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I just started testing out PyCharm on my existing Django project, and it doesn't recognize any imports from apps within my project:
in my_app1/models.py:
from my_app2.models import thing
"Unresolved reference 'my_app2'"
Why is this? My project's directory structure matches the recommended layout, and it runs without errors, it's just PyCharm's magic doesn't want to work on it.
It seems related to this question: Import app in django project
But I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. If I try:
from ..my_app2.models import thing
The PyCharm error goes away and it can auto predict, etc. But when I run the project Django throws:
ValueError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package
EDIT:
Project structure:
my_project/ src/ manage.py db.sqlite3 my_app1/ templates/ __init.py__ admin.py models.py urls.py views.py ... my_app2/ templates/ __init.py__ admin.py models.py urls.py views.py ... my_project_app/ settings/ __init.py__ urls.py ... 
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To do this, create a directory called /«project»/«app_name»/models , inside it put __init__.py (to declare it as a module) and then create your files inside there. You then need to import your file contents into the module in __init__.py . You should read about Python modules to understand this.
If you are using virtual environment for every new project then you need to install django each time. Other wise you can use single virtual environment for all the project.
I was having this issue using a "2 Scoops of Django" project layout, e.g.
/project_root /project_dir /config /settings /my_app /tests models.py /requirements readme.rst The code was working, but in /tests, IntelliJ/PyCharm showed an unresolved reference:
from my_app.models import Something I had all the __init__.py files in place. I ended up having to set the sources root to project_dir:
Right-click on project_dir, Mark Directory as > Sources Root
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