How to hide apple watch app for specific version

Question

I am developing an apple watch app.
I want the app to be available only to users using watch OS 2.1 and above.

Is it possible that I hide the watch app for users running Watch OS 2.0 or less. If not is there a way I can detect the paired watch's OS version and show a message on phone app?

Answer 1

Select your Watch app target in Xcode and then go to Build Settings . In the deployment section, select 'watchOS 2.1' for the watchOS deployment target

This won't actually hide your app from the app list in the iOS Watch App, but if "show on Apple Watch" is selected, the installation will fail.