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self.view.backgroundColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@”bgs/fileinbundle.png”]];

importing code that basically converts raw data to Core Data entities

It may not be obvious but UIAlertView could be created and presented in one line of code. The reason is to avoid local variable to hold the view instance while it’s created, displayed and autoreleased.