Enable Cookies in your phoneGap app and open http/ https links in safari

AppDelegate.m

- (id) init
{	
	/** 
	 * Enable cookies
	 **/
	NSHTTPCookieStorage *cookieStorage = [NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage]; 
	[cookieStorage setCookieAcceptPolicy:NSHTTPCookieAcceptPolicyAlways]; 
	NSHTTPCookie *cookie; 
	for (cookie in [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] 
					cookies]) { 
		NSLog(@"%@", [cookie description]); 
	}
	
    return [super init];
}


- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView *)theWebView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType
{
	NSURL *url = [request URL];
	
	if ([[url scheme] isEqualToString:@"http"] || [[url scheme] isEqualToString:@"https"])
	{
		[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
		return NO;
	}
	else
	{
		return [ super webView:theWebView 
	shouldStartLoadWithRequest:request 
				navigationType:navigationType ];
	}

}

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