RStudio shiny runApp fails in working directory

Question

I have a folder of R Projects called "R Projects". R Projects is my default RStudio working directory. I created the initial shiny tutorial app App-1 in a project folder called App-1 under R Projects.

When I attempt to run App-1; runApp("App-1") from the App-1 project I get the error message:

Error in shinyAppDir(x) : No Shiny application exists at the path "App-1"

When I modify runApp: runApp("App-1", appDir = getwd()) it throws the error:

Listening on domain socket App-1
Error in startPipeServer(port, mask, handlerManager$createHttpuvApp()) : 
  Failed to create server

However when I close the App-1 project and run App-1 from the default directory; Project (None), App-1 runs as intended as a shiny app.

I'm sure this is probably a trivial problem. Any assistance appreciated.

Answer 1

Man, I'm an idiot. To run a shiny app in the app's directory merely enter:

runApp() in the console without any arguments.