iOS 11 safe area layout guide backwards compatibility

Question

Is enabling Safe Area Layout Guides compatible to iOS below 11?

Answer 1

When you have a generic ViewController that all your ViewControllers extend, another solution would be to put the items that should be adjusted in an IBOutletCollection and adjust them programmatically in that GenericViewController. Here's my code :

@IBOutlet var adjustTopSpaceViews: [UIView]?

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    adjustViews()
    ....
}

func adjustViews() {
    guard let views = adjustTopSpaceViews,
        ProcessInfo.processInfo.operatingSystemVersion.majorVersion < 11 else {
            return
    }
    let statusBarHeight = UIApplication.shared.statusBarFrame.height
    for subview in views {
        subview.superview?.constraints.filter({ (constraint) -> Bool in
            return constraint.firstAttribute == .top
                && constraint.secondAttribute == .top
                && (constraint.firstItem as? UIView == subview || constraint.secondItem as? UIView == subview)
        }).forEach({ (constraint) in
            constraint.constant += (constraint.firstItem as? UIView == subview) ? statusBarHeight : -statusBarHeight
        })
    }
}