Launching Chrome Browser Tabs in Ubuntu and macOS using dotnet #C code

Demo

DotNet version used

$ dotnet --version
2.0.0

How to create this app

$ dotnet new console -o hwapp

Project file structure

code for Program.cs

using System.Diagnostics;

namespace hwapp {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            // chrome exe name; this will different for Window and Mac
            // here Linux specific chrome exe is usese
            string chromeExeName = "google-chrome"; 
            // let us get url to lanuch in the chrome from the command line
            if (args.Length >= 1) {
                string url = args[0];
                Console.WriteLine("Chrome Launch Tester");
                Process.Start(chromeExeName, @url);
            }
            else {
                Console.WriteLine("Please pass the url in the commandline parameter");
            }
        }
    }
}

How to change it to other Operating Systems

• Change the variable chromeExeName to correct value

In case of Windows you can find this from the registry as:

Examples:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\chrome.exe

Windows 7:  \Users\[you]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

Sample

using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime;

using System;

namespace hwapp {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            
            var osNameAndVersion = System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.OSDescription;
            Console.WriteLine(osNameAndVersion);

            bool macOS = osNameAndVersion.Contains("Darwin");
            bool WinOs = osNameAndVersion.Contains("Windows");
            
            // chrome exe name; this will different for Window and Mac
            // here Linux specific chrome exe is usese
            string chromeExeName = "google-chrome"; 
            if (macOS) chromeExeName = "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome";
            if (WinOs) chromeExeName = "chrome.exe";
            

            // let us get url to lanuch in the chrome from the command line
            if (args.Length >= 1) {
                string url = args[0];
                Console.WriteLine("Chrome Launch Tester");
                Process.Start(chromeExeName, @url);
            }
            else {
                Console.WriteLine("Please pass the url in the commandline parameter");
            }
        }
    }
}

macOS

$ dotnet --version
2.0.0
~/dotnet/chrome:
$ uname -a
Darwin .... 16.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0: Thu Jun 15 17:36:27 PDT 2017; root:xnu-3789.70.16~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

.NET core roadmap and Ship Dates

Milestone	Release Date
.NET Core 2.0 & .NET Standard 2.0	Released on 2017/8/14, see announcement
UWP 6.0 (implements .NET Standard 2.0)	Q4 2017 (Win10 Fall Creators Update)
.NET Core 2.1 Preview	Q4 2017
.NET Core 2.1	Q1 2018

.NET framework versions

Refenences

1. dotnet core