Rungithub() - shiny app that contains ui.R and server.R in the same R file

Question

I know that if the application will contain 2 separate files: ui.R and server.R, I could run:

library(shiny)    
shiny::runGitHub('username/repo_name')

Now, is it possible to run a shiny application hosted in Github which contains the ui and server in only one R file? For example:

library(shiny)    
shiny::runGitHub('manolo20/shinytreemap')

Thank you.

Answer 1

According to the error message you get from shiny::runGitHub('manolo20/shinytreemap')

Error in shinyAppDir(x) : App dir must contain either app.R or server.R.

the anser is yes. you just need to use the name app.R for the R file containing the app. Also, this file must be at the top level of the repository unless you use the subdir argument.