I would like to prevent the UIAlertController from dismissing.
UIAlertController
I have a UIAlertAction that simply appends a string into the UIAlertTextFie
UIAlertAction
Pretty much the same question is answered here
Text field on alert supports paste option, so there is no real reason to have separate button on alert to indicate "paste" option.
Otherwise you should mimic UIAlertController and reimplement it with desiread behavior.