Can I set the color of the safe areas programmatically?

In GameViewController I do set the safeAreaLayouts. My only problem is that the top and bottom safe areas (iPhone X) are white.

Now I can change them via Main.storyboard. However, am working (or learning) my way to create apps without any storyboards.

Besides, perhaps I may to vary the background colors of the safeAreas.

So was looking for a way to do it with coding. Since I am hear, is there a way to also change the color of the text in the status bar as well?

Am pasting the complete code for GVC, just in case that has something to do with my question.

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import UIKit
import SpriteKit
class GameViewController: UIViewController {
    
    public let myView : SKView = {
        let myView = SKView()
        myView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        return myView
    }()
    private func addConstraints(){
         var constraints = [NSLayoutConstraint]()
        //add
         constraints.append(myView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.leadingAnchor))
         constraints.append(myView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.trailingAnchor))
         constraints.append(myView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor))
         constraints.append(myView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.topAnchor))
        //activate
         NSLayoutConstraint.activate(constraints)
     }
 
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        #if DEBUG
            print ("GVC viewDidLoad")
        #endif
        
//        if let view = self.view as! SKView?
            
            view.addSubview(myView)
            addConstraints()
            var scene : GameScene!
//        var scene = GameScene(size: myView.frame.size)
//        let scene = GameScene(size: myView.frame.size)
            DispatchQueue.main.async { [self] in scene = GameScene(size: myView.frame.size )
                
                scene.anchorPoint = CGPoint(x: 0.0, y: 0.0)
                scene.backgroundColor   = .clear
                scene.scaleMode         = .aspectFit
                myView.isHidden           = false
                myView.ignoresSiblingOrder    = true
                myView.showsFPS               = true
                myView.showsNodeCount         = true
                myView.showsPhysics           = true
                myView.presentScene(scene)
            }
        
    }
    override func viewWillLayoutSubviews() {
        super.viewWillLayoutSubviews()
    }
    override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
        super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
        #if DEBUG
            print ("GVC viewDidLayoutSubviews")
        #endif
        getScreenDimensions (screen: &screenDims)
        if myGlobalVars.safeSceneRect == .zero {
            myGlobalVars.sceneRect = view.frame
            myGlobalVars.sceneRect = myView.frame
        }
        
        if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
            myGlobalVars.topSafeArea    = view.safeAreaInsets.top
            myGlobalVars.bottomSafeArea = view.safeAreaInsets.bottom
        } else {
            myGlobalVars.topSafeArea    = topLayoutGuide.length
            myGlobalVars.bottomSafeArea = bottomLayoutGuide.length
        }
    }
    
    override var shouldAutorotate: Bool {
        return false
    }
    override var supportedInterfaceOrientations: UIInterfaceOrientationMask {
        if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone {
            return .portraitUpsideDown
        } else {
            return .all
        }
    }
    override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
        return false
    }
}

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    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        view.backgroundColor = .red
        //...
    }