src/browser.js

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var exec = require('./exec'),
    Q = require('q');

/**
 * Launches the specified browser with the given URL.
 * Based on https://github.com/domenic/opener
 * @param {{target: ?string, url: ?string, dataDir: ?string}} opts - parameters:
 *   target - the target browser - ie, chrome, safari, opera, firefox or chromium
 *   url - the url to open in the browser
 *   dataDir - a data dir to provide to Chrome (can be used to force it to open in a new window)
 * @return {Q} Promise to launch the specified browser
 */
module.exports = function (opts) {
    var target = opts.target || 'chrome';
    var url = opts.url || '';

    return getBrowser(target, opts.dataDir).then(function (browser) {
        var args;

        var urlAdded = false;
        switch (process.platform) {
            case 'darwin':
                args = ['open'];
                if (target == 'chrome') {
                    // Chrome needs to be launched in a new window. Other browsers, particularly, opera does not work with this.        
                    args.push('-n');
                }
                args.push('-a', browser);
                break;
            case 'win32':
                // On Windows, we really want to use the "start" command. But, the rules regarding arguments with spaces, and 
                // escaping them with quotes, can get really arcane. So the easiest way to deal with this is to pass off the 
                // responsibility to "cmd /c", which has that logic built in. 
                // 
                // Furthermore, if "cmd /c" double-quoted the first parameter, then "start" will interpret it as a window title, 
                // so we need to add a dummy empty-string window title: http://stackoverflow.com/a/154090/3191

                if (target === 'edge') {
                    browser += ':' + url;
                    urlAdded = true;
                }

                args = ['cmd /c start ""', browser];
                break;
            case 'linux':
                // if a browser is specified, launch it with the url as argument
                // otherwise, use xdg-open.
                args = [browser];
                break;
        }

        if (!urlAdded) {
            args.push(url);
        }
        var command = args.join(' ');
        return exec(command);
    });
};

function getBrowser(target, dataDir) {
    dataDir = dataDir || 'temp_chrome_user_data_dir_for_cordova';

    var chromeArgs = ' --user-data-dir=/tmp/' + dataDir;
    var browsers = {
        'win32': {
            'ie': 'iexplore',
            'chrome': 'chrome --user-data-dir=%TEMP%\\' + dataDir,
            'safari': 'safari',
            'opera': 'opera',
            'firefox': 'firefox',
            'edge': 'microsoft-edge'
        },
        'darwin': {
            'chrome': '"Google Chrome" --args' + chromeArgs,
            'safari': 'safari',
            'firefox': 'firefox',
            'opera': 'opera'
        },
        'linux' : {
            'chrome': 'google-chrome' + chromeArgs ,
            'chromium': 'chromium-browser' + chromeArgs,
            'firefox': 'firefox',
            'opera': 'opera'
        }
    };
    target = target.toLowerCase();
    if (target in browsers[process.platform]) {
        return Q(browsers[process.platform][target]);
    }
    return Q.reject('Browser target not supported: ' + target);
}