Can I set ionic serve to not open a browser by default?

Question

I have multiple browser windows usually and it's always not popping up on the one I want.

Can I disable the feature of ionic serve opening in a browser?

Answer 1

You can pass in the --nobrowser option, or simply -b:

ionic serve --nobrowser

Answer 2

Old CLI: As @Claudiu mentioned ionic server -b will not start a browser.

New CLI: the new command is ionic serve --no-open.

If you want to start a browser but not the default one, you can use the -w option.

Eg if Chrome is your default browser, but you want ionic serve to use Firefox instead, you can do something like

ionic serve -w "path/to/firefox.exe" or just ionic serve -w firefox if Firefox is in the path.

More info on ionic serve options:

• http://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/cli/serve/
• ionic serve --help

Answer 3

ionic serve --no-open is the new command. The no-browser has been deprecated