I found out that this grey bar is actually the system tray that can be disabled on the N9 device: http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1868 Another way is to run the app in fullscreen by default, or to use PageStackWindow, but for that I would need to change my port to use the Qt Quick Components . http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=3636 I put a new build online and added a separate build for N9 that starts in full screen. Davy