From be1ed14bd0c2641cfb357cdc61a9418dd07267b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 2xB <2xB@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:43:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] pg.mkQApp: Pass default application name to Qt, added
 documentation

---
 pyqtgraph/Qt.py | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyqtgraph/Qt.py b/pyqtgraph/Qt.py
index 0941c3c7..ec5a79cc 100644
--- a/pyqtgraph/Qt.py
+++ b/pyqtgraph/Qt.py
@@ -329,9 +329,18 @@ if m is not None and list(map(int, m.groups())) < versionReq:
 
 
 QAPP = None
-def mkQApp():
-    global QAPP    
+def mkQApp(name="pyqtgraph", qt_args=[]):
+    """
+    Creates new QApplication or returns current instance if existing.
+    
+    ==============  =================================================================================
+    **Arguments:**
+    name            Application name, passed to Qt
+    qt_args         Array of command line arguments passed to Qt
+    ==============  =================================================================================
+    """
+    global QAPP
     QAPP = QtGui.QApplication.instance()
     if QAPP is None:
-        QAPP = QtGui.QApplication([])
+        QAPP = QtGui.QApplication([name] + qt_args)
     return QAPP