Get safe area inset top and bottom heights

Question

On the new iPhone X, what would be the most proper way to get both top and bottom height for the unsafe areas?

Answer 1

Swift 5 Extension

This can be used as a Extension and called with: UIApplication.topSafeAreaHeight

extension UIApplication {
    static var topSafeAreaHeight: CGFloat {
        var topSafeAreaHeight: CGFloat = 0
         if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
               let window = UIApplication.shared.windows[0]
               let safeFrame = window.safeAreaLayoutGuide.layoutFrame
               topSafeAreaHeight = safeFrame.minY
             }
        return topSafeAreaHeight
    }
}

Extension of UIApplication is optional, can be an extension of UIView or whatever is preferred, or probably even better a global function.