diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 296e9d8..da4ee66 100755
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
       </feature>
     </config-file>
 
-    <header-file src="src/ios/lib/iToast.h"/>
-    <source-file src="src/ios/lib/iToast.m"/>
+    <header-file src="src/ios/Toast+UIView.h"/>
+    <source-file src="src/ios/Toast+UIView.m"/>
     <header-file src="src/ios/Toast.h"/>
     <source-file src="src/ios/Toast.m"/>
+
+    <framework src="QuartzCore.framework" />
   </platform>
 
   <!-- android -->
diff --git a/src/ios/Toast+UIView.h b/src/ios/Toast+UIView.h
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..652ef35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ios/Toast+UIView.h
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ 
+Toast+UIView.h
+Toast
+Version 2.2
+
+Copyright (c) 2013 Charles Scalesse.
+ 
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+ 
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ 
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ 
+***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+
+@interface UIView (Toast)
+
+// each makeToast method creates a view and displays it as toast
+- (void)makeToast:(NSString *)message;
+- (void)makeToast:(NSString *)message duration:(NSTimeInterval)interval position:(id)position;
+- (void)makeToast:(NSString *)message duration:(NSTimeInterval)interval position:(id)position image:(UIImage *)image;
+- (void)makeToast:(NSString *)message duration:(NSTimeInterval)interval position:(id)position title:(NSString *)title;
+- (void)makeToast:(NSString *)message duration:(NSTimeInterval)interval position:(id)position title:(NSString *)title image:(UIImage *)image;
+
+// displays toast with an activity spinner
+- (void)makeToastActivity;
+- (void)makeToastActivity:(id)position;
+- (void)hideToastActivity;
+
+// the showToast methods display any view as toast
+- (void)showToast:(UIView *)toast;
+- (void)showToast:(UIView *)toast duration:(NSTimeInterval)interval position:(id)point;
+
+@end
diff --git a/src/ios/Toast+UIView.m b/src/ios/Toast+UIView.m
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0c6b97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ios/Toast+UIView.m
@@ -0,0 +1,363 @@
+//
+//  Toast+UIView.m
+//  Toast
+//  Version 2.2
+//
+//  Copyright 2013 Charles Scalesse.
+//
+
+#import "Toast+UIView.h"
+#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
+#import <objc/runtime.h>
+
+/*
+ *  CONFIGURE THESE VALUES TO ADJUST LOOK & FEEL,
+ *  DISPLAY DURATION, ETC.
+ */
+
+// general appearance
+static const CGFloat CSToastMaxWidth            = 0.8;      // 80% of parent view width
+static const CGFloat CSToastMaxHeight           = 0.8;      // 80% of parent view height
+static const CGFloat CSToastHorizontalPadding   = 10.0;
+static const CGFloat CSToastVerticalPadding     = 10.0;
+static const CGFloat CSToastCornerRadius        = 10.0;
+static const CGFloat CSToastOpacity             = 0.8;
+static const CGFloat CSToastFontSize            = 16.0;
+static const CGFloat CSToastMaxTitleLines       = 0;
+static const CGFloat CSToastMaxMessageLines     = 0;
+static const NSTimeInterval CSToastFadeDuration = 0.2;
+
+// shadow appearance
+static const CGFloat CSToastShadowOpacity       = 0.8;
+static const CGFloat CSToastShadowRadius        = 6.0;
+static const CGSize  CSToastShadowOffset        = { 4.0, 4.0 };
+static const BOOL    CSToastDisplayShadow       = YES;
+
+// display duration and position
+static const NSString * CSToastDefaultPosition  = @"bottom";
+static const NSTimeInterval CSToastDefaultDuration  = 3.0;
+
+// image view size
+static const CGFloat CSToastImageViewWidth      = 80.0;
+static const CGFloat CSToastImageViewHeight     = 80.0;
+
+// activity
+static const CGFloat CSToastActivityWidth       = 100.0;
+static const CGFloat CSToastActivityHeight      = 100.0;
+static const NSString * CSToastActivityDefaultPosition = @"center";
+
+// interaction
+static const BOOL CSToastHidesOnTap             = YES;     // excludes activity views
+
+// associative reference keys
+static const NSString * CSToastTimerKey         = @"CSToastTimerKey";
+static const NSString * CSToastActivityViewKey  = @"CSToastActivityViewKey";
+
+@interface UIView (ToastPrivate)
+
+- (void)hideToast:(UIView *)toast;
+- (void)toastTimerDidFinish:(NSTimer *)timer;
+- (void)handleToastTapped:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer;
+- (CGPoint)centerPointForPosition:(id)position withToast:(UIView *)toast;
+- (UIView *)viewForMessage:(NSString *)message title:(NSString *)title image:(UIImage *)image;
+- (CGSize)sizeForString:(NSString *)string font:(UIFont *)font constrainedToSize:(CGSize)constrainedSize lineBreakMode:(NSLineBreakMode)lineBreakMode;
+
+@end
+
+
+@implementation UIView (Toast)
+
+#pragma mark - Toast Methods
+
+- (void)makeToast:(NSString *)message {
+    [self makeToast:message duration:CSToastDefaultDuration position:CSToastDefaultPosition];
+}
+
+- (void)makeToast:(NSString *)message duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration position:(id)position {
+    UIView *toast = [self viewForMessage:message title:nil image:nil];
