Add core.open_url() to main menu API (#8592)

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/porting.cpp b/src/porting.cpp
index c0381ad06..ef1640467 100644
--- a/src/porting.cpp
+++ b/src/porting.cpp
@@ -33,22 +33,28 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 	#include <wincrypt.h>
 	#include <algorithm>
 	#include <shlwapi.h>
+	#include <shellapi.h>
 #endif
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
 	#include <unistd.h>
 	#include <sys/utsname.h>
+	#if !defined(__ANDROID__)
+		#include <spawn.h>
+	#endif
 #endif
 #if defined(__hpux)
 	#define _PSTAT64
 	#include <sys/pstat.h>
 #endif
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+	#include "porting_android.h"
+#endif
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "filesys.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "util/string.h"
-#include "settings.h"
 #include <list>
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -697,6 +703,28 @@ int mt_snprintf(char *buf, const size_t buf_size, const char *fmt, ...)
 	return c;
 }
 
+bool openURL(const std::string &url)
+{
+	if ((url.substr(0, 7) != "http://" && url.substr(0, 8) != "https://") ||
+			url.find_first_of("\r\n") != std::string::npos) {
+		errorstream << "Invalid url: " << url << std::endl;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+	return (intptr_t)ShellExecuteA(NULL, NULL, url.c_str(), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL) > 32;
+#elif defined(__ANDROID__)
+	openURLAndroid(url);
+	return true;
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+	const char *argv[] = {"open", url.c_str(), NULL};
+	return posix_spawnp(NULL, "open", NULL, NULL, (char**)argv, environ) == 0;
+#else
+	const char *argv[] = {"xdg-open", url.c_str(), NULL};
+	return posix_spawnp(NULL, "xdg-open", NULL, NULL, (char**)argv, environ) == 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 // Load performance counter frequency only once at startup
 #ifdef _WIN32