How to automatically reinstall module in Odoo

Question

I have a setup Odoo on our local system

In Odoo 11 whenever I customized or made changes in module then I have to Reinstall the app.

Is there any other way by which I do not have to reinstall every time?

Answer 1

After every change of the source code (Python code), you have to restart the Odoo service.

Changes in XML/JS/CSS files won't require a service restart, but the module has to be reinstalled.

To make this auto install every time you run the Odoo service, do as the following:

1. Create in your Module dir, a file <module_dir>/data/<module_name>_updater.xml

    <odoo> <data> <function model="ir.module.module" name="update_list"/> </data> </odoo>

2. Add this file to your __manifest__.py file.

    'data': [ ..., 'data/<module_name>_updater.xml', ... ],

3. Run your Odoo service with

   If you run your service by the executable python file

   /bin/odoo -u <module_name>

   If you run your service with service odoo start , then add this line to your odoo.conf file

   [options] update = <module_name>