New getting started tutorial for sencha media player app.

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+<h1>Build Apps with Sencha Ext JS</h1>
+
+<p>
+The goal of this doc is to get you started
+on building packaged apps with the
+<a href="http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs">Sencha Ext JS</a> framework.
+To achieve this goal,
+we will dive into a media player app build by Sencha.
+The <a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sencha-video-player-app">source code</a>
+and <a href="http://senchaprosvcs.github.com/GooglePlayer/docs/output/#!/api">API Documentation</a> are available on GitHub.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+This app discovers a user's available media servers,
+including media devices connected to the pc and
+software that manages media over the network. 
+Users can browse media, play over the network,
+or save offline.
+</p>
+
+<p>Here are the key things you must do
+to build a media player app using Sencha Ext JS:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>Create manifest, <code>manifest.json</code>.</li>
+  <li>Create <a href="app_lifecycle.html#eventpage">event page</a>,
+    <code>background.js</code>.</li>
+  <li><a href="app_external.html#sandboxing">Sandbox</a> app's logic.</li>
+  <li>Communicate between packaged app and sandboxed files.</li>
+  <li>Discover media servers.</li>
+  <li>Explore and play media.</li>
+  <li>Save media offline.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2 id="first">Create manifest</h2>
+
+<p>
+All packaged apps require a
+<a href="manifest.html">manifest file</a>
+which contains the information Chrome needs to launch apps.
+As indicated in the manifest,
+the media player app is "offline_enabled";
+media assets can be saved localled,
+accessed and played regardless of connectivity.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The "sandbox" field is used
+to sandbox the app's main logic in a unique origin.
+All sandboxed content is exempt from the packaged app
+<a href="app_csp.html">Content Security Policy</a>,
+but cannot directly access the packaged app APIs. 
+The manifest also includes the "socket" permission;
+the media player app uses the <a href="socket.html">socket API</a>
+to connect to a media server over the network.
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+{
+    "name": "Video Player",
+    "description": "Features network media discovery and playlist management",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "manifest_version": 2,
+    "offline_enabled": true,
+    "app": {
+        "background": {
+            "scripts": [
+                "background.js"
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    ...
+
+    "sandbox": {
+        "pages": ["sandbox.html"]
+    },
+    "permissions": [
+        "experimental",
+        "http://*/*",
+        "unlimitedStorage",
+        {
+            "socket": [
+                "tcp-connect",
+                "udp-send-to",
+                "udp-bind"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
+</pre>
+
+<h2 id="second">Create event page</h2>
+
+<p>
+All packaged apps require <code>background.js</code>
+to launch the application.
+The media player's main page, <code>index.html</code>,
+opens in a window with the specified dimensions:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+chrome.app.runtime.onLaunched.addListener(function(launchData) {
+    var opt = {
+        width: 1000,
+        height: 700
+    };
+
+    chrome.app.window.create('index.html', opt, function (win) {
+        win.launchData = launchData;
+    });
+
+});
+</pre>
+
+<h2 id="three">Sandbox app's logic</h2>
+
+<p>Packaged apps run in a controlled environment
+that enforces a strict <a href="app_csp.html">Content Security Policy (CSP)</a>.
+The media player app needs some higher privileges to render the Ext JS components.
+To comply with CSP and execute the app logic,
+the app's main page, <code>index.html</code>, creates an iframe
+that acts as a sandbox environment:
+
+<pre>
+&lt;iframe id="sandbox-frame" class="sandboxed" sandbox="allow-scripts" src="sandbox.html">&lt;/iframe>
+</pre>
+
+<p>The iframe points to <a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sencha-video-player-app/blob/master/sandbox.html">sandbox.html</a> which includes the files required for the Ext JS application:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+&lt;html>
+&lt;head>
+    &lt;link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="resources/css/app.css" />'
+    &lt;script src="sdk/ext-all-dev.js">&lt;/script>'
+    &lt;script src="lib/ext/data/PostMessage.js">&lt;/script>'
+    &lt;script src="lib/ChromeProxy.js">&lt;/script>'
+    <script src="app.js"></script>
+&lt;/head>
+&lt;body></body>
+&lt;/html>
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+The <a href="http://senchaprosvcs.github.com/GooglePlayer/docs/output/source/app.html#VP-Application">app.js</a> script executes all the Ext JS code and renders the media player views.
