Try this,
- (void)AlertServer:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer*)sender {
if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded) {
alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Server" message:@"" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:@"Okay", nil];
alertView.alertViewStyle = UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput;
myTextField = [alertView textFieldAtIndex:0];
myTextField.text=mainString;
[alertView show];
[alertView release];
}
else if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan){
NSLog(@"UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan.");
//Do Whatever You want on Began of Gesture
}
}