UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle: @"Some Title" message: @"You look very nice today." delegate: self cancelButtonTitle: @"OK" otherButtonTitles: nil]; [alert show]; [alert release];If you want to know what got tapped, use a delegate method. The cancel button is index zero.- (void) alertView: (UIAlertView *) alertView clickedButtonAtIndex: (NSInteger) buttonIndex { NSLog(@"foobage! %d", buttonIndex); } // clickedButtonAtIndex