A. Launch the default web browser
1. Launch in Windowsimport java.awt.Desktop;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
public class LaunchBrowserTest {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String url = "http://www.google.com";
//method 1 of launching web browser in Windows
if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
try {
desktop.browse(new URI(url));
} catch (IOException | URISyntaxException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
//method 2 of launching web browser in Windows
String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
if (os.indexOf("win") >= 0) {
try {
rt.exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
2. Launch in MAC
public class LaunchBrowserTest {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String url = "http://www.google.com";
String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
if (os.indexOf("mac") >= 0) {
try {
rt.exec("open " + url);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
3. Launch in other systems
public class LaunchBrowserTest {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String url = "http://www.google.com";
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
try {
rt.exec("xdg-open " + url);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
B. Launch a particular web browser
1. Launch in Windowspublic class LaunchBrowserTest {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String url = "http://www.google.com";
String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
try {
//launch the google chrome
String[] cmds = new String[] {"C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe", url};
//launch the internet explorer
// String[] cmds = new String[] {"C:/Program Files (x86)/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe", url}; //launch the firefox
//String[] cmds = new String[] {"<your path>/firefox.exe", url};
rt.exec(cmds);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
2. Launch in Unix/Linux
public class LaunchBrowserTest {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String url = "http://www.google.com";
String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
if (os.indexOf("nix") >= 0 || os.indexOf("nux") >= 0) {
try {
//launch the google chrome
rt.exec(new String[] {"chrome", url});
//or
// rt.exec(new String[]{"sh", "-c", "chrome\"+url+"\"});
//launch the firefox
rt.exec(new String[] {"firefox", url});
//or
// rt.exec(new String[]{"sh", "-c", "firefox\"+url+"\"});
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
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