title: Phonegap window.open does not work on Android
body: <p>I have an iOS/Android app built on cordova 2.6 and jqm 1.3. I need to open a link to an external website after the user clicks on a button. The code I am using is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var ref = window.open('http://google.com','_self','location=yes');
  ref.addEventListener('loadstart',function(event) {
      console.log('load started');
  });
  ref.addEventListener('loadstop',function(event) {    
      console.log('load stopped');
  });
  ref.addEventListener('loaderror',function(event) {
      console.log('load error = ' + JSON.stringify(event));
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>On iOS everything performs like I would expect. A new browser window opens with the google website loaded. But I cannot get anything to to load in Android. When I click on the button, nothing happens. I have put in console statements before and after the window.open, so I know the code is at least being executed.</p>
  
  <p>My config.xml should be wide open for white listed sites:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;access origin=".*"/&gt;;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have tested on a Nexus 7 (android 4.2) and an android 2.2 emulator with the same results on both.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know why window.open would not be firing correctly on android?</p>