Please check the attached image. The Viewcontroller\'s view\'s background colour is blue. This colour extends below the status bar and below the home indicator as you can se
In my case I wanted the view at the bottom to have a height of 49. So set the top to be 49 above the bottom layout guide.
Then set the view bottom to the superview bottom.
Now on iPhone X the view extends to the bottom of the phone, and is still has a height of 49 above the safe area, and on other devices the view has a height of 49.