Phonegap Build - Android and iOS Skype Video Call URI - Video Not Automatically Working?

Phonegap Build - Android and iOS Skype Video Call URI - Video Not
Automatically Working?

I'm using Phonegap to build my html page into an app, and I'm using
skype's UKI scheme to initiate calls to a user and automatically turn on
the user's camera.
skype:username?call&video=true
skype:username?call&video=1
Tried both ways, and it just doesn't work on Android or iPhone. It will
work, however, on the desktop, both Mac and PC (firefox, not Chrome).
Clicking the link opens Skype on mobile, but it seems that it says the
call failed before it really had a chance to dial (no real dial tone, ends
quickly).
I tried this initially with just a webpage, I then thought the permissions
were insufficient so I decided to build it with Phonegap, same issue
mentioned.
What's the deal? This is supposed to be a cross platform URI scheme???
Do I have to get down and dirty with some Java? I haven't tried it yet,
but I will if I must (not a Java guy).
Skype's doc has a tutorial on getting URI's working on Android, but I
figured you wouldn't need that with a standard URI link.