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The issue I'm having is that the label is anchored to the bottom edge of the screen when it should be anchored to the safe area layout guide. which will bring the label above the iPhone line.

Here's the code...

class CustomTableViewController: UITableViewController {



   override func viewDidLoad() {

       super.viewDidLoad()



       tableView.tableFooterView = UIView(frame: .zero)

       tableView.backgroundView = CustomBackgroundView()

   } 



}

.

class CustomBackgroundView: UIView {



   override init(frame: CGRect) {

       super.init(frame: frame)

       setupSubviews()

   }



   required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {

       fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")

   }



   private func setupSubviews() {

       let label = UILabel()

       label.text = "Hello, World!"

       label.textAlignment = .center

       label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false



       addSubview(label)



       label.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerXAnchor).isActive = true

       label.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeAreaLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor).isActive = true

   } 



}

You are seeing this behavior because every UIView has its own SafeAreaLayoutGuide. Per default the SafeAreaLayoutGuide of a generic UIView subclass does not include the Safe Areas that you are looking for. You have to use the SafeAreaLayoutGuide of your table view.

You could do something like this:

class CustomBackgroundView: UIView {



    var safetyAreaBottomAnchor: NSLayoutYAxisAnchor? {

        didSet {

            guard let safetyAreaBottomAnchor = safetyAreaBottomAnchor else { return }

            label.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safetyAreaBottomAnchor).isActive = true

        }

    }



    private let label = UILabel()



    override init(frame: CGRect) {

        super.init(frame: frame)

        setupSubviews()

    }



    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {

        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")

    }



    private func setupSubviews() {

        label.text = "Hello, World!"

        label.textAlignment = .center

        label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false



        addSubview(label)



        label.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerXAnchor).isActive = true

    } 

}

And then in your UITableViewController do this:

override func viewDidLoad() {

    super.viewDidLoad()

    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

    let customBackgroundView = CustomBackgroundView()

    tableView.tableFooterView = UIView(frame: .zero)

    tableView.backgroundView = customBackgroundView



    customBackgroundView.safetyAreaBottomAnchor = tableView.safeAreaLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor

}