Here is my snippet to declare views templates stored in the "template" folder of my "custom_module":
/**
* Implements hook_theme_registry_alter().
*/
function custom_module_theme_registry_alter(&$theme_registry) {
$extension = '.tpl.php';
$module_path = drupal_get_path('module', 'custom_module');
$files = file_scan_directory($module_path . '/templates', '/' . preg_quote($extension) . '$/');
foreach ($files as $file) {
$template = drupal_basename($file->filename, $extension);
$theme = str_replace('-', '_', $template);
list($base_theme, $specific) = explode('__', $theme, 2);
// Don't override base theme.
if (!empty($specific) && isset($theme_registry[$base_theme])) {
$theme_info = array(
'template' => $template,
'path' => drupal_dirname($file->uri),
'variables' => $theme_registry[$base_theme]['variables'],
'base hook' => $base_theme,
// Other available value: theme_engine.
'type' => 'module',
'theme path' => $module_path,
);
$theme_registry[$theme] = $theme_info;
}
}
}
You should be easily able to fork it override an existing theme instead of adding a new one. Hope it helps someone.