I've had this problem ever since jQuery mobile went 1.4+ 

The existing custom transition documentation simply does not work for the any builds above 1.4. Having looked at the transition demos for 1.4.3, all they say is that you are able to add your own transition handlers, but they give no instruction on how to do that. I've combed the internet and I've combed the source code, and yet I still have no idea how and if it's possible to non intrusively defer the transition mechanism to execute your own code in between.

My specific goal is just to add some time just before transitions start and maybe end, so that I could execute extra animations in between. I don't think there is currently a way to do this safely with the transition event callbacks.

Please let me know if anyone has any thoughts or ideas on the matter.