Wrapper for :wx_misc.launchDefaultBrowser

lib/desktop/fallback.ex

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ defmodule Desktop.Fallback do
   end
 
   def webview_show(%Desktop.Window{webview: nil}, url, _) do
-    :wx_misc.launchDefaultBrowser(url)
+    OS.launch_default_browser(url)
   end
 
   def webview_show(

lib/desktop/menu.ex

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ defmodule Desktop.Menu do
         case command do
           <<"open">> -> :not_implemented
           <<"quit">> -> Desktop.Window.quit()
-          <<"help">> -> :wx_misc.launchDefaultBrowser(\'https://google.com\')
+          <<"help">> -> Desktop.OS.launch_default_browser(\'https://google.com\')
           <<"about">> -> :not_implemented
         end
 

lib/desktop/os.ex

@@ -133,4 +133,17 @@ defmodule Desktop.OS do
       Path.expand(path)
     end
   end
+
+  @doc """
+  Replacement for the :wx_misc.launchDefaultBrowser function
+  """
+  def launch_default_browser(file) do
+    spawn(fn ->
+      case type() do
+        MacOS -> System.cmd("open", [file], stderr_to_stdout: true, parallelism: true)
+        Linux -> System.cmd("xdg-open", [file], stderr_to_stdout: true, parallelism: true)
+        _other -> :wx_misc.launchDefaultBrowser(file)
+      end
+    end)
+  end
 end

lib/desktop/window.ex

@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ defmodule Desktop.Window do
 
   @doc false
   def handle_event(wx(event: {:wxWebView, :webview_newwindow, _, _, _target, url}), ui) do
-    :wx_misc.launchDefaultBrowser(url)
+    OS.launch_default_browser(url)
     {:noreply, ui}
   end