+Since this script is sandboxed, it cannot directly access the packaged app APIs.
+Communication between <code>app.js</code> and non-sandboxed files is done using the
+<a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/window.postMessage">HTML5 Post Message API</a>.
+</p>
+
+<h2 id="four">Communicate between files</h2>
+
+<p>
+In order for the media player app to access packaged app APIs,
+like query the network for media servers, <code>app.js</code> posts messages
+to <a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sencha-video-player-app/blob/master/index.js">index.js</a>.
+Unlike the sandboxed <code>app.js</code>,
+<code>index.js</code> can directly access the packaged app APIs.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<code>index.js</code> creates the iframe:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+var iframe = document.getElementById('sandbox-frame');
+
+iframeWindow = iframe.contentWindow;
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+And listens for messages from the sandboxed files:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+window.addEventListener('message', function(e) {
+    var data= e.data,
+        key = data.key;
+
+    console.log('[index.js] Post Message received with key ' + key);
+
+    switch (key) {
+        case 'extension-baseurl':
+            extensionBaseUrl(data);
+            break;
+
+        case 'upnp-discover':
+            upnpDiscover(data);
+            break;
+
+        case 'upnp-browse':
+            upnpBrowse(data);
+            break;
+
+        case 'play-media':
+            playMedia(data);
+            break;
+
+        case 'download-media':
+            downloadMedia(data);
+            break;
+
+        case 'cancel-download':
+            cancelDownload(data);
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            console.log('[index.js] unidentified key for Post Message: "' + key + '"');
+    }
+}, false);
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+In the following example,
+<code>app.js</code> sends a message to <code>index.js</code>
+requesting the key 'extension-baseurl':
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+Ext.data.PostMessage.request({
+    key: 'extension-baseurl',
+    success: function(data) {
+        //...
+    }
+});
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+<code>index.js</code> receives the request, assigns the result,
+and replies by sending the Base URL back:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+function extensionBaseUrl(data) {
+    data.result = chrome.extension.getURL('/');
+    iframeWindow.postMessage(data, '*');
+}
+</pre>
+
+<h2 id="five">Discover media servers</h2>
+
+<p>
+There's a lot that goes into discovering media servers.
+At a high level, the discovery workflow is initiated
+by a user action to search for available media servers.
+The <a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sencha-video-player-app/blob/master/app/controller/MediaServers.js">MediaServer controller</a>
+posts a message to <code>index.js</code>;
+<code>index.js</code> listens for this message and when received,
+calls <a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sencha-video-player-app/blob/master/lib/Upnp.js">Upnp.js</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The <code>Upnp library</code> uses the packaged app
+<a href="app_network.html">socket API</a>
+to connect the media player app with any discovered media servers
+and receive media data from the media server.
+<code>Upnp.js</code> also uses
+<a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sencha-video-player-app/blob/master/lib/soapclient.js">soapclient.js</a>
+to parse the media server data.
+The remainder of this section describes this workflow in more detail.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Post message</h3>
+
+<p>
+When a user clicks the Media Servers button in the center of the media player app,
+<code>MediaServers</code> calls <code>discoverServers()</code>.
+This function first checks for any outstanding discovery requests,
+and if true, aborts them so the new request can be initiated.
