in packages/ice/src/utils/openBrowser.ts [69:136]
function startBrowserProcess(browser, url, args) {
// If we're on OS X, the user hasn't specifically
// requested a different browser, we can try opening
// Chrome with AppleScript. This lets us reuse an
// existing tab when possible instead of creating a new one.
const shouldTryOpenChromiumWithAppleScript =
process.platform === 'darwin' &&
(typeof browser !== 'string' || browser === OSX_CHROME);
if (shouldTryOpenChromiumWithAppleScript) {
// Will use the first open browser found from list
const supportedChromiumBrowsers = [
'Google Chrome Canary',
'Google Chrome',
'Google Chrome Dev',
'Google Chrome Beta',
'Microsoft Edge',
'Brave Browser',
'Vivaldi',
'Chromium',
];
for (let chromiumBrowser of supportedChromiumBrowsers) {
try {
// Try our best to reuse existing tab
// on OSX Chromium-based browser with AppleScript
execSync(`ps cax | grep "${chromiumBrowser}"`);
execSync(
`osascript openChrome.applescript "${
encodeURI(url)
}" "${
chromiumBrowser
}"`,
{
cwd: path.join(__dirname, '../../'),
stdio: 'ignore',
},
);
return true;
} catch (err) {
// Ignore errors.
}
}
}
// Another special case: on OS X, check if BROWSER has been set to "open".
// In this case, instead of passing `open` to `opn` (which won't work),
// just ignore it (thus ensuring the intended behavior, i.e. opening the system browser):
// https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/pull/1690#issuecomment-283518768
if (process.platform === 'darwin' && browser === 'open') {
browser = undefined;
}
// If there are arguments, they must be passed as array with the browser
if (typeof browser === 'string' && args.length > 0) {
browser = [browser].concat(args);
}
// Fallback to open
// (It will always open new tab)
try {
let options = { app: browser, wait: false, url: true };
open(url, options).catch(() => {}); // Prevent `unhandledRejection` error.
return true;
} catch (err) {
return false;
}
}