RPAlertView blocks based wrapper around UIALertView that uses objc_setAssociatedObject to bind the lifetime of the wrapper to the alert view.

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RPAlertView.h

//
//  RPAlertView.h
//  Radiopaedia
//
//  Created by Wesley Moore on 22/11/11.
//  Copyright (c) 2011 TrikeApps. All rights reserved.
//

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

typedef void(^RPAlertViewButtonBlock)(void);

@interface RPAlertView : NSObject <UIAlertViewDelegate>

+ (void)presentError:(NSError *)error;

- (id)initWithTitle:(NSString *)title message:(NSString *)message;
- (void)addButtonWithTitle:(NSString *)title block:(RPAlertViewButtonBlock)buttonBlock;
- (void)show;

@end

RPAlertView.m

//
//  RPAlertView.m
//  Radiopaedia
//
//  Created by Wesley Moore on 22/11/11.
//  Copyright (c) 2011 TrikeApps. All rights reserved.
//

#import <objc/runtime.h>
#import "RPAlertView.h"

@interface RPAlertView ()

@property(nonatomic, retain) UIAlertView *alertView;
@property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *buttons;

@end

@implementation RPAlertView

@synthesize alertView=_alertView;
@synthesize buttons=_buttons;

+ (void)presentError:(NSError *)error
{
    NSString *message = [error localizedDescription];
    if (message == nil) message = NSLocalizedString(@"Cause unknown, no reason given.", @"Unknown error cause message");

    RPAlertView *alert = [[RPAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"Error", nil)
                                                    message:message];
    [alert addButtonWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"OK", nil) block:nil];
    [alert show];
}

- (id)initWithTitle:(NSString *)title message:(NSString *)message
{
    self = [super init];
    if (self != nil) {
        // Associate self with the alert view so that its lifetime is bound to the
        // UIAlertView's.
        // See http://twitter.com/bbum/status/3609098005 for the use of _cmd for the key
        UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:title message:message delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:nil];
        objc_setAssociatedObject(alertView, _cmd, self, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN);
        self.alertView = alertView;
        self.buttons = [NSMutableArray array];
    }

    return self;
}

- (void)addButtonWithTitle:(NSString *)title block:(RPAlertViewButtonBlock)buttonBlock
{
    [self.alertView addButtonWithTitle:title];
    [self.buttons addObject:buttonBlock != nil ? [buttonBlock copy] : [NSNull null]];
}

- (void)show
{
    [self.alertView show];
}

#pragma mark - UIAlertViewDelegate

//- (void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex

- (void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView didDismissWithButtonIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{
    // buttonIndex can be -1 if there are no button on the alert
    if (buttonIndex >= 0 && [self.buttons objectAtIndex:buttonIndex] != [NSNull null]) {
        RPAlertViewButtonBlock block = [self.buttons objectAtIndex:buttonIndex];
        block();
    }

    // Need to clean up the retain cycle between RPAlertView and UIAlertView
    // UIAlertView retains RPAlertView (via obj_setAssociatedObject)
    // RPAlertView retains UIAlertView (via alertView property)

    // This breaks the retain cycle and causes the RPAlertView to be released,
    // which in turn releases this UIAlertView.
    SEL key = @selector(initWithTitle:message:);
    objc_setAssociatedObject(self.alertView, key, nil, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN);
}

@end

Nice code!

Why not just inherit from uialertview and add an instance variable?