Django 1.9 can not find newapp

Question

I have worked with django 1.7 and recently started new project with django 1.9. The major difference with starting a new app was that new app is created with apps.py file. I rea

Answer 1

If your app is inside the "myapps" directory, you still need to include that in the path: "myapps.newapp.apps.NewAppConfig".

Answer 2

If your apps directory is in the myapps directory, then check the following:

1. Your myapps directory should have an __init__.py

2. Include myapps in the path when you include the app in INSTALLED_APPS, i.e. 'myapps.newapp.apps.NewAppConfig',

3. Include myapps in the app config's name attribute:

   class NewAppConfig(AppConfig):
       name = 'myapps.newapp'