Convert ggplot object to plotly in shiny application

Question

I am trying to convert a ggplot object to plotly and show it in a shiny application. But I encountered an error \"no applicable method for \'plotly_build\' applied to an obj

Answer 1

If it is rendering in the RStudio pane instead of the app, do make sure that you are using plotlyOutput in the UI section as well as renderPlotly in the server section.

Answer 2

Try:

library(shiny)
library(ggplot2)
library(ggthemes)
library(plotly)

ui <- fluidPage(  
titlePanel("Plotly"),
sidebarLayout(
sidebarPanel(),
mainPanel(
  plotlyOutput("plot2"))))

server <- function(input, output) {

output$plot2 <- renderPlotly({
print(
  ggplotly(
    ggplot(data = mtcars, aes(x = disp, y = cyl)) + geom_smooth(method = 
                      lm, formula = y~x) + geom_point() + theme_gdocs()))

})
}

shinyApp(ui, server)