Automatically determine browser executable path

lib/serve.js

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ var Utils = require('./utils');
 var events = require('./events');
 var ports = require('./ports');
 var log = require('./logging').logger;
+var os = require('os');
+var _ = require('underscore');
+var hasbin = require('hasbin');
+var util = require('util');
 
 var Serve = module.exports;
 
@@ -30,6 +34,20 @@ var DEFAULT_LIVE_RELOAD_PORT = 35729;
 var IONIC_LAB_URL = '/ionic-lab';
 var IONIC_ANGULAR_URL = '/angular.min.js';
 
+var DEFAULT_PLATFORM_BROWSER_PATHS = {
+  darwin: {
+    chrome: '/Applications/Google Chrome.app',
+    safari: '/Applications/Safari.app',
+    firefox: '/Applications/Firefox.app'
+  },
+  linux: {
+    chrome: [
+      'google-chrome',
+      'chrome'
+    ]
+  }
+};
+
 Serve.listenForServerCommands = function listenForServerCommands(options) {
   var readline = require('readline');
 
@@ -236,8 +254,24 @@ Serve.openBrowser = function openBrowser(options) {
       openUrl.push('?ionicplatform=', options.platform);
     }
 
+    var browserPath;
+    if (!hasbin.sync(options.browser)) {
+      var platformBrowsers = DEFAULT_PLATFORM_BROWSER_PATHS[os.platform()];
+      if (platformBrowsers) {
+        var defaultBrowserPath = platformBrowsers[options.browser];
+        if (util.isString(defaultBrowserPath)) {
+          browserPath = defaultBrowserPath;
+        } else if (util.isArray(defaultBrowserPath)) {
+          browserPath = _.find(defaultBrowserPath, function(path) {
+            return fs.existsSync(path) || hasbin.sync(path);
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     try {
-      open(openUrl.join(''), options.browser);
+      var browser = browserPath || options.browser;
+      open(openUrl.join(''), browser);
     } catch (ex) {
       log.error('Error opening the browser - ', ex);
     }
@@ -872,7 +906,7 @@ Serve.getAddress = function(options) {
       return q.promise;
 
     } else if (addresses.length > 1) {
-      
+
       if (!options.isPlatformServe) {
         addresses.push({
           address: 'localhost'

package.json

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "finalhandler": "0.2.0",
     "form-data": "0.1.4",
     "glob-watcher": "3.0.0",
+    "hasbin": "^1.2.3",
     "open": "0.0.5",
     "optimist": "0.6.0",
     "os-name": "^2.0.1",