+    [self showToast:toast duration:duration position:position];  
+}
+
+- (void)makeToast:(NSString *)message duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration position:(id)position title:(NSString *)title {
+    UIView *toast = [self viewForMessage:message title:title image:nil];
+    [self showToast:toast duration:duration position:position];  
+}
+
+- (void)makeToast:(NSString *)message duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration position:(id)position image:(UIImage *)image {
+    UIView *toast = [self viewForMessage:message title:nil image:image];
+    [self showToast:toast duration:duration position:position];  
+}
+
+- (void)makeToast:(NSString *)message duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration  position:(id)position title:(NSString *)title image:(UIImage *)image {
+    UIView *toast = [self viewForMessage:message title:title image:image];
+    [self showToast:toast duration:duration position:position];  
+}
+
+- (void)showToast:(UIView *)toast {
+    [self showToast:toast duration:CSToastDefaultDuration position:CSToastDefaultPosition];
+}
+
+- (void)showToast:(UIView *)toast duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration position:(id)point {
+    toast.center = [self centerPointForPosition:point withToast:toast];
+    toast.alpha = 0.0;
+    
+    if (CSToastHidesOnTap) {
+        UITapGestureRecognizer *recognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:toast action:@selector(handleToastTapped:)];
+        [toast addGestureRecognizer:recognizer];
+        toast.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
+        toast.exclusiveTouch = YES;
+    }
+    
+    [self addSubview:toast];
+    
+    [UIView animateWithDuration:CSToastFadeDuration
+                          delay:0.0
+                        options:(UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseOut | UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction)
+                     animations:^{
+                         toast.alpha = 1.0;
+                     } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
+                         NSTimer *timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:duration target:self selector:@selector(toastTimerDidFinish:) userInfo:toast repeats:NO];
+                         // associate the timer with the toast view
+                         objc_setAssociatedObject (toast, &CSToastTimerKey, timer, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
+                     }];
+    
+}
+
+- (void)hideToast:(UIView *)toast {
+    [UIView animateWithDuration:CSToastFadeDuration
+                          delay:0.0
+                        options:(UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseIn | UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState)
+                     animations:^{
+                         toast.alpha = 0.0;
+                     } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
+                         [toast removeFromSuperview];
+                     }];
+}
+
+#pragma mark - Events
+
+- (void)toastTimerDidFinish:(NSTimer *)timer {
+    [self hideToast:(UIView *)timer.userInfo];
+}
+
+- (void)handleToastTapped:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer {
+    NSTimer *timer = (NSTimer *)objc_getAssociatedObject(self, &CSToastTimerKey);
+    [timer invalidate];
+    
+    [self hideToast:recognizer.view];
+}
+
+#pragma mark - Toast Activity Methods
+
+- (void)makeToastActivity {
+    [self makeToastActivity:CSToastActivityDefaultPosition];
+}
+
+- (void)makeToastActivity:(id)position {
+    // sanity
+    UIView *existingActivityView = (UIView *)objc_getAssociatedObject(self, &CSToastActivityViewKey);
+    if (existingActivityView != nil) return;
+    
+    UIView *activityView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, CSToastActivityWidth, CSToastActivityHeight)];
+    activityView.center = [self centerPointForPosition:position withToast:activityView];
+    activityView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor blackColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:CSToastOpacity];
+    activityView.alpha = 0.0;
+    activityView.autoresizingMask = (UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleRightMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleTopMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleBottomMargin);
+    activityView.layer.cornerRadius = CSToastCornerRadius;
+    
+    if (CSToastDisplayShadow) {
+        activityView.layer.shadowColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
+        activityView.layer.shadowOpacity = CSToastShadowOpacity;
+        activityView.layer.shadowRadius = CSToastShadowRadius;
+        activityView.layer.shadowOffset = CSToastShadowOffset;
+    }
+    
+    UIActivityIndicatorView *activityIndicatorView = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc] initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleWhiteLarge];
+    activityIndicatorView.center = CGPointMake(activityView.bounds.size.width / 2, activityView.bounds.size.height / 2);
+    [activityView addSubview:activityIndicatorView];
+    [activityIndicatorView startAnimating];
