Running shiny app with global file that has a different name

[mihagazvoda]

I have one folder with 2 Shiny apps inside - they share ui.R and server.R but their global.R files differ. How to run Shiny app with global2.R file instead of global.R? I was trying

shiny::shinyApp(ui = source("ui.R")$value, server = source("server.R")$value, onStart = source("global2.R"))

but it doesn't work. We are using RStudio Connect to to deploy the apps.

[nirgrahamuk]

suggestion 1)
dont have 2 shiny apps in 1 folder - change the way you work
suggestion 2)
make a single simpler global.R that can determine what app is being run, and conditionally source for a relevant file

[mihagazvoda]

Thanks! Can you explain how can global.R determine what app is being run?

[nirgrahamuk]

well, you have told me that aside from you wanting different globals.R, the apps would be otherwise identical/indistinguishable, so I guess its a red herring of an option, as we lack a criteria for telling them apart aside from which global is run for it, which leaves us in a circularity. To me this strengthens the argument, for having two apps, in two folder, when you intend for one app to do one thing, and another app to do another thing.