Cross-domain requests using PhoneGap and jQuery doesn't work

Question

I\'m creating a PhoneGap app for Android. To get data from the (remote) server I make a REST call using jQuery\'s $.ajax() function. There are a few things you must know:

Answer 1

Adding this to the config.xml saved me

I was baffled as to why any outside resource did not load, even google maps and my remote debugging tool. This saved me!