New /platforms/browser/cordova/run

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#!/usr/bin/env node

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var shell = require('shelljs'),
    spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
    exec = require('child_process').exec,
    project = 'file://' + shell.pwd() + '/platforms/browser/www/index.html';

switch (process.platform) {
  case 'darwin':
    spawn('open', ['-n', '-a', 'Google\ Chrome', '--args', '--disable-web-security', '--user-data-dir=/tmp/temp_chrome_user_data_dir_for_cordova_browser', project]);
    break;
  case 'win32':
    //TODO: Use regex to fix location of chrome.exe
    //TODO: Get --user-data-dir to work for windows
    spawn('C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe', ['--user-data-dir="C:/Chromedevsession"', '--disable-web-security', project]);
    break;
  case 'linux':
    try {
      spawn('chromium', ['--test-type', '--disable-web-security', '--user-data-dir=/tmp/temp_chrome_user_data_dir_for_cordova_browser', project], function() {});
    } catch (e) {
      spawn('google-chrome', ['--test-type', '--disable-web-security', '--user-data-dir=/tmp/temp_chrome_user_data_dir_for_cordova_browser', project]);
    }
    break;
  default:
    console.log('not supported yet ' + process.platform);
    break;
}

I had to change the case 'linux' part to this to be able to catch the error:

  case 'linux':
    var chromium = spawn('chromium', ['--test-type', '--disable-web-security', '--user-data-dir=/tmp/temp_chrome_user_data_dir_for_cordova_browser', project]);
    chromium.on('error', function(err) {
        var googlechrome = spawn('google-chrome', ['--test-type', '--disable-web-security', '--user-data-dir=/tmp/temp_chrome_user_data_dir_for_cordova_browser', project]);
        googlechrome.on('error', function(err) {
            console.log('command chromium or google-chrome not found on platform ' + process.platform);
        });
    });

See complete gist here.