Version 2.18.8 python loading vector layers - cannot name vector layer

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Author Name: Holly Brown (Holly Brown)
Original Redmine Issue: 16614
Affected QGIS version: 2.18.8
Redmine category:pyqgis_console

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To load a vector layer to the map canvas and layers panel I have been using this command:
layer = iface.addVectorLayer("/path/to/shapefile/file.shp", "layer name you like", "ogr")

With the recent QGIS update, I am able to properly load vector layers to the map canvas, but the naming scheme automatically sets to an undesired output in the layers panel:
"layer name you like" "file name" "Geometry type"
Example:
Nomenclature NP_Nomenclature Point

Simply renaming the layer works just fine, but I would like a functionality where I can load and name the layer at one time.

Thanks!

Holly

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Related issue(s): #23434 (relates), #24500 (relates)
Redmine related issue(s): 15510, 16598

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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• resolution was changed from wontfix to

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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• crashes_corrupts_data was changed from 1 to 0

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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• relates was configured as Adding PostGIS layers from the browser or DB-Manager crashes QGIS (mini-dump) #24500

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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• relates was configured as layers naming inconsitencies  #23434

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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End of life notice: QGIS 2.18 LTR

Source:
http://blog.qgis.org/2019/03/09/end-of-life-notice-qgis-2-18-ltr/

QGIS 3.4 has recently become our new Long Term Release (LTR) version. This is a major step in our history – a long term release version based on the massive updates, library upgrades and improvements that we carried out in the course of the 2.x to 3x upgrade cycle.

We strongly encourage all users who are currently using QGIS 2.18 LTR as their preferred QGIS release to migrate to QGIS 3.4. This new LTR version will receive regular bugfixes for at least one year. It also includes hundreds of new functions, usability improvements, bugfixes, and other goodies. See the relevant changelogs for a good sampling of all the new features that have gone into version 3.4

Most plugins have been either migrated or incorporated into the core QGIS code base.

We strongly discourage the continued use of QGIS 2.18 LTR as it is now officially unsupported, which means we’ll not provide any bug fix releases for it.

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• resolution was changed from to end of life
• status_id was changed from Open to Closed