Desktop app extension and API

[mbektas]

As discussed with @krassowski in this PR #781

1. Consider developing a JupyterLab extension that exposes the functionality needed by the desktop app instead of full jupyterapp.
2. Consider exposing an API to access desktop app functionality from extensions (ie. window.jlabDesktopAPI)

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