Setting Page As An iOS Web App You can setup a few meta tags to tell iOS that your site can be added to the Home Screen as a web app. Once launched from there, all of the Safari elements are hidden. <!– DON'T LET USER ADJUST SIZE –> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=no"> <!– […]

  Use $.mobile.fixedToolbars.show() and $.mobile.fixedToolbars.hide() to show and hide the fixed toolbars. The toolbars can be full screen or just fixed. You can’t hide real fixed toolbars for iOS5 and above. By default, they are shown and hidden using a fade transition.  //show the toolbars immediately without fade animation $.mobile.fixedToolbars.show(true);