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英语原文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,applicationswiththesameuserIDcanalsoarrangetoruninthesameLinuxprocess共21页第1页andsharethesameVM(theapplicationsmustalsobesignedwiththesamecertificate).Anapplicationcanrequestpermissiontoaccessdevicedatasuchastheuser'scontacts,SMSmessages,themountablestorage(SDcard),camera,Bluetooth,andmore.Allapplicationpermissionsmustbegrantedbytheuseratinstalltime.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,acameraapplicationcanstarttheactivityintheemailapplicationthatcomposesnewmail,inorderfortheuser共21页第2页toshareapicture.AnactivityisimplementedasasubclassofActivityandyoucanlearnmoreaboutitintheActivitiesdeveloperguide.ServicesAserviceisacomponentthatrunsinthebackgroundtoperformlong-runningoperationsortoperformworkforremoteprocesses.Aservicedoesnotprovideauserinterface.Forexample,aservicemightplaymusicinthebackgroundwhiletheuserisinadifferentapplication,oritmightfetchdataoverthenetworkwithoutblockinguserinteractionwithanactivity.Anothercomponent,suchasanactivity,canstarttheserviceandletitrunorbindtoitinordertointeractwithit.AserviceisimplementedasasubclassofServiceandyoucanlearnmoreaboutitintheServicesdeveloperguide.ContentprovidersAcontentprovidermanagesasharedsetofapplicationdata.Youcanstorethedatainthefilesystem,anSQLitedatabase,ontheweb,oranyotherpersistentstoragelocationyourapplicationcanaccess.Throughthecontentprovider,otherapplicationscanqueryorevenmodifythedata(ifthecontentproviderallowsit).Forexample,theAndroidsystemprovidesacontentproviderthatmanagestheuser'scontactinformation.Assuch,anyapplicationwiththeproperpermissionscanquerypartofthecontentprovider(suchasContactsContract.Data)toreadandwriteinformationaboutaparticularperson.Contentprovidersarealsousefulforreadingandwritingdatathatisprivatetoyourapplicationandnotshared.Forexample,theNotePadsampleapplicationusesacontentprovidertosavenotes.AcontentproviderisimplementedasasubclassofContentProviderandmustimplementastandardsetofAPIsthatenableotherapplicationstoperformtransactions.Formoreinformation,seetheContentProvidersdeveloperguide.Broadcastreceivers共21页第3页Abroadcastreceiverisacomponentthatrespondstosystem-widebroadcastanno