Add preliminary support of PyInstaller on AppVeyor

.appveyor.yml

@@ -12,33 +12,30 @@ init:
   - conda install python=3.5 -y
   - conda install pywin32 -y
   - conda install -c conda-forge pyside2 -y
-  - pip install twisted py2exe zope.interface
+  - pip install twisted pyinstaller zope.interface
   - type nul > C:\Miniconda\envs\syncplay\lib\site-packages\zope\__init__.py
   - pip freeze
   - conda list
 
 install:
   - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%
   - for /F "tokens=2 delims='" %%a in ('findstr version syncplay\__init__.py') do @set ver=%%a
-  - python buildPy2exe.py
-  - del syncplay_v%ver%\lib\api-*
-  - del syncplay_v%ver%\lib\DNSAPI.dll
-  - del syncplay_v%ver%\lib\IPHLPAPI.dll
-  - del syncplay_v%ver%\lib\MPR.dll
-  - mkdir syncplay_v%ver%\platforms
-  - copy C:\Miniconda\envs\syncplay\library\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll syncplay_v%ver%\platforms\
-  - copy Syncplay-%ver%-Setup.exe Syncplay-%ver%-Setup-Py3-PySide2.exe
+  - pyinstaller pyinstaller-onefile.spec
+  - move dist\Syncplay.exe Syncplay-%ver%-win-Py3-PySide2.exe
+  - del build /s /Q
+  - del dist /s /Q
+  - pyinstaller pyinstaller-onedir.spec
 
 # Not a project with an msbuild file, build done at install.
 build: off
 
 artifacts:
-  - path: 'syncplay_v$(ver)'
+  - path: 'dist'
     type: zip
     name: Syncplay-$(ver)-win-py3-pyside2
 
-  - path: Syncplay-$(ver)-Setup-Py3-PySide2.exe
-    name: Syncplay-$(ver)-win-setup-py3-pyside2
+  - path: Syncplay-$(ver)-win-Py3-PySide2.exe
+    name: Syncplay-$(ver)-win-py3-pyside2
 
 # Push artefact to S3 bucket and list all
 before_deploy:

.gitignore

@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ dist.7z
 .*
 !.travis.yml
 !.appveyor.yml
+__pycache__

pyinstaller-onedir.spec

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# -*- mode: python -*-
+
+block_cipher = None
+
+
+a = Analysis(['syncplayClient.py'],
+             pathex=['C:\\Users\\Alberto\\Documents\\syncplay-py3-qtpy-pyside2'],
+             binaries=[],
+             datas=[('resources/*', 'resources')],
+             hiddenimports=['PySide2', 'PySide2.QtCore', 'PySide2.QtWidgets'],
+             hookspath=[],
+             runtime_hooks=[],
+             excludes=[],
+             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
+             win_private_assemblies=False,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+exe = EXE(pyz,
+          a.scripts,
+          exclude_binaries=True,
+          name='Syncplay',
+          debug=False,
+          strip=False,
+          upx=True,
+          console=False,
+          icon='resources/icon.ico')
+coll = COLLECT(exe,
+               a.binaries,
+               a.zipfiles,
+               a.datas,
+               strip=False,
+               upx=True,
+               name='Syncplay')

pyinstaller-onefile.spec

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# -*- mode: python -*-
+
+block_cipher = None
+
+
+a = Analysis(['syncplayClient.py'],
+             pathex=['C:\\Users\\Alberto\\Documents\\syncplay-py3-qtpy-pyside2'],
+             binaries=[],
+             datas=[('resources/*', 'resources')],
+             hiddenimports=['PySide2', 'PySide2.QtCore', 'PySide2.QtWidgets'],
+             hookspath=[],
+             runtime_hooks=[],
+             excludes=[],
+             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
+             win_private_assemblies=False,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+exe = EXE(pyz,
+          a.scripts,
+          a.binaries,
+          a.zipfiles,
+          a.datas,
+          name='Syncplay',
+          debug=False,
+          strip=False,
+          upx=False,
+          runtime_tmpdir=None,
+          console=False,
+          icon='resources/icon.ico')

syncplay/players/vlc.py

@@ -373,7 +373,10 @@ def _usevlcintf(vlcIntfPath, vlcIntfUserPath):
                 self.__playerController.drop(getMessage("vlc-interface-version-mismatch").format(self.oldIntfVersion,constants.VLC_INTERFACE_MIN_VERSION))
 
             else:
-                self.__process = subprocess.Popen(call, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+                if isWindows() and getattr(sys, 'frozen', '') and getattr(sys, '_MEIPASS', '') is not None: #Needed for pyinstaller --onefile bundle
+                    self.__process = subprocess.Popen(call, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=False, creationflags=0x08000000)
+                else:
+                    self.__process = subprocess.Popen(call, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)                
                 self.timeVLCLaunched = time.time()
                 if self._shouldListenForSTDOUT():
                     for line in iter(self.__process.stderr.readline, ''):

syncplay/utils.py

@@ -143,12 +143,16 @@ def findWorkingDir():
         path = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
     elif frozen in ('dll', 'console_exe', 'windows_exe', 'macosx_app'):
         path = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))))
+    elif frozen: #needed for PyInstaller
+        if getattr(sys, '_MEIPASS', '') is not None:
+            path = getattr(sys, '_MEIPASS', '') #--onefile
+        else:
+            path = os.path.dirname(sys.executable) #--onedir
     else:
         path = ""
     return path
 
 def getResourcesPath():
-
     if isWindows():
         return findWorkingDir() + "\\resources\\"
     else: