Add kv path to kivy.resources and app config

Allows app launch from outside of project root
nocarryr · Jun 22, 2018 · 61f729b · 61f729b
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diff --git a/vidhubcontrol/kivyui/main.py b/vidhubcontrol/kivyui/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import os
 import json
 import threading
 import asyncio
 
+from kivy.resources import resource_add_path
 from kivy.logger import Logger
 from kivy.clock import Clock, mainthread
 from kivy.app import App
@@ -24,6 +26,9 @@
 from vidhubcontrol.kivyui.smartview import SmartViewWidget
 from vidhubcontrol.kivyui.newdevice import NewDevicePopup
 
+APP_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+resource_add_path(APP_PATH)
+
 APP_SETTINGS = [
     {
         'type':'title',
@@ -210,6 +215,9 @@ class VidhubControlApp(App):
     popup_widget = ObjectProperty(None, allownone=True)
     aio_loop = ObjectProperty(None)
     async_server_loop = ObjectProperty(None)
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        kwargs['kv_directory'] = APP_PATH
+        super(VidhubControlApp, self).__init__(**kwargs)
     def build_config(self, config):
         for section_name, section in APP_SETTINGS_DEFAULTS.items():
             config.setdefaults(section_name, section)

diff --git a/vidhubcontrol/kivyui/vidhubcontrol.kv b/vidhubcontrol/kivyui/vidhubcontrol.kv
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#:include vidhubcontrol/kivyui/vidhubview.kv
-#:include vidhubcontrol/kivyui/vidhubedit.kv
-#:include vidhubcontrol/kivyui/vidhubpresetedit.kv
-#:include vidhubcontrol/kivyui/smartview.kv
-#:include vidhubcontrol/kivyui/newdevice.kv
-#:include vidhubcontrol/kivyui/utils.kv
+#:include vidhubview.kv
+#:include vidhubedit.kv
+#:include vidhubpresetedit.kv
+#:include smartview.kv
+#:include newdevice.kv
+#:include utils.kv
 
 RootWidget:
     app: app