Setting background color & deleting an object after changing screens

Description

I’m converting an app I built from V7.11 to V8.1 and have the most of it done.
I’m facing an issue where I am unable to set the background color of the main screen object. No matter what I do, it stays white and I can only override it by using the following line of code:

 lv_obj_set_style_bg_color(lv_scr_act(), LV_COLOR_MAKE(0, 0, 0), LV_STATE_DEFAULT);

Also, I seem to have a memory leak each time I navigate back and forth between screens.
What’s the best way to delete a screen object after it has been animated out?

What MCU/Processor/Board and compiler are you using?

Teensy Micromod (IMXRT1062)

What LVGL version are you using?

V8.1

What do you want to achieve?

Change the background color & delete the main screen object after animating out to another screen.

What have you tried so far?

See code example below

Code to reproduce

lv_obj_t * gaugeScreen; // This is a global object and various screens are assigned to this object to be displayed

void openScreen(){
  static lv_style_t mainScreen;
  lv_style_init(&mainScreen);
  lv_style_set_bg_color(&mainScreen, lv_color_hex(0x000000));
  lv_style_set_border_width(&mainScreen, 0);
  lv_style_set_radius(&mainScreen, 0);

  lv_obj_t * obj0 = lv_obj_create(gaugeScreen); // Main screen object. Everything else is assigned to this object
  lv_obj_remove_style_all(obj0);
  lv_obj_set_size(obj0, 480, 320);
  lv_obj_set_pos(obj0, 0,0);  
  lv_obj_add_style(obj0, &mainScreen, LV_PART_MAIN);
  lv_obj_set_scrollbar_mode(obj0, LV_SCROLLBAR_MODE_OFF);
}

I thought I was the only one! I have the same issue!

Try setting the opacity to cover.

That did the trick!
Definitely have to get used to v8, although a lot of things dont makes sense as opposed to how they worked in v7