How to Open HTML file using Java?

Question

I try to open HTML file from local (In my system) by Java program. I tried some of the program got through stack overflow but its not working as much.

For E.G.: I have this small HTML file.

<html>
  <head> 
    Test Application
  </head>
  <body>
     This is test application
  </body>
</html>

My Java code:

Runtime rTime = Runtime.getRuntime();
String url = "D:/hi.html";
String browser = "C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe ";
Process pc = rTime.exec(browser + url);
pc.waitFor();

Any solution or tips appreciated.

"How to Opening HTML file in chrome..?" Why 'Chrome' as opposed to the user's default browser? — Andrew Thompson
– Andrew Thompson, Commented Dec 11, 2013 at 11:06

RamonBoza · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-11 11:06:40Z

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I would prefer to use default browser

File htmlFile = new File(url);
Desktop.getDesktop().browse(htmlFile.toURI());

answered Dec 11, 2013 at 11:06

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RamonBoza Over a year ago

I didn't negated your question, and dont know why someone did, your question is 100% valid, so I voted it up xD

thesaint Over a year ago

If the user has assigned a custom "open with" action to the file extension like "html" then this will NOT open the browser, but the program the user has linked it with.... This is not a solution at all!

Ravisha Over a year ago

URI uri = new URL(url).toURI(); Desktop.getDesktop().browse(uri); using File did not work for me, using url seems to work

nikodaemus Over a year ago

@thesaint How is this not a solution? Such a requirement was never specified.

SaiPawan Over a year ago

what is the way to open it in mac

Wanna Coffee · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-23 08:19:33Z

Here is the code for a method that fails gracefully.

Note that the string can be the location of an html file.

/**
* If possible this method opens the default browser to the specified web page.
* If not it notifies the user of webpage's url so that they may access it
* manually.
* 
* @param url
*            - this can be in the form of a web address (http://www.mywebsite.com)
*            or a path to an html file or SVG image file e.t.c 
*/
public static void openInBrowser(String url)
{
    try
        {
            URI uri = new URL(url).toURI();
            Desktop desktop = Desktop.isDesktopSupported() ? Desktop.getDesktop() : null;
            if (desktop != null && desktop.isSupported(Desktop.Action.BROWSE))
                desktop.browse(uri);
        }
    catch (Exception e)
        {
            /*
             *  I know this is bad practice 
             *  but we don't want to do anything clever for a specific error
             */
            e.printStackTrace();

            // Copy URL to the clipboard so the user can paste it into their browser
            StringSelection stringSelection = new StringSelection(url);
            Clipboard clpbrd = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
            clpbrd.setContents(stringSelection, null);
            // Notify the user of the failure
            WindowTools.informationWindow("This program just tried to open a webpage." + "\n"
                + "The URL has been copied to your clipboard, simply paste into your browser to access.",
                    "Webpage: " + url);
        }
}

omkar sirra · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-31 13:42:56Z

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URI oURL = new URI(url);
Desktop.getDesktop().browse(oURL);

Apart from that, make sure that file is already opened in your desired browser. Check the icon on the file, If it is showing like a text file, you might have already opened with Text file. So change the default program to the desired program.

answered Oct 31, 2017 at 13:42

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