PhoneGap 1.4.1 hack to load external url - override in MainViewController.m

gistfile1.m

// 0. Override these in your MainViewController.m
// 1. your .startPage is http://www.google.com for example, set in your AppDelegate.m
// 2. don't forget to add that url in your whitelist

static BOOL isExternalUrlHack = NO;
- (NSString*) pathForResource:(NSString*)resourcepath;
{
    if ([self.startPage isEqualToString:resourcepath] && [self.startPage hasPrefix:@"http://"]) {
        isExternalUrlHack = YES;
        // return non-nil so it doesn't fail
        return resourcepath;
    }
    
	return [super pathForResource:resourcepath];
}

- (void) webView:(UIWebView*)theWebView didFailLoadWithError:(NSError*)error 
{
    NSLog(@"Failed to load webpage with error: %@", [error localizedDescription]);
    /*
	 if ([error code] != NSURLErrorCancelled)
	 alert([error localizedDescription]);
     */
    
    if (isExternalUrlHack) {
        // load our external url
        NSURL* appURL = [NSURL URLWithString:self.startPage];
        NSURLRequest *appReq = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:appURL cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy timeoutInterval:20.0];
        [theWebView loadRequest:appReq];
    }
}