How can I customize an iOS alert view?

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I set up my own UIViewController which I can skin with my own images. I generally only use one or two buttons, so I hide the second button if it’s not being used. The view is actually the size of the entire screen, so it blocks touches behind it, but it is mostly transparent, so the background shows through.

When bringing it in, I use a few animations to make it bounce like Apple’s alert view. Something like this works:

-(void)initialDelayEnded {
    self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, 0.001, 0.001);
    self.view.alpha = 1.0;
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:kTransitionDuration/1.5];
    [UIView setAnimationDelegate:self];
    [UIView setAnimationDidStopSelector:@selector(bounce1AnimationStopped)];
    self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, 1.1, 1.1);
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}

- (void)bounce1AnimationStopped {
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:kTransitionDuration/2];
    [UIView setAnimationDelegate:self];
    [UIView setAnimationDidStopSelector:@selector(bounce2AnimationStopped)];
    self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, 0.9, 0.9);
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}

- (void)bounce2AnimationStopped {
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:kTransitionDuration/2];
    self.view.transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}

I have the possibility of a short delay built into the class, so initialDelayEnded is called when that delay is over.

When initializing, I pass in an object and selector I want called when each button is pressed, and then I call the appropriate selector on the object when a button is pressed.

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