Programming Chrome Apps by Rochkind, Marc -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Programming Chrome Apps Dedication Preface

What You Should Already Know Why I Wrote This Book Navigating This Book Online Resources Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

1. Your First Chrome App

From Web Apps to Chrome Apps Running a Chrome App Using the Chrome Dev Editor Differences Among Chrome Apps, Chrome Extensions, and Hosted Apps Chrome App Restrictions More on the Manifest Permissions Debugging Chrome Apps Chrome Release Channels Publishing a Chrome App

Self-Publishing Publishing on the Chrome Web Store

Chapter Summary

2. Local Files, Sync Files, and External Files

Local Files

FileSystem and DirectoryEntry Showing Transient Messages Getting DirectoryEntrys Getting FileEntrys and Creating FileWriters Writing a File with the FileWriter API Reading a File

Auto-Saving and Idle Events Sync Files

How Syncing Works Making the Note App Sync Listening for the FileStatusChanged Event Showing File Status Finding Remote Copies on Google Drive

External Files

A Simple Editor Choosing Files and Directories

Adding Backup by Using Retained File Entries Chapter Summary

3. Local Storage, Sync Storage, and IndexedDB

Local and Sync Storage

Setting and Getting Local Storage Implementing setParams and getParams Adding Color Options to the Simple Editor App Sync Storage Removing Items and Clearing Storage

IndexedDB

IndexedDB Objects and Method Chaining Opening a Database Adding Objects in a Transaction Retrieving Objects by Using an Index Mailing List Example Handling Forms Adding and Updating Records Deleting Records Counting Records Searching and Ranges Deleting a Database Importing Data Exporting Data

Chapter Summary

4. Networking and Messaging

Socket API

How BSD Sockets Works Chrome Socket API Modules and Module Loading Wrapping the Socket API as an Object in a Module A Weather Report App

The XMLHttpRequest API Identity API

Accessing the Facebook API A Facebook Photos App Accessing Google APIs

WebSockets

WebSockets API Example WebSocket Server Example WebSocket Client

Google Cloud Messaging

Example Application Server Example Client Summary of IDs, Numbers, and Keys

App-to-App Messaging Notifications Chapter Summary

5. Graphics and Imaging

Outputting Graphics

Calendar Example Rendering the Calendar as Text Rendering the Calendar as a Table Rendering the Calendar as Positioned HTML

HTML5 Canvas

A Simple Canvas Example Drawing the Calendar by Using a Canvas

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

Another SVG Example Differences Between Canvas and SVG Drawing the Calendar by Using SVG

Creating PDFs

A Simple PDF Example Outputting the Calendar as a PDF

Working with Images

Accessing Image Thumbnails and Metadata Image Rendering Quality

The mediaGalleries API

The Principal mediaGalleries API Methods A Media Browser

Chapter Summary

6. Miscellaneous APIs

Alarms Context Menus Location Text-to-Speech System Queries Camera Bluetooth, USB, and Serial APIs Internationalization and Localization

Internationalizing and Localizing Strings Internationalizing Numbers Internationalizing Dates

Chapter Summary

A. Modal Dialogs B. Registering Chrome Apps with Google

Registering a Chrome App and Getting a Client ID Fixing the App ID

C. Using Google Cloud Messaging

Setting Up a GCM Project Example App Server Using Amazon Simple Notification Service

D. Using Cordova to Build Chrome Apps for Mobile Devices

Google’s Augmentation of Cordova Development Tools and Debugging for Cordova

Creating and Testing Cordova Chrome Apps Debugging Cordova Apps Publishing Cordova Chrome Apps Testing Using the Chrome Dev Editor

Index About the Author Colophon Copyright

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