ViewGroup就是一组View的集合，它包含很多的子View和子VewGroup，是Android中所有布局的父类或间接父类，像LinearLayout、RelativeLayout等都是继承自ViewGroup的。但ViewGroup实际上也是一个View，只不过比起View，它多了可以包含子View和定义布局参数的功能。
本文通过源码(api:10)的形式介绍ViewGroup的事件分发机制。
一.onInterceptTouchEvent
代码片1
/**
* Implement this method to intercept all touch screen motion events. This
* allows you to watch events as they are dispatched to your children, and
* take ownership of the current gesture at any point.
*
* <p>Using this function takes some care, as it has a fairly complicated
* interaction with {@link View#onTouchEvent(MotionEvent)
* View.onTouchEvent(MotionEvent)}, and using it requires implementing
* that method as well as this one in the correct way. Events will be
* received in the following order:
*
* <ol>
* <li> You will receive the down event here.
* <li> The down event will be handled either by a child of this view
* group, or given to your own onTouchEvent() method to handle; this means
* you should implement onTouchEvent() to return true, so you will
* continue to see the rest of the gesture (instead of looking for
* a parent view to handle it). Also, by returning true from
* onTouchEvent(), you will not receive any following
* events in onInterceptTouchEvent() and all touch processing must
* happen in onTouchEvent() like normal.
* <li> For as long as you return false from this function, each following
* event (up to and including the final up) will be delivered first here
* and then to the target's onTouchEvent().
* <li> If you return true from here, you will not receive any
* following events: the target view will receive the same event but
* with the action {@link MotionEvent#ACTION_CANCEL}, and all further
* events will be delivered to your onTouchEvent() method and no longer
* appear here.
* </ol>
*
* @param ev The motion event being dispatched down the hierarchy.
* @return Return true to steal motion events from the children and have
* them dispatched to this ViewGroup through onTouchEvent().
* The current target will receive an ACTION_CANCEL event, and no further
* messages will be delivered here.
*/
public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
return false;
}
onInterceptTouchEvent()的注释很长,但源码很短,短得只有1行。
onInterceptTouchEvent()的作用是是否拦截事件。
a. 返回true = 拦截，即事件停止往下传递（需手动设置，即复写onInterceptTouchEvent（），从而让其返回true）
b. 返回false = 不拦截（默认）
二.dispatchTouchEvent
public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
... // 仅贴出关键代码
// 重点分析1：ViewGroup每次事件分发时，都需调用onInterceptTouchEvent()询问是否拦截事件
if (disallowIntercept || !onInterceptTouchEvent(ev)) {
// 判断值1：disallowIntercept = 是否禁用事件拦截的功能(默认是false)，可通过调用requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent（）修改
// 判断值2： !onInterceptTouchEvent(ev) = 对onInterceptTouchEvent()返回值取反
// a. 若在onInterceptTouchEvent()中返回false（即不拦截事件），就会让第二个值为true，从而进入到条件判断的内部
// b. 若在onInterceptTouchEvent()中返回true（即拦截事件），就会让第二个值为false，从而跳出了这个条件判断
// c. 关于onInterceptTouchEvent() ->>分析1
ev.setAction(MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN);
final int scrolledXInt = (int) scrolledXFloat;
final int scrolledYInt = (int) scrolledYFloat;
final View[] children = mChildren;
final int count = mChildrenCount;
// 重点分析2
// 通过for循环，遍历了当前ViewGroup下的所有子View
for (int i = count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
final View child = children[i];
if ((child.mViewFlags & VISIBILITY_MASK) == VISIBLE
|| child.getAnimation() != null) {
child.getHitRect(frame);
// 判断当前遍历的View是不是正在点击的View，从而找到当前被点击的View
// 若是，则进入条件判断内部
if (frame.contains(scrolledXInt, scrolledYInt)) {
final float xc = scrolledXFloat - child.mLeft;
final float yc = scrolledYFloat - child.mTop;
ev.setLocation(xc, yc);
child.mPrivateFlags &= ~CANCEL_NEXT_UP_EVENT;
// 条件判断的内部调用了该View的dispatchTouchEvent()
// 即 实现了点击事件从ViewGroup到子View的传递（即：View的事件分发机制）
if (child.dispatchTouchEvent(ev)) {
mMotionTarget = child;
return true;
// 调用子View的dispatchTouchEvent后是有返回值的
// 若该控件可点击，那么点击时，dispatchTouchEvent的返回值必定是true，因此会导致条件判断成立
// 于是给ViewGroup的dispatchTouchEvent（）直接返回了true，即直接跳出
// 即把ViewGroup的点击事件拦截掉
}
}
}
}
}
}
boolean isUpOrCancel = (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) ||
(action == MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL);
if (isUpOrCancel) {
mGroupFlags &= ~FLAG_DISALLOW_INTERCEPT;
}
final View target = mMotionTarget;
// 重点分析3
// 若点击的是空白处（即无任何View接收事件） / 拦截事件（手动复写onInterceptTouchEvent（），从而让其返回true）
if (target == null) {
ev.setLocation(xf, yf);
if ((mPrivateFlags & CANCEL_NEXT_UP_EVENT) != 0) {
ev.setAction(MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL);
mPrivateFlags &= ~CANCEL_NEXT_UP_EVENT;
}
return super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
// 调用ViewGroup父类的dispatchTouchEvent()，即View.dispatchTouchEvent()
// 因此会执行ViewGroup的onTouch() ->> onTouchEvent() ->> performClick（） ->> onClick()，即自己处理该事件，事件不会往下传递（具体请参考View事件的分发机制中的View.dispatchTouchEvent（））
// 此处需与上面区别：子View的dispatchTouchEvent（）
}
...
}
现在整个ViewGroup的事件分发流程的分析也就到此结束了，我们最后再来简单梳理一下吧。
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Android事件分发是先传递到ViewGroup，再由ViewGroup传递到View的。
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在ViewGroup中可以通过onInterceptTouchEvent方法对事件传递进行拦截，onInterceptTouchEvent方法返回true代表不允许事件继续向子View传递，返回false代表不对事件进行拦截，默认返回false。
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子View中如果将传递的事件消费掉，ViewGroup中将无法接收到任何事件。