Trying to mimic the Apple iPad popover style - ipad

My sincere apologies if this question has been asked, but I really couldn't find it.
Essentially, I am trying to mimic the look of the popovers used by the built-in Apple applications. In particular, not the popovers that use a tableview list, but rather those popovers that only have buttons inside.
For example, in the Mail app, clicking the left-facing arrow on the top right of the screen, a popover is shown with four buttons: Reply, Reply All, Forward, Print.
How is this particular popup created to give that look?
I have tried making my own UIViewController with a black background and Round Rect Buttons, but it doesn't look the same. Any help would be much appreciated!
Thank you.

It's a UIActionSheet. On iPad, it gets a "popover" appearance if it's not presented from within another popover.

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