dropped external dependency for http.request

As the cordova repo is offline soon, we really don’t need a version
check, as it just slow down start-up performance when app in debug.

fixed http:// call for External on iOS, added better URL-Detection for
KML and GroundOverlay (support for all valid NSURL Types on iOS)

Author: Hirbod

plugin.xml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<plugin id="plugin.google.maps" version="1.3.0" xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+<plugin id="plugin.google.maps" version="1.3.1" xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
     <name>phonegap-googlemaps-plugin</name>
     <js-module name="phonegap-googlemaps-plugin" src="www/googlemaps-cdv-plugin.js">
         <clobbers target="plugin.google.maps" />
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
     <engines>
       <engine name="cordova" version=">=3.5.0" />
     </engines>
-    
-    <dependency id="plugin.http.request" />
-    
+        
     <!-- android -->
     <platform name="android">
         <preference name="API_KEY_FOR_ANDROID" />

src/android/plugin/google/maps/GoogleMaps.java

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
-import plugin.http.request.HttpRequest;
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.app.Activity;
@@ -151,6 +150,8 @@ public void run() {
 
           try {
 
+            /*
+              
             JSONArray params = new JSONArray();
             params.put("get");
             params.put("http://plugins.cordova.io/api/plugin.google.maps");
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ public void sendPluginResult(PluginResult pluginResult) {
                 }
               }
             });
+            */
           } catch (Exception e) {}
         }
       });

src/ios/GoogleMaps/External.m

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ -(void)launchNavigation:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand *)command
       [NSString stringWithFormat: @"comgooglemaps-x-callback://?%@", [params componentsJoinedByString: @"&"], nil];
   } else {
     directionsRequest =
-      [NSString stringWithFormat: @"http://maps.apple.com/?saddr=%@&daddr=%@",
+      [NSString stringWithFormat: @"https://maps.apple.com/?saddr=%@&daddr=%@",
         from, to, nil];
   }
   NSURL *directionsURL = [NSURL URLWithString:directionsRequest];

src/ios/GoogleMaps/GroundOverlay.m

@@ -129,9 +129,8 @@ - (void)_setImage:(GMSGroundOverlay *)layer urlStr:(NSString *)urlStr completion
     return;
   }
 
-  
-  range = [urlStr rangeOfString:@"http://"];
-  if (range.location == NSNotFound) {
+  NSURL *isUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:urlStr];
+  if (!isUrl || !isUrl.scheme || isUrl.host) {
     layer.icon = [UIImage imageNamed:urlStr];
     [self.mapCtrl.overlayManager setObject:layer.icon forKey: id];
     completionHandler(nil);

src/ios/GoogleMaps/KmlOverlay.m

@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ -(void)createKmlOverlay:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand *)command
   }
 
 
-  range = [urlStr rangeOfString:@"http://"];
-  if (range.location == NSNotFound) {
+   NSURL *isUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:urlStr];
+   if (!isUrl || !isUrl.scheme || !isUrl.host) {
     tbxml = [tbxml initWithXMLFile:urlStr error:&error];
   } else {
     NSURLRequest *req = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlStr]];