jQuery Mobile background image not showing on a full screen iPad web app

Question

I have set a background on the data-role="page" element like so

<div data-role="page" style="background: transparent url('img/background.jpg') no-repeat;" >

It works perfectly fine on a desktop browser and on the iPad safari browser.

The issue I am having is that when you add the website to the home screen as an 'app' and it is a full screen web app. It doesn't show the background...

I have tried setting it via a style sheet and inline and both ways give me the same issue.

I am completely out of ideas as to why this wouldn't work.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

In the end this is what worked for me.

<div data-role="page" id="home" style="background: #000000 
    url('img/background.jpg') repeat;">

wouldn't work via a css file.

Answer 2

Apply this to the element:

.#target-element {
    background : transparent url(YOUR_URL) 0 0 no-repeat fixed !important;
    background-size : cover;
}​

Answer 3

Try with this

<style type="text/css">
.ui-page 
{

    background-image: url("img1.jpg");
    background-attachment:fixed;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: 100%;
}
</style>

Answer 4

In your CSS file:

[data-role=page] {
    background: transparent url('img/background.jpg') no-repeat;
}

Answer 5

Create a css class and end every attribute with !important to over-rule framework css. Thats why it is working inline only