According to jQuery Mobile documentation ( http://api.jquerymobile.com/page-loading/ ), "The page loading widget handles the task of displaying the loading dialog when jQuery Mobile pulls in content via Ajax". According to my debugger, that is true. However, the listview takes long enough to load after the AJAX is done that there's still a period of time with a blank screen.
Any suggestions for how to keep the default loading message going even after the Ajax request is done?