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-Bryce Curtis (5):
-      [CB-352] Support initializing DroidGap with existing WebView, WebViewClient and webViewChrome.     [CB-353] Create PluginEntry object to use by PluginManager.
-      [CB-367] Back button event should fire on key up not key down     Also changed menu key and search key to be consistent.
-      Tests to verify Android native features.
-      [CB-423] Problem displaying patch-9 splash screen.
-      Update project template cordova.js reference and title.
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-Fil Maj (6):
-      switched from "require" syntax to "cordova.require"
-      cordova.require("cordova") is pretty funny. wish i didnt write it
-      updates to JS: removing require+define from global scope, tweaking geolocation code, online/offline events fire on document now
-      removed old javascript files and removed unused target + commented out lines in build.xml
-      spacing fixes, null check in getPhoneType in contacts, returning error integers instead of objects in contacts
-      updating network status plugin label and updating cordova-js to latest
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-Joe Bowser (11):
-      We show the default 404 on non-resolved domains
-      Fixing CB-210 with patch and adding fix for CB-210
-      Tweaked File Transfer to fix CB-74
-      Changing to the modern icon
-      Added temporary Cordova splash for now
-      Checking for the callback server before we call sendJavascript for the Kindle Fire, CB-247
-      Fixing CB-343: We need to respect the whitelist
-      Fixing a bug with File Upload on Android where Chunked mode isn't used by default
-      First stab at CB-21, I really need more info before I can close this
-      Tagged 1.6rc1
-      Fixing the template, since this doesn't have to be unit tested. :)
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-macdonst (12):
-      CB-383: Fixes issue with misspelled destinationType for Camera.getPicture()
-      Fix for CB-389: resolveLocalFileSystemURI does not work on a resized image captured from Camera.getPicture()
-      Fixing license header in com.phonegap.api.PluginManager
-      CB-321: Media API: 'mediaSuccess' callback param to new Media() is called soon after new obj created
-      CB-163: contactFindOptions.filter does not work as expected on Android
-      CB-426: camera.getPicture ignores mediaType in 1.5
-      Updating cordova.android.js for CB-421 and CB-426
-      CB-438: File metadata.modificationTime returns an invalid date
-      Return MediaError object and not error code from native side of Media API
-      CB-446: Enhance setting data source for local files in AudioPlayer
-      CB-453: FileWriter.append - Chinese characters are not appended to the file correctly
-      CB-446: Enhance setting data source for local files in AudioPlayer
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