pageshow and pagehide events
demonstrates prevPage and nextPage
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0rc2/jquery.mobile-1.0rc2.min.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0rc2/jquery.mobile-1.0rc2.min.js"></script>
<body>
<div data-role="page" id="page_1">
<div data-role="header">
<h1>Page 1</h1>
</div>
<div data-role="content">
<a href="#page_2">To Page 2</a>
</div>
</div>
<div data-role="page" id="page_2" data-add-back-btn="true">
<div data-role="header">
<h1>Page 2</h1>
</div>
<div data-role="content">
<a href="#page_1">To Page 1</a>
</div>
</div>
</body>
JavaScript
$(document).bind('pageshow', function(event, data) {
console.log("pageshow --> previous page: " + data.prevPage.attr('id'));
});
$(document).bind('pagehide', function(event, data) {
alert('hereee');
});