iPhone X hide home indicator on view controller

Question

I have a view controller that takes up the whole screen from top to bottom. I would like to hide the home bar indicator on the bottom of the screen on iPhone X devices.

How can I do this in iOS 11?

Answer 1

You should override prefersHomeIndicatorAutoHidden in your view controller to achieve that:

override var prefersHomeIndicatorAutoHidden: Bool {
    return true
}