Use .qrc file to icons and splashscreen

download_db_window.ui

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Download database</string>
   </property>
+  <property name="windowIcon">
+   <iconset resource="icon.qrc">
+    <normaloff>:/icons/Artemis3.ico</normaloff>:/icons/Artemis3.ico</iconset>
+  </property>
   <property name="styleSheet">
    <string notr="true"/>
   </property>
@@ -78,6 +82,8 @@ Please wait...</string>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
- <resources/>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="icon.qrc"/>
+ </resources>
  <connections/>
 </ui>

icon.qrc

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<RCC>
+  <qresource prefix="icons">
+    <file>Artemis3.500px.png</file>
+    <file>Artemis3.ico</file>
+  </qresource>
+</RCC>

main.py

@@ -38,9 +38,12 @@ from utilities import (checksum_ok,
                        is_undef_freq,
                        is_undef_band,
                        change_unit,
-                       format_numbers)
+                       format_numbers,
+                       resource_path,)
 
-qt_creator_file = "main_window.ui"
+import icon_rc
+
+qt_creator_file = resource_path("main_window.ui")
 Ui_MainWindow, _ = uic.loadUiType(qt_creator_file)
 
 
@@ -1033,7 +1036,7 @@ class MyApp(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     my_app = QApplication(sys.argv)
-    img = QPixmap("Artemis3.500px.png")
+    img = QPixmap(":/icons/Artemis3.500px.png")
     # img = img.scaled(600, 600, aspectRatioMode = Qt.KeepAspectRatio)
     splash = QSplashScreen(img)
     splash.show()

main_window.ui

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
    <string>ARTEMIS3</string>
   </property>
   <property name="windowIcon">
-   <iconset>
+   <iconset resource="icon.qrc">
-    <normaloff>splash.jpg</normaloff>splash.jpg</iconset>
+    <normaloff>:/icons/Artemis3.ico</normaloff>:/icons/Artemis3.ico</iconset>
   </property>
   <property name="styleSheet">
    <string notr="true"/>
@@ -4909,6 +4909,8 @@ QSlider::handle:horizontal {
    <header>double_text_button.h</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
- <resources/>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="icon.qrc"/>
+ </resources>
  <connections/>
 </ui>

utilities.py

@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 from functools import partial
 import hashlib
 import re
+import sys
+import os
 from pandas import read_csv
 
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMessageBox
 
 import constants
 
+def resource_path(relative_path):
+    try:
+        base_path = sys._MEIPASS
+    except Exception:
+        base_path = os.path.abspath(".")
+    return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)
 
 def uncheck_and_emit(button):
     if button.isChecked():