Watchface app-settings inaccessible for side-loaded watchface not yet submitted to store

Hello,

I am developing a watchface, which has some settings-to-be-tweaks-via-CIQ-app-settings, and which has not been published to the CIQ store yet (as I am still in dev phase, and in the meantime sideloading it to my VA4),

And have the following issues,  which I am guessing might have to do with the fact the watchface (its UUID) is not registered in the CIQ store,

However I might be doing something wrong or missing some step(s), and therefore seeking for an advice/guidance on how to work around/resolve them:

android app 'connect': device->selecting my VA4->appearance->watch faces:

issue 1: on that screen, my watchface icon shows up as a gray rectangle, rather than use the icon I have made for it

- manifest.xml: launcherIcon="@Drawables.launcherIcon"

- resources/drawables/drawables.xml: <bitmap id="launcherIcon" filename="launcherIcon35x35.png" />

- 'launcherIcon35x35.png' is in same folder as drawables.xml

issue 2: on that screen, when I select my watchface, there is no 'settings' button, and rather only 'uninstall' and 'view in store' buttons.

Could anyone advise ?