UIView with gradient layer not conforming to constraints set

In viewDidLoad, I instantiate a UIView and add a gradient layer to that UIView.

This works well on iPhone, but on iPad, UIView does not stretch out to fill the entire screen. Please note the following screenshot for iPad sim.

iPad simulator screenshot

I have attempted adding constraints both programmatically and by using XCode.

It seems that once I add the CAGradientLayer, the UIView does not conform to the constraints that I set, either programmatically or using XCode tools.

Sample Code:

gradientLayer = CAGradientLayer()
gradientLayer.frame = self.view.bounds
gradientLayer.locations = [0.5, 1.0]
gradient_View.backgroundColor = UIColor.blueColor()
let color1 = self.opus_Page_Background_Color.CGColor as CGColorRef
let color4 = self.opus_Page_Tertiary_Color.CGColor as CGColorRef
gradientLayer.colors = [color1, color4]
self.gradient_View.frame = self.view.bounds
self.gradient_View.layer.insertSublayer(gradientLayer, atIndex: 0)
gradient_View.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
let leadingConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: gradient_View, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Leading, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Leading, multiplier: 1, constant: 0) leadingConstraint.active = true view.addConstraint(leadingConstraint)
let trailingConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: gradient_View, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Trailing, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Trailing, multiplier: 1, constant: 0) trailingConstraint.active = true view.addConstraint(trailingConstraint)
let widthConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: gradient_View, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Width, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem: nil, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.NotAnAttribute, multiplier: 1, constant: 100) view.addConstraint(widthConstraint)
let heightConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: gradient_View, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Height, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem: nil, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.NotAnAttribute, multiplier: 1, constant: 100) view.addConstraint(heightConstraint) NSLayoutConstraint.activateConstraints([leadingConstraint, trailingConstraint, widthConstraint, heightConstraint])