diff --git a/Signal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Signal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 18f085045..9d8a52cfc 100644
--- a/Signal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Signal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
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 		451166C01FD86B98000739BA /* AccountManager.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 451166BF1FD86B98000739BA /* AccountManager.swift */; };
+		451573962061B49500803601 /* GradientView.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 451573952061B49500803601 /* GradientView.swift */; };
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@@ -843,6 +844,7 @@
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@@ -1504,6 +1506,7 @@
 				340CB2231EAC155C0001CAA1 /* ContactsViewHelper.m */,
 				346129D11FD2085A00532771 /* CommonStrings.swift */,
 				45BE4EA12012AD2000935E59 /* DisappearingTimerConfigurationView.swift */,
+				451573952061B49500803601 /* GradientView.swift */,
 				346129CF1FD207F200532771 /* OWSAlerts.swift */,
 				454A965E1FD60EA2008D2A0E /* OWSFlatButton.swift */,
 				3400C7971EAFB772008A8584 /* ThreadViewHelper.h */,
@@ -3049,6 +3052,7 @@
 				346129D01FD207F300532771 /* OWSAlerts.swift in Sources */,
 				454A965F1FD60EA3008D2A0E /* OWSFlatButton.swift in Sources */,
 				346129B61FD1F7E800532771 /* ProfileFetcherJob.swift in Sources */,
+				451573962061B49500803601 /* GradientView.swift in Sources */,
 				346129F51FD5F31400532771 /* OWS102MoveLoggingPreferenceToUserDefaults.m in Sources */,
 				45194F8F1FD71FF500333B2C /* ThreadUtil.m in Sources */,
 				451F8A3B1FD71297005CB9DA /* UIUtil.m in Sources */,
diff --git a/SignalMessaging/Views/GradientView.swift b/SignalMessaging/Views/GradientView.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0d256340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SignalMessaging/Views/GradientView.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2018 Open Whisper Systems. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+public class GradientView: UIView {
+
+    let gradientLayer = CAGradientLayer()
+
+    public required init(from fromColor: UIColor, to toColor: UIColor) {
+        gradientLayer.colors = [fromColor.cgColor, toColor.cgColor]
+        super.init(frame: CGRect.zero)
+
+        self.layer.addSublayer(gradientLayer)
+    }
+
+    public required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
+        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
+    }
+
+    public override func layoutSubviews() {
+        super.layoutSubviews()
+        gradientLayer.frame = self.bounds
+    }
+}
diff --git a/SignalMessaging/attachments/AttachmentApprovalViewController.swift b/SignalMessaging/attachments/AttachmentApprovalViewController.swift
index 6efb357c4..a29f4275d 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/attachments/AttachmentApprovalViewController.swift
+++ b/SignalMessaging/attachments/AttachmentApprovalViewController.swift
@@ -472,28 +472,6 @@ extension AttachmentApprovalViewController: UIScrollViewDelegate {
     }
 }
 
-// TODO extract into it's own file
-public class GradientView: UIView {
-
-    let gradientLayer = CAGradientLayer()
-
-    public required init(from fromColor: UIColor, to toColor: UIColor) {
-        gradientLayer.colors = [fromColor.cgColor, toColor.cgColor]
-        super.init(frame: CGRect.zero)
-
-        self.layer.addSublayer(gradientLayer)
-    }
-
-    public required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
-        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
-    }
-
-    public override func layoutSubviews() {
-        super.layoutSubviews()
-        gradientLayer.frame = self.bounds
-    }
-}
-
 protocol CaptioningToolbarDelegate: class {
     func captioningToolbarDidTapSend(_ captioningToolbar: CaptioningToolbar, captionText: String?)
     func captioningToolbarDidBeginEditing(_ captioningToolbar: CaptioningToolbar)