var win = Titanium.UI.currentWindow;
//this creates a spinning widget we can display while the user waits

var toolActInd = Titanium.UI.createActivityIndicator();
//this is the table we will load videos into

var tableview;
//and the data array for the table

var data = [];
//the window and webview for displaying youtube player (iOS only)

var webModal;

var webModalView;
//stores the current link being displayed in the web view

var currentLink;
//this is the network request object

var xhr = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient();

showHTMLContent(vtitle,’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=’ + vguid,thumbPlayer);
}
else //on android
{
//this call to openURL hands off the link to the operating
//system, and starts any player that supports youtube.com
Titanium.Platform.openURL(‘http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=’ + vguid);
}
}

//store the link for later use
currentLink = wUrl;

//create the window to hold the web view
webModal = Ti.UI.createWindow({});

//set the orientation modes for basically any which way
webModal.orientationModes = [
Titanium.UI.PORTRAIT,
Titanium.UI.LANDSCAPE_LEFT,
Titanium.UI.LANDSCAPE_RIGHT
];

//create the webview aka the embedded web browser (webkit/safari)
webModalView = Ti.UI.createWebView();
webModalView.scalesPageToFit = true;

//add the web video to the modal window
webModal.add(webModalView);

//set the title of the window
webModal.title = wTitle;

//if you are using a tab UI in the app, this will open the window
Titanium.UI.currentTab.open(webModal,{animated:true});

//set the HTML to display to the markup passed into the function
webModalView.html = wHTMLContent;

};

//first show a “loading” spinning indicator to the user
toolActInd.message = ‘Loading videos…’;

win.setToolbar([toolActInd],{animated:true});

toolActInd.show();
//create the YouTube API search URL from the function parameters
var searchUrl = ‘http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?alt=rss&author=’ + escape(channel) + ‘&q=’ + escape(searchTerm) + “&orderby=published&max-results=25&v=2”;

//use the xhr http client object to do an HTTP GET request to the URL
xhr.open(“GET”,searchUrl);
xhr.send();
}

//the doc object holds the response structure

var doc;

//check whether the data coming back is in XML format or not

if (!this.responseXML)
{
//if not XML you have to convert it to XML
doc = Titanium.XML.parseString(this.responseText).documentElement;
}
else
{
//if it is XML, then just set the doc variable
doc = this.responseXML.documentElement;
}

//now we can easily get a list of items from teh results
var items = doc.getElementsByTagName(“item”);

//some simple variables for tracking the loop
var x = 0;
var c;

//now just loop through the response array to see what videos we have

for (c=0;c<items.length;c++)
{
//get the current item
var item = items.item(c);

//get the text for the video title tag using standard DOM XML calls
var title = item.getElementsByTagName(“title”).item(0).text;

//build up a summary string to display below the title
var summary = “”;
if (item.getElementsByTagName(“pubDate”))
{
summary = item.getElementsByTagName(“pubDate”).item(0).text;
}

//get the link to the youtube video
var link = “”;

if (item.getElementsByTagName(“link”))
{
link = item.getElementsByTagName(“link”).item(0).text;
}

//now here is where we perform a trick
//we find the GUID code from within the link b/c we know the link format
var guid = link.substring(link.indexOf(“?v=”)+3);
guid = guid.substring(0,guid.indexOf(“&”));

//now we can use that guid to load up a thumbnail image
var thumbnail = “http://i.ytimg.com/vi/” + guid + “/2.jpg”;

//okay we have all the data we need for that item
//now we need to create a row to add to the table in order to display it

//create the row item and set the height to 80 pixels
var row = Ti.UI.createTableViewRow({height:80});

//set parameters for the row so we can get the youtube data out later
row.url = link;
row.guid = guid;
row.videotitle = title;

//create a label for displaying the title and add it to the row
var labelTitle = Ti.UI.createLabel({
text:title,
left:105,
top:10,
height:40,
font:{fontSize:16}
});
row.add(labelTitle);

//create a label for the summary and add it to the row
var labelSummary = Ti.UI.createLabel({
text:summary,
left:105,
top:45,
font:{fontSize:12}
});
row.add(labelSummary);

//create an image from the thumbnail, and add it to the row
var img = Ti.UI.createImageView({
url:thumbnail,
left:0,
height:80,
width:100
});
row.add(img);

//add the row to the data array
data[x++] = row;

}

//if tableview has been created, reset the data on the table
//you can update data on the table multiple times
if (tableview)
{
tableview.setData(data);
}
else
{

//if table has not been created, build it up with the data array
tableview = Titanium.UI.createTableView({
data:data
});

//add the table to the current window for display
Titanium.UI.currentWindow.add(tableview);

//add a ‘click’ listener so that when someone taps on a row
//the video will be played using the function we defined earlier
tableview.addEventListener(‘click’,function(e)
{
playYouTube(e.row.videotitle,e.row.guid);
});

}
}
catch(E)
{
//if anything bad happens, show the error to the user and log it
Titanium.API.debug(E);
Titanium.UI.createAlertDialog({title:’NY Senate’, message:’No videos were found for this search.’}).show();

}

//hide the spinning ‘loading’ widget
toolActInd.hide();
win.setToolbar(null,{animated:true});
};