+    
+    // associate the activity view with self
+    objc_setAssociatedObject (self, &CSToastActivityViewKey, activityView, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
+    
+    [self addSubview:activityView];
+    
+    [UIView animateWithDuration:CSToastFadeDuration
+                          delay:0.0
+                        options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseOut
+                     animations:^{
+                         activityView.alpha = 1.0;
+                     } completion:nil];
+}
+
+- (void)hideToastActivity {
+    UIView *existingActivityView = (UIView *)objc_getAssociatedObject(self, &CSToastActivityViewKey);
+    if (existingActivityView != nil) {
+        [UIView animateWithDuration:CSToastFadeDuration
+                              delay:0.0
+                            options:(UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseIn | UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState)
+                         animations:^{
+                             existingActivityView.alpha = 0.0;
+                         } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
+                             [existingActivityView removeFromSuperview];
+                             objc_setAssociatedObject (self, &CSToastActivityViewKey, nil, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
+                         }];
+    }
+}
+
+#pragma mark - Helpers
+
+- (CGPoint)centerPointForPosition:(id)point withToast:(UIView *)toast {
+    if([point isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
+        // convert string literals @"top", @"bottom", @"center", or any point wrapped in an NSValue object into a CGPoint
+        if([point caseInsensitiveCompare:@"top"] == NSOrderedSame) {
+            return CGPointMake(self.bounds.size.width/2, (toast.frame.size.height / 2) + CSToastVerticalPadding);
+        } else if([point caseInsensitiveCompare:@"bottom"] == NSOrderedSame) {
+            return CGPointMake(self.bounds.size.width/2, (self.bounds.size.height - (toast.frame.size.height / 2)) - CSToastVerticalPadding);
+        } else if([point caseInsensitiveCompare:@"center"] == NSOrderedSame) {
+            return CGPointMake(self.bounds.size.width / 2, self.bounds.size.height / 2);
+        }
+    } else if ([point isKindOfClass:[NSValue class]]) {
+        return [point CGPointValue];
+    }
+    
+    NSLog(@"Warning: Invalid position for toast.");
+    return [self centerPointForPosition:CSToastDefaultPosition withToast:toast];
+}
+
+- (CGSize)sizeForString:(NSString *)string font:(UIFont *)font constrainedToSize:(CGSize)constrainedSize lineBreakMode:(NSLineBreakMode)lineBreakMode {
+    if ([string respondsToSelector:@selector(boundingRectWithSize:options:attributes:context:)]) {
+        NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
+        paragraphStyle.lineBreakMode = lineBreakMode;
+        NSDictionary *attributes = @{NSFontAttributeName:font, NSParagraphStyleAttributeName:paragraphStyle};
+        CGRect boundingRect = [string boundingRectWithSize:constrainedSize options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin attributes:attributes context:nil];
+        return CGSizeMake(ceilf(boundingRect.size.width), ceilf(boundingRect.size.height));
+    }
+
+    return [string sizeWithFont:font constrainedToSize:constrainedSize lineBreakMode:lineBreakMode];
+}
+
+- (UIView *)viewForMessage:(NSString *)message title:(NSString *)title image:(UIImage *)image {
+    // sanity
+    if((message == nil) && (title == nil) && (image == nil)) return nil;
+
+    // dynamically build a toast view with any combination of message, title, & image.
+    UILabel *messageLabel = nil;
+    UILabel *titleLabel = nil;
+    UIImageView *imageView = nil;
+    
+    // create the parent view
+    UIView *wrapperView = [[UIView alloc] init];
+    wrapperView.autoresizingMask = (UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleRightMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleTopMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleBottomMargin);
+    wrapperView.layer.cornerRadius = CSToastCornerRadius;
+    
+    if (CSToastDisplayShadow) {
+        wrapperView.layer.shadowColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
+        wrapperView.layer.shadowOpacity = CSToastShadowOpacity;
+        wrapperView.layer.shadowRadius = CSToastShadowRadius;
+        wrapperView.layer.shadowOffset = CSToastShadowOffset;
+    }
+
+    wrapperView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor blackColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:CSToastOpacity];
+    
+    if(image != nil) {
+        imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];
+        imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit;
+        imageView.frame = CGRectMake(CSToastHorizontalPadding, CSToastVerticalPadding, CSToastImageViewWidth, CSToastImageViewHeight);
+    }
+    
+    CGFloat imageWidth, imageHeight, imageLeft;
+    
+    // the imageView frame values will be used to size & position the other views
+    if(imageView != nil) {
+        imageWidth = imageView.bounds.size.width;