+Next, the controller posts a message to <code>index.js</code>
+with a key upnp-discovery, and two callback listeners:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+me.activeDiscoverRequest = Ext.data.PostMessage.request({
+    key: 'upnp-discover',
+    success: function(data) {
+        var items = [];
+        delete me.activeDiscoverRequest;
+
+        if (serversGraph.isDestroyed) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        mainBtn.isLoading = false;
+        mainBtn.removeCls('pop-in');
+        mainBtn.setIconCls('ico-server');
+        mainBtn.setText('Media Servers');
+
+        //add servers
+        Ext.each(data, function(server) {
+            var icon,
+                urlBase = server.urlBase;
+
+            if (urlBase) {
+                if (urlBase.substr(urlBase.length-1, 1) === '/'){
+                        urlBase = urlBase.substr(0, urlBase.length-1);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (server.icons && server.icons.length) {
+                if (server.icons[1]) {
+                    icon = server.icons[1].url;
+                }
+                else {
+                    icon = server.icons[0].url;
+                }
+
+                icon = urlBase + icon;
+            }
+
+            items.push({
+                itemId: server.id,
+                text: server.friendlyName,
+                icon: icon,
+                data: server
+            });
+        });
+
+        ...
+    },
+    failure: function() {
+        delete me.activeDiscoverRequest;
+                
+        if (serversGraph.isDestroyed) {
+            return;
+        }
+                
+        mainBtn.isLoading = false;
+        mainBtn.removeCls('pop-in');
+        mainBtn.setIconCls('ico-error');
+        mainBtn.setText('Error...click to retry');
+    }
+});
+</pre>
+
+<h3>Call upnpDiscover()</h3>
+
+<p>
+<code>index.js</code> listens
+for the 'upnp-discover' message from <code>app.js</code>
+and responds by calling <code>upnpDiscover()</code>.
+When a media server is discovered,
+<code>index.js</code> extracts the media server domain from the parameters,
+saves the server locally, formats the media server data,
+and pushes the data to the <code>MediaServer</code> controller.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Parse media server data</h3>
+
+<p>
+When <code>Upnp.js</code> discovers a new media server,
+it then retrieves a description of the device
+and sends a Soaprequest to browse and parse the media server data;
+<code>soapclient.js</code> parses the media elements by tag name
+into a document.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Connect to media server</h3>
+
+<p>
+<code>Upnp.js</code> connects to discovered media servers
+and receives media data using the packaged app socket API:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+socket.create("udp", {}, function(info) {
+    var socketId = info.socketId;
+        
+    //bind locally
+    socket.bind(socketId, "0.0.0.0", 0, function(info) {
+            
+        //pack upnp message
+        var message = String.toBuffer(UPNP_MESSAGE);
+            
+        //broadcast to upnp
+        socket.sendTo(socketId, message, UPNP_ADDRESS, UPNP_PORT, function(info) {
+                
+            // Wait 1 second
+            setTimeout(function() {
+                    
+                //receive
+                socket.recvFrom(socketId, function(info) {
+
+                    //unpack message
+                    var data        = String.fromBuffer(info.data),
+                        servers     = [],
+                        locationReg = /^location:/i;
+                            
+                    //extract location info
+                    if (data) {
+                        data = data.split("\r\n");
+                            
+                        data.forEach(function(value) {
+                            if (locationReg.test(value)){
+                                servers.push(value.replace(locationReg, "").trim());
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+                            
+                    //success
+                    callback(servers);
+                });
+                    
+            }, 1000);
+        });
+    });
+});
+</pre>
+
+
+<h2 id="four">Explore and play media</h2>
+
+<p>
+The
+<a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sencha-video-player-app/blob/master/app/controller/MediaExplorer.js">MediaExplorer controller</a>
+lists all the media files inside a media server folder
+and is responsible for updating the breadcrumb navigation
+in the media player app window.
