This feature, built into Cordova 2.3.0, will take the place of ChildBrowser for me. Here are the steps to take to preview it yourself.
1. Download the zip file from https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios
2. Zip file opens as: cordova-ios-master
3. In Terminal, type cd and a space and drag the cordova-ios-master directory’s bin/ directory to the Terminal.
4. Hit Return.
5. Add your version of the following groups of information and hit Return (replace with your own path; there shouldn’t be spaces in your directory names):
./create /Users/Steve/Documents/PhoneGap_apps/PhoneGap_apps/inAppBrowserTest com.companyname.inAppBrowserTest inAppBrowserTest
6. In index.html after the <body> tag, add and save file:
<div style=”padding:1em 2em;”>
<a href=”#” onclick=”window.open(‘http://iphonedevlog.wordpress.com’, ‘_blank’, ‘location=no’);”>without location bar</a>
<br><br>
<a href=”#” onclick=”window.open(‘http://iphonedevlog.wordpress.com’, ‘_blank’);”>with location bar</a>
<br><br>
<a href=”#” onclick=”window.open(‘http://iphonedevlog.wordpress.com’);”>shown in web view ‘)</a>
<br><br>
<a href=”#” onclick=”window.open(‘http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEcCGN7diwU’, ‘_system’);”>system browser</a></div>
7. Open in Xcode and click on Run to test!
Use _blank to show non-whitelisted URLs in inAppBrowser.
Use location=no to refrain from showing the location bar. It is shown by default, so you can leave off location=no or location=yes and the path URL will be shown above the Done button at bottom.
More in the wiki at http://wiki.apache.org/cordova/InAppBrowser
Other setup instructions: https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/blob/master/FirstRun.md
