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dev/example_project/example_project/settings.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.messages",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     "django_cotton",
+    "unspecified_app_directory",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [

dev/example_project/unspecified_app_directory/admin.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.

dev/example_project/unspecified_app_directory/apps.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class UnspecifiedAppDirectoryConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+    name = 'unspecified_app_directory'

dev/example_project/unspecified_app_directory/models.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+# Create your models here.

dev/example_project/unspecified_app_directory/templates/cotton/unspecified_component.html

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+My template was not specified in settings!

dev/example_project/unspecified_app_directory/templates/unspecified_view.html

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<c-unspecified-component />

dev/example_project/unspecified_app_directory/tests.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.

dev/example_project/unspecified_app_directory/views.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.

django_cotton/cotton_loader.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from django.template import Template
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.template import Origin
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.apps import apps
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, MarkupResemblesLocatorWarning
 
@@ -60,7 +61,15 @@ class Loader(BaseLoader):
             raise TemplateDoesNotExist(template_name)
 
     def get_dirs(self):
-        return self.dirs if self.dirs is not None else self.engine.dirs
+        dirs = self.dirs if self.dirs is not None else self.engine.dirs
+
+        # Add app-specific template directories
+        for app_config in apps.get_app_configs():
+            template_dir = os.path.join(app_config.path, "templates")
+            if os.path.isdir(template_dir):
+                dirs.append(template_dir)
+
+        return dirs
 
     def get_template_sources(self, template_name):
         """Return an Origin object pointing to an absolute path in each directory

django_cotton/tests/test_cotton.py

@@ -352,3 +352,11 @@ class CottonTestCase(TestCase):
             response,
             """attrs tag is: 'normal="normal" attr1="Hello Will" attr2="world" attr3="cowabonga!"'""",
         )
+
+    def test_loader_scans_all_app_directories(self):
+        response = self.client.get("/test/unspecified-app-directory-template")
+
+        self.assertContains(
+            response,
+            """My template was not specified in settings!""",
+        )

django_cotton/urls.py

@@ -50,4 +50,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
         "test/native-tags-in-attributes",
         TemplateView.as_view(template_name="native_tags_in_attributes_view.html"),
     ),
+    path(
+        "test/unspecified-app-directory-template",
+        TemplateView.as_view(template_name="unspecified_view.html"),
+    ),
 ]