PhoneGap/Cordova: Open a url in the same UIWebView programmatically

gistfile1.js

    function openInWebView(url)
    {
        var anchor = document.createElement('a');
        anchor.setAttribute('href', url);
        //anchor.setAttribute('target', '_self');
        
        var dispatch = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents')
        dispatch.initEvent('click', true, true);
        
        anchor.dispatchEvent(dispatch);
    }