does jquery mobile work for a single page that is meant to be displayed in a frame?

does jquery mobile work for a single page that is meant to be displayed in a frame?

My portion of an app. only has control (and lives within) a frame that another document controls (and I don't have access to). I'm a newbie to jquery mobile, and I tried to create a minimal interface for this new 'mobile app' within this frame, but the framework does not seem to be doing its job (in the sense that it does not appear to be detecting the fact that I'm viewing the site with a mobile device, so the header and footer of this minimal page appear as they would when viewed using a desktop).
Could somebody clarify whether jquery mobile could be used in such situation, and if so, what are the specifics to make it work?  Thanks in advance.