iOS 11 safe area layout guide backwards compatibility

Question

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

Answer 1

Here is my iOS 9 to iOS 11+ solution wrapper in swift 4+

    let safeAreaTopAnchor:NSLayoutYAxisAnchor?
    if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
        safeAreaTopAnchor = contentView.safeAreaLayoutGuide.topAnchor
    } else {
        // Fallback on earlier versions

        var parentViewController: UIViewController? {
            var parentVCResponder: UIResponder? = self
            while parentVCResponder != nil {
                parentVCResponder = parentVCResponder!.next
                if let viewController = parentVCResponder as? UIViewController {
                    return viewController
                }
            }
            return nil
        }

        safeAreaTopAnchor = parentViewController?.topLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor

    }