CORS issues on REST calls?

I have been developing my REST calls locally on Chrome with the CORS disabled.

I had read that CORS is not an issue with PhoneGap-based apps.

My app works fine calling a remote server for REST requests via $http.

When I deploy my app to the emulator the http calls are returning 404, I believe a symptom of CORS as this is the behavior I was getting in Chrome before I disabled CORS.

Are there any best practices for handling this?

oh man, fighting CORS can be quiet a headache.
in your config try putting:

$httpProvider.defaults.useXDomain = true;
delete $httpProvider.defaults.headers.common['X-Requested-With'];

and make sure to inject $httpProvider into your config.

Also, make sure to handle preflight on the server side.

P.S. if it’s a 404, I don’t think it is necessarily CORS related. I believe you should be getting a 500

Since you’re getting a 404 and it’s working in chrome I don’t think this is a CORS issue. Are you emulating on iOS or Android? You can open the web inspector on either to check the status of your preflight.


https://developer.apple.com/safari/tools/

Make sure you’re still not trying to hit localhost because this will not work on a device/emulator.

I got CORS working by just enabling it on my server (node.js) and I didn’t have to do anything like @mlovekovsky 's suggestion.

http://enable-cors.org/