using leaflet-side-by-side plugin in R

Question

I tried to implement leaflet-side-by-side plugin using example codes from Using arbitrary Leaflet JS plugins with Leaflet for R. Appears simple, no success so far. I could

Answer 1

I would like to commend Abuw for his answer. If anyone is wondering why it still doesn't work, it's because there is an unmatched '{' in the onRender JavaScript.

Also make sure that your htmlDependency source actually exists. jsdelivr provides most js libraries available through npm and github in application/javascript format. Using that instead of the raw github path you, the full working code should be as follows:

library(leaflet)
library(htmltools)
library(htmlwidgets)


LeafletSideBySidePlugin <- htmlDependency("leaflet-side-by-side","2.0.0",
                                          src = c(href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/digidem/leaflet-side-by-side@2.0.0/"),
                                          script="leaflet-side-by-side.js")

# A function that takes a plugin htmlDependency object and adds
# it to the map. This ensures that however or whenever the map
# gets rendered, the plugin will be loaded into the browser.

registerPlugin <- function(map, plugin) {
  map$dependencies <- c(map$dependencies, list(plugin))
  map
}

leaflet() %>% addTiles() %>%
  setView(lng = 12, lat = 50, zoom = 4) %>%
  # Register leaflet-side-by-side plugin on this map instance
  registerPlugin(LeafletSideBySidePlugin) %>%
  onRender("
        function(el, x) {
          var mylayer1 = L.tileLayer(
            'http://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png',{
             maxZoom: 18