diff --git a/types/react-native-popup-dialog/index.d.ts b/types/react-native-popup-dialog/index.d.ts
index c295a21ca2..5ddb40e0b2 100644
--- a/types/react-native-popup-dialog/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-native-popup-dialog/index.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-// Type definitions for react-native-popup-dialog 0.9
+// Type definitions for react-native-popup-dialog 1.0
 // Project: https://github.com/jacklam718/react-native-popup-dialog/blob/master/README.md
 // Definitions by: Paito Anderson <https://github.com/PaitoAnderson>
 //                 connectdotz <https://github.com/connectdotz>
+//                 Michele Bombardi <https://github.com/bm-software>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.6
 
@@ -83,4 +84,7 @@ export class SlideAnimation {
 export class DialogButton extends React.Component<DialogButtonProps, any> { }
 export class DialogTitle extends React.Component<DialogTitleProps, any> { }
 export class Overlay extends React.Component<OverlayProps, any> { }
-export default class PopupDialog extends React.Component<PopupDialogProps, any> { }
+export default class PopupDialog extends React.Component<PopupDialogProps, any> {
+    show(onShown?: () => void): void;
+    dismiss(onDismissed?: () => void): void;
+}
diff --git a/types/react-native-popup-dialog/react-native-popup-dialog-tests.tsx b/types/react-native-popup-dialog/react-native-popup-dialog-tests.tsx
index fdc53cfb88..379d4fd788 100644
--- a/types/react-native-popup-dialog/react-native-popup-dialog-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/react-native-popup-dialog/react-native-popup-dialog-tests.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
+import { StyleSheet, View, Button } from 'react-native';
 import PopupDialog, {
     DialogTitle,
     DialogButton,
@@ -13,26 +13,52 @@ const scaleAnimation = new ScaleAnimation();
 const fadeAnimation = new FadeAnimation({ animationDuration: 150 });
 
 class Test extends React.Component<any> {
+    fadingPopupDialog: PopupDialog | null;
+    scalingPopupDialog: PopupDialog | null;
+    slidingPopupDialog: PopupDialog | null;
+
+    showPopupDialog(popupDialog: PopupDialog | null) {
+        if (popupDialog !== null) {
+            popupDialog.show(() => console.log('show callback'));
+        }
+    }
+
+    dismissPopupDialog(popupDialog: PopupDialog | null) {
+        if (popupDialog !== null) {
+            popupDialog.dismiss(() => console.log('dismiss callback'));
+        }
+    }
+
     render() {
         return (
             <View>
-                <PopupDialog
+                <Button
+                    onPress={() => this.showPopupDialog(this.fadingPopupDialog)}
+                    title="Show Fading Dialog" />
+                <Button
+                    onPress={() => this.showPopupDialog(this.scalingPopupDialog)}
+                    title="Show Scaling Dialog" />
+                <Button
+                    onPress={() => this.showPopupDialog(this.slidingPopupDialog)}
+                    title="Show Sliding Dialog" />
+
+                <PopupDialog ref={(popupDialog) => this.fadingPopupDialog = popupDialog}
                     dialogTitle={<DialogTitle title="Popup Dialog - Fade Animation" />}
                     dialogAnimation={fadeAnimation}
                 />
-                <PopupDialog
+                <PopupDialog ref={(popupDialog) => this.scalingPopupDialog = popupDialog}
                     dialogTitle={<DialogTitle title="Popup Dialog - Scale Animation" />}
                     dialogAnimation={scaleAnimation}
                     actions={[
                         <DialogButton
                             text="CLOSE"
-                            onPress={(event) => { }}
+                            onPress={(event) => this.dismissPopupDialog(this.scalingPopupDialog)}
                             textStyle={{ color: "red" }}
                             key="button-1"
                         />,
                     ]}
                 />
-                <PopupDialog
+                <PopupDialog ref={(popupDialog) => this.slidingPopupDialog = popupDialog}
                     dialogTitle={<DialogTitle title="Popup Dialog - Slide Animation" />}
                     width={300}
                     height={300}