Loading a custom framework when Shotgun Desktop loads a project?

[philip.scadding]

Hey @Ricardo_Musch sorry this dropped off our radar.

As far as I know, the engine does not have a recognized frameworks section.
The engine or apps may require the frameworks in their info.yml files.

But if you have the framework defined in the environment files under the frameworks section

shotgunsoftware/tk-config-default2/blob/master/env/project.yml#L59

then you can import it in an app or engine hook.

How can I load a Toolkit framework in my hook?

Toolkit frameworks can be useful for writing code that can be then reused in a number of different Apps or Engines. Normally if you are writing a custom App or Engine, you would import the framework using sgtk.platform.import_framework(), and this requires that the App sets the framework as a dependency in the app’s info.yml. Frameworks in App hooks However, if you want to use a framework, in an App hook you can do so using the Hook class’s load_framework() . This method allows you to impo…

Since the framework can’t be called from a core hook, I’m not sure if a framework approach will work for you here.