First of all, the function of the layout method is to determine the position of the element. The layout method in ViewGroup is used to determine the position of child elements. The layout method in View is used to determine its own position. Let's first look at the layout method of View:
public void layout(int l, int t, int r, int b) {
if ((mPrivateFlags3 & PFLAG3_MEASURE_NEEDED_BEFORE_LAYOUT) != 0) {
onMeasure(mOldWidthMeasureSpec, mOldHeightMeasureSpec);
mPrivateFlags3 &= ~PFLAG3_MEASURE_NEEDED_BEFORE_LAYOUT;
}
int oldL = mLeft;
int oldT = mTop;
int oldB = mBottom;
int oldR = mRight;
boolean changed = isLayoutModeOptical(mParent) ?
setOpticalFrame(l, t, r, b) : setFrame(l, t, r, b);
if (changed || (mPrivateFlags & PFLAG_LAYOUT_REQUIRED) == PFLAG_LAYOUT_REQUIRED) {
onLayout(changed, l, t, r, b);
if (shouldDrawRoundScrollbar()) {
if(mRoundScrollbarRenderer == null) {
mRoundScrollbarRenderer = new RoundScrollbarRenderer(this);
}
} else {
mRoundScrollbarRenderer = null;
}
mPrivateFlags &= ~PFLAG_LAYOUT_REQUIRED;
ListenerInfo li = mListenerInfo;
if (li != null && li.mOnLayoutChangeListeners != null) {
ArrayList<OnLayoutChangeListener> listenersCopy =
(ArrayList<OnLayoutChangeListener>)li.mOnLayoutChangeListeners.clone();
int numListeners = listenersCopy.size();
for (int i = 0; i < numListeners; ++i) {
listenersCopy.get(i).onLayoutChange(this, l, t, r, b, oldL, oldT, oldR, oldB);
}
}
}
final boolean wasLayoutValid = isLayoutValid();
mPrivateFlags &= ~PFLAG_FORCE_LAYOUT;
mPrivateFlags3 |= PFLAG3_IS_LAID_OUT;
if (!wasLayoutValid && isFocused()) {
mPrivateFlags &= ~PFLAG_WANTS_FOCUS;
if (canTakeFocus()) {
// We have a robust focus, so parents should no longer be wanting focus.
clearParentsWantFocus();
} else if (getViewRootImpl() == null || !getViewRootImpl().isInLayout()) {
// This is a weird case. Most-likely the user, rather than ViewRootImpl, called
// layout. In this case, there's no guarantee that parent layouts will be evaluated
// and thus the safest action is to clear focus here.
clearFocusInternal(null, /* propagate */ true, /* refocus */ false);
clearParentsWantFocus();
} else if (!hasParentWantsFocus()) {
// original requestFocus was likely on this view directly, so just clear focus
clearFocusInternal(null, /* propagate */ true, /* refocus */ false);
}
// otherwise, we let parents handle re-assigning focus during their layout passes.
} else if ((mPrivateFlags & PFLAG_WANTS_FOCUS) != 0) {
mPrivateFlags &= ~PFLAG_WANTS_FOCUS;
View focused = findFocus();
if (focused != null) {
// Try to restore focus as close as possible to our starting focus.
if (!restoreDefaultFocus() && !hasParentWantsFocus()) {
// Give up and clear focus once we've reached the top-most parent which wants
// focus.
focused.clearFocusInternal(null, /* propagate */ true, /* refocus */ false);
}
}
}
if ((mPrivateFlags3 & PFLAG3_NOTIFY_AUTOFILL_ENTER_ON_LAYOUT) != 0) {
mPrivateFlags3 &= ~PFLAG3_NOTIFY_AUTOFILL_ENTER_ON_LAYOUT;
notifyEnterOrExitForAutoFillIfNeeded(true);
}
notifyAppearedOrDisappearedForContentCaptureIfNeeded(true);
}You can see that the four parameters of the layou method are l, t, r, and b are the distances from the left, top, right, and bottom relative to the parent container.
Next, let's look at what is done in the setFrame method.
protected boolean setFrame(int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {
boolean changed = false;
if (DBG) {
Log.d(VIEW_LOG_TAG, this + " View.setFrame(" + left + "," + top + ","
+ right + "," + bottom + ")");
}
if (mLeft != left || mRight != right || mTop != top || mBottom != bottom) {
changed = true;
// Remember our drawn bit
int drawn = mPrivateFlags & PFLAG_DRAWN;
int oldWidth = mRight - mLeft;
int oldHeight = mBottom - mTop;
int newWidth = right - left;
int newHeight = bottom - top;
boolean sizeChanged = (newWidth != oldWidth) || (newHeight != oldHeight);
// Invalidate our old position
invalidate(sizeChanged);
mLeft = left;
mTop = top;
mRight = right;
mBottom = bottom;
mRenderNode.setLeftTopRightBottom(mLeft, mTop, mRight, mBottom);
mPrivateFlags |= PFLAG_HAS_BOUNDS;
if (sizeChanged) {
sizeChange(newWidth, newHeight, oldWidth, oldHeight);
}
if ((mViewFlags & VISIBILITY_MASK) == VISIBLE || mGhostView != null) {
// If we are visible, force the DRAWN bit to on so that
// this invalidate will go through (at least to our parent).
