- (IBAction)alert:(id)sender {

alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Hello"

message:@"I will dismiss later..."

delegate:nil

cancelButtonTitle:@"Dismiss now" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];

[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:3.0f ?target:self ?selector:@selector(dismissAlertView:) ?userInfo:nil ?repeats:NO];

[alertView show];

}

- (void)dismissAlertView:(NSTimer*)timer {

NSLog(@"Dismiss alert view");

[alertView dismissWithClickedButtonIndex:0 animated:YES];

}