How to hide the back button from the status bar on the Apple Watch?

Question

I want to hide the back button from my Apple Watch app from the status bar.

I used the programmable segue to navigate. But I want to to hide/disable the back button. Is it possible?

Answer 1

This is how you do it:

WKInterfaceController.reloadRootControllersWithNames(
     ["myInterfaceController"], contexts: []
)

Where myInterfaceController is the identifier of the destination Interface Controller.

Thanks to Harvant for the pointer.

Answer 2

If you check the docs for WKInterfaceController, you'll see there's no API to accomplish what you're looking for: https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/WatchKit/Reference/WKInterfaceController_class/

The best you can do is change the text of the title/button or adjust the tint color.