Chrome App Storage, retrieving and saving

gistfile1.js

// When getting somehting from the chrome storage you 
// need to keep in mind that these items are returned
// as objects compared to the localStorage in the browser
// which returns the items als string literals.

// In combination with angularJS you need to keep in mind
// that you need to apply the result of this async call 
// the the $scope of the controller. This will trigger 
// the refresh.

// I use the chrome storage sync, but there is also a 
// chrome storage local.

chrome.storage.sync.get('firstName', function(person) {
	$scope.$apply(function() {
		$scope.voornaam = person.firstName;
	});
});

if ($scope.firstName) {
	chrome.storage.sync.set({ firstName: $scope.firstName }, function(){
		console.log('first name saved to storage');
	});
}