@hijjawia
If that is the case, you will also need to sitemap information within the customizations.xml file. Below is one of the example.
<AppModuleSiteMaps>
<AppModuleSiteMap>
<SiteMapUniqueName>uniqueSiteMapName</SiteMapUniqueName>
<EnableCollapsibleGroups>False</EnableCollapsibleGroups>
<ShowHome>True</ShowHome>
<ShowPinned>True</ShowPinned>
<ShowRecents>True</ShowRecents>
<SiteMap IntroducedVersion="undefined">
<Area Id="SFA" ResourceId="Area_Sales" DescriptionResourceId="Sales_Description" Icon="/_imgs/sales_24x24.gif" ShowGroups="true" IntroducedVersion="7.0.0.0">
<Group Id="MyWork" ResourceId="Group_MyWork" DescriptionResourceId="My_Work_Description" IntroducedVersion="7.0.0.0" IsProfile="false" ToolTipResourseId="My_Work_ToolTip">
<Titles>
<Title LCID="1033" Title="My Work"/>
</Titles>
<SubArea Id="nav_dashboards" ResourceId="Homepage_Dashboards" DescriptionResourceId="Dashboards_Description" Icon="/_imgs/area/18_home.gif" Url="/workplace/home_dashboards.aspx" DefaultDashboard="2701de60-8f2a-48a4-8262-4a35ca7441fa" IntroducedVersion="7.0.0.0" GetStartedPanePath="Dashboards_Web_User_Visor.html" GetStartedPanePathAdmin="Dashboards_Web_Admin_Visor.html" GetStartedPanePathAdminOutlook="Dashboards_Outlook_Admin_Visor.html" GetStartedPanePathOutlook="Dashboards_Outlook_User_Visor.html" AvailableOffline="true" PassParams="false"/>
<SubArea Id="NewSubArea_6b480eaf" Icon="/_imgs/imagestrips/transparent_spacer.gif" Entity="task" Client="All,Outlook,OutlookLaptopClient,OutlookWorkstationClient,Web" AvailableOffline="true" PassParams="false" Sku="All,OnPremise,Live,SPLA"/>
</Group>
<Group Id="Account" ResourceId="Group_Customers" DescriptionResourceId="Customers_Description" IntroducedVersion="7.0.0.0" IsProfile="false" ToolTipResourseId="Customers_ToolTip">
<Titles>
<Title LCID="1033" Title="Records"/>
</Titles>
<SubArea Id="NewSubarea_0bf4b3ea" ResourceId="SitemapDesigner.NewSubArea" VectorIcon="/WebResources/msdyn_OmnichannelBase/_imgs/SitemapIcon/PersonalQuickReplies" Icon="/WebResources/msdyn_OmnichannelBase/_imgs/SitemapIcon/PersonalQuickReplies" Url="/_root/main.aspx?appid=64a3a62d-87c2-4a0e-bb51-5242c99b48ee&pagetype=entitylist&etn=account" Client="All,Outlook,OutlookLaptopClient,OutlookWorkstationClient,Web" AvailableOffline="true" PassParams="false" Sku="All,OnPremise,Live,SPLA">
<Titles>
<Title LCID="1033" Title="Providers"/>
</Titles>
</SubArea>
<SubArea Id="subarea_4f1c15cf" VectorIcon="/WebResources/msdyn_OmnichannelBase/_imgs/SitemapIcon/PersonalQuickReplies" Icon="/WebResources/msdyn_OmnichannelBase/_imgs/SitemapIcon/PersonalQuickReplies" Entity="contacts" Client="All,Outlook,OutlookLaptopClient,OutlookWorkstationClient,Web" AvailableOffline="true" PassParams="false" Sku="All,OnPremise,Live,SPLA">
<Titles>
<Title LCID="1033" Title="Customers"/>
</Titles>
</SubArea>
</Group>
<Group Id="Service" ResourceId="SitemapDesigner.NewGroup" DescriptionResourceId="SitemapDesigner.NewGroup" IntroducedVersion="7.0.0.0" IsProfile="false" ToolTipResourseId="SitemapDesigner.Unknown">
<Titles>
<Title LCID="1033" Title="Service"/>
</Titles>
<SubArea Id="NewSubArea_ea318066" Icon="/_imgs/imagestrips/transparent_spacer.gif" Entity="incident" Client="All,Outlook,OutlookLaptopClient,OutlookWorkstationClient,Web" AvailableOffline="true" PassParams="false" Sku="All,OnPremise,Live,SPLA"/>
</Group>
</Area>
</SiteMap>
<LocalizedNames>
<LocalizedName description="Placement App" languagecode="1033"/>
</LocalizedNames>
</AppModuleSiteMap>
</AppModuleSiteMaps>
Hope this helps.
Cheers!