+        imageHeight = imageView.bounds.size.height;
+        imageLeft = CSToastHorizontalPadding;
+    } else {
+        imageWidth = imageHeight = imageLeft = 0.0;
+    }
+    
+    if (title != nil) {
+        titleLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
+        titleLabel.numberOfLines = CSToastMaxTitleLines;
+        titleLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:CSToastFontSize];
+        titleLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentLeft;
+        titleLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
+        titleLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
+        titleLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
+        titleLabel.alpha = 1.0;
+        titleLabel.text = title;
+        
+        // size the title label according to the length of the text
+        CGSize maxSizeTitle = CGSizeMake((self.bounds.size.width * CSToastMaxWidth) - imageWidth, self.bounds.size.height * CSToastMaxHeight);
+        CGSize expectedSizeTitle = [self sizeForString:title font:titleLabel.font constrainedToSize:maxSizeTitle lineBreakMode:titleLabel.lineBreakMode];
+        titleLabel.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, expectedSizeTitle.width, expectedSizeTitle.height);
+    }
+    
+    if (message != nil) {
+        messageLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
+        messageLabel.numberOfLines = CSToastMaxMessageLines;
+        messageLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:CSToastFontSize];
+        messageLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
+        messageLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
+        messageLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
+        messageLabel.alpha = 1.0;
+        messageLabel.text = message;
+        
+        // size the message label according to the length of the text
+        CGSize maxSizeMessage = CGSizeMake((self.bounds.size.width * CSToastMaxWidth) - imageWidth, self.bounds.size.height * CSToastMaxHeight);
+        CGSize expectedSizeMessage = [self sizeForString:message font:messageLabel.font constrainedToSize:maxSizeMessage lineBreakMode:messageLabel.lineBreakMode];
+        messageLabel.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, expectedSizeMessage.width, expectedSizeMessage.height);
+    }
+    
+    // titleLabel frame values
+    CGFloat titleWidth, titleHeight, titleTop, titleLeft;
+    
+    if(titleLabel != nil) {
+        titleWidth = titleLabel.bounds.size.width;
+        titleHeight = titleLabel.bounds.size.height;
+        titleTop = CSToastVerticalPadding;
+        titleLeft = imageLeft + imageWidth + CSToastHorizontalPadding;
+    } else {
+        titleWidth = titleHeight = titleTop = titleLeft = 0.0;
+    }
+    
+    // messageLabel frame values
+    CGFloat messageWidth, messageHeight, messageLeft, messageTop;
+
+    if(messageLabel != nil) {
+        messageWidth = messageLabel.bounds.size.width;
+        messageHeight = messageLabel.bounds.size.height;
+        messageLeft = imageLeft + imageWidth + CSToastHorizontalPadding;
+        messageTop = titleTop + titleHeight + CSToastVerticalPadding;
+    } else {
+        messageWidth = messageHeight = messageLeft = messageTop = 0.0;
+    }
+
+    CGFloat longerWidth = MAX(titleWidth, messageWidth);
+    CGFloat longerLeft = MAX(titleLeft, messageLeft);
+    
+    // wrapper width uses the longerWidth or the image width, whatever is larger. same logic applies to the wrapper height
+    CGFloat wrapperWidth = MAX((imageWidth + (CSToastHorizontalPadding * 2)), (longerLeft + longerWidth + CSToastHorizontalPadding));    
+    CGFloat wrapperHeight = MAX((messageTop + messageHeight + CSToastVerticalPadding), (imageHeight + (CSToastVerticalPadding * 2)));
+                         
+    wrapperView.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, wrapperWidth, wrapperHeight);
+    
+    if(titleLabel != nil) {
+        titleLabel.frame = CGRectMake(titleLeft, titleTop, titleWidth, titleHeight);
+        [wrapperView addSubview:titleLabel];
+    }
+    
+    if(messageLabel != nil) {
+        messageLabel.frame = CGRectMake(messageLeft, messageTop, messageWidth, messageHeight);
+        [wrapperView addSubview:messageLabel];
+    }
+    
+    if(imageView != nil) {
+        [wrapperView addSubview:imageView];
+    }
+        
+    return wrapperView;
+}
+
+@end
diff --git a/src/ios/Toast.m b/src/ios/Toast.m
index 7ded471..8cd96ad 100755
--- a/src/ios/Toast.m
+++ b/src/ios/Toast.m
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #import "Toast.h"
-#import <Cordova/CDV.h> // TODO: required?
-#import "lib/iToast.h"
+#import "Toast+UIView.h"
+#import <Cordova/CDV.h>
 
 @implementation Toast
 
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
   // TODO pass in
   NSInteger drTime = iToastDurationShort;
 
-  [[[[iToast makeText:NSLocalizedString(message, @"")]
-       setGravity:grv offsetLeft:0 offsetTop:0] setDuration:drTime] show];
+  [self.view makeToast:@"This is a piece of toast."];
+
+//  [[[[iToast makeText:NSLocalizedString(message, @"")]
+//       setGravity:grv offsetLeft:0 offsetTop:0] setDuration:drTime] show];
 
 }