acameraapplicationcanstartt...
