Hi Michael,
Hiding the address bar in Android is very unreliable, causes flicker and leads to unexpected results on different devices. That's why hiding the address bar is not supported by Kendo UI Mobile in Android. Of course, if you use PhoneGap, there's no address bar in it.
Greetings,
Kamen Bundev
the Telerik team
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