Display a new view from within a custom control - xamarin.ios

Question

I have a custom button which inherits from UIButton. I'm handling the TouchUpInside event and want to display a view on top of the current View. Is there such a thing as Dialogs like in Windows development? Or should I do this in another way?
[MonoTouch.Foundation.Register("HRPicker")]
public class HRPicker : UIButton
{
public HRPicker () : base()
{
SetUp();
}
public HRPicker(NSCoder coder) : base(coder)
{
SetUp();
}
public HRPicker(NSObjectFlag t) : base(t)
{
SetUp();
}
public HRPicker(IntPtr handle) : base(handle)
{
SetUp();
}
public HRPicker(RectangleF frame) : base(frame)
{
SetUp();
}
public void SetUp()
{
TouchUpInside += HandleTouchUpInside;
}
void HandleTouchUpInside (object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//I want to display a View here on top of the current one.
}
}
Thanks,

Answer 1

Yes, you have a couple options:
ModalViewController - is called from any UIViewController and overlays a ViewController in the foreground.
UIPopoverController - is a native control that takes a UIViewController and has hooks for presentation and dismissal
WEPopoverController - is a re-implementation of UIPopoverController and allows you to customize the layout, size, and color of the Popover container.
ModalViewController: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UIViewController_Class/Reference/Reference.html
UIPopoverController: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UIPopoverController_class/Reference/Reference.html
WEPopoverController: https://github.com/mono/monotouch-bindings/tree/master/WEPopover
Update: Regardless of which option you use you must call the presentation of the Popover / Modal view from the main thread:
using(var pool = new NSAutoReleasePool()) {
pool.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(()=>{
// Run your awesome code on the
// main thread here, dawg.
});
}

Answer 2

The equivalent of dialog in Cocoa is UIAlertView: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UIAlertView_Class/UIAlertView/UIAlertView.html
Check out this question for an example of how to use it: Showing an alert with Cocoa
The code should be pretty easy to translate to c# and MonoTouch. But here is a simple example: http://monotouchexamples.com/#19