+When a user selects a media file,
+the controller posts a message to <code>index.js</code>
+with the 'play-media' key:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+onFileDblClick: function(explorer, record) {
+    var serverPanel, node,
+        type    = record.get('type'),
+        url     = record.get('url'),
+        name    = record.get('name'),
+        serverId= record.get('serverId');
+            
+    if (type === 'audio' || type === 'video') {
+        Ext.data.PostMessage.request({
+            key     : 'play-media',
+            params  : {
+                url: url,
+                name: name,
+                type: type
+            }
+        });
+    }
+},
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+<code>index.js</code> listens for this post message and
+responds by calling <code>playMedia()</code>:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+function playMedia(data) {
+    var type        = data.params.type,
+        url         = data.params.url,
+        playerCt    = document.getElementById('player-ct'),
+        audioBody   = document.getElementById('audio-body'),
+        videoBody   = document.getElementById('video-body'),
+        mediaEl     = playerCt.getElementsByTagName(type)[0],
+        mediaBody   = type === 'video' ? videoBody : audioBody,
+        isLocal     = false;
+
+    //save data
+    filePlaying = {
+        url : url,
+        type: type,
+        name: data.params.name
+    };
+
+    //hide body els
+    audioBody.style.display = 'none';
+    videoBody.style.display = 'none';
+
+    var animEnd = function(e) {
+
+        //show body el
+        mediaBody.style.display = '';
+
+        //play media
+        mediaEl.play();
+
+        //clear listeners
+        playerCt.removeEventListener( 'webkitTransitionEnd', animEnd, false );
+        animEnd = null;
+    };
+
+    //load media
+    mediaEl.src = url;
+    mediaEl.load();
+
+    //animate in player
+    playerCt.addEventListener( 'webkitTransitionEnd', animEnd, false );
+    playerCt.style.webkitTransform = "translateY(0)";
+
+    //reply postmessage
+    data.result = true;
+    sendMessage(data);
+}
+</pre>
+
+<h2 id="five">Save media offline</h2>
+
+<p>
+Most of the hard work to save media offline is done by the
+<a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sencha-video-player-app/blob/master/lib/filer.js">filer.js library</a>.
+You can read more this library in
+<a href="http://ericbidelman.tumblr.com/post/14866798359/introducing-filer-js">Introducing filer.js</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The process kicks off when a user selects one or more files
+and initiates the 'Take offline' action.
+The
+<a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sencha-video-player-app/blob/master/app/controller/MediaExplorer.js">MediaExplorer controller</a> posts a message to <code>index.js</code>
+with a key 'download-media'; <code>index.js</code> listens for this message
+and calls the <code>downloadMedia()</code> function
+to initiate the download process:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+function downloadMedia(data) {
+        DownloadProcess.run(data.params.files, function() {
+            data.result = true;
+            sendMessage(data);
+        });
+    }
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+The <code>DownloadProcess</code> utility method creates an xhr request
+to get data from the media server and waits for completion status.
+This intiates the onload callback which checks the received content

[PaulKinlan, 2012/10/04 08:18:51]

Spelling intiates?

[mkearney1, 2012/10/09 22:40:43]

Done.

+and saves the data locally using the <code>filer.js</code> function:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+filer.write(
+    saveUrl,
+    {
+        data: Util.arrayBufferToBlob(fileArrayBuf),
+        type: contentType
+    },
+    function(fileEntry, fileWriter) {
+
+        console.log('file saved!');
+
+        //increment downloaded
+        me.completedFiles++;
+
+        //if reached the end, finalize the process
+        if (me.completedFiles === me.totalFiles) {
+
+            sendMessage({
+                key             : 'download-progresss',
+                totalFiles      : me.totalFiles,
+                completedFiles  : me.completedFiles
+            });
+
+            me.completedFiles = me.totalFiles = me.percentage = me.downloadedFiles = 0;
+            delete me.percentages;
+
+            //reload local
+            loadLocalFiles(callback);
+        }
+    },
+    function(e) {
+        console.log(e);
+    }
+);
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+When the download process is finished,
+<code>MediaExplorer</code> updates the media file list and the media player tree panel.
+</p>
+
+<p class="backtotop"><a href="#top">Back to top</a></p>