// This is because someone may have invalidated this view
// before this call to setFrame came in, thereby clearing
// the DRAWN bit.
mPrivateFlags |= PFLAG_DRAWN;
invalidate(sizeChanged);
// parent display list may need to be recreated based on a change in the bounds
// of any child
invalidateParentCaches();
}
// Reset drawn bit to original value (invalidate turns it off)
mPrivateFlags |= drawn;
mBackgroundSizeChanged = true;
mDefaultFocusHighlightSizeChanged = true;
if (mForegroundInfo != null) {
mForegroundInfo.mBoundsChanged = true;
}
notifySubtreeAccessibilityStateChangedIfNeeded();
}
return changed;
}The setFrame method initializes the four values of mLeft, mTop, mRight, and mBottom with the four parameters passed in: l, t, r, and b. This determines the position of the View in the parent container. After calling the setFrame method, the onLayout method is called:
protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {
}But we found that the onLayout method is an empty method, which is similar to the onMeasure method. When determining the position, there are different implementations according to different controls, so the onLayout method is not implemented in View and ViewGroup. So we have to look for a specific implementation, such as the onLayout method of LinearLayout:
@Override
protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int l, int t, int r, int b) {
if (mOrientation == VERTICAL) {
layoutVertical(l, t, r, b);
} else {
layoutHorizontal(l, t, r, b);
}
}Similar to the onMeasure method, different methods are called depending on the direction. Here we still look at the layoutVertical method in the vertical direction:
void layoutVertical(int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {
final int paddingLeft = mPaddingLeft;
int childTop;
int childLeft;
// Where right end of child should go
final int width = right - left;
int childRight = width - mPaddingRight;
// Space available for child
int childSpace = width - paddingLeft - mPaddingRight;
final int count = getVirtualChildCount();
final int majorGravity = mGravity & Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK;
final int minorGravity = mGravity & Gravity.RELATIVE_HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK;
switch (majorGravity) {
case Gravity.BOTTOM:
// mTotalLength contains the padding already
childTop = mPaddingTop + bottom - top - mTotalLength;
break;
// mTotalLength contains the padding already
case Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL:
childTop = mPaddingTop + (bottom - top - mTotalLength) / 2;
break;
case Gravity.TOP:
default:
childTop = mPaddingTop;
break;
}
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
final View child = getVirtualChildAt(i);
if (child == null) {
childTop += measureNullChild(i);
} else if (child.getVisibility() != GONE) {
final int childWidth = child.getMeasuredWidth();
final int childHeight = child.getMeasuredHeight();
final LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp =
(LinearLayout.LayoutParams) child.getLayoutParams();
int gravity = lp.gravity;
if (gravity < 0) {
gravity = minorGravity;
}
final int layoutDirection = getLayoutDirection();
final int absoluteGravity = Gravity.getAbsoluteGravity(gravity, layoutDirection);
switch (absoluteGravity & Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK) {
case Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL:
childLeft = paddingLeft + ((childSpace - childWidth) / 2)
+ lp.leftMargin - lp.rightMargin;
break;
case Gravity.RIGHT:
childLeft = childRight - childWidth - lp.rightMargin;
break;
case Gravity.LEFT:
default:
childLeft = paddingLeft + lp.leftMargin;
break;
}
if (hasDividerBeforeChildAt(i)) {
childTop += mDividerHeight;
}
childTop += lp.topMargin;
setChildFrame(child, childLeft, childTop + getLocationOffset(child),
childWidth, childHeight);
childTop += childHeight + lp.bottomMargin + getNextLocationOffset(child);
i += getChildrenSkipCount(child, i);
}
}
}As you can see, this method traverses the child elements and calls the setChildFrame method. Among them, the childTop value is continuously accumulated. In this way, the sub-elements will be arranged one after another in the vertical direction without overlapping. Then look at the setChildFrame method.
private void setChildFrame(View child, int left, int top, int width, int height) {
child.layout(left, top, left + width, top + height);
}You can see that the layout method of the child element is called in the setChildFrame method to determine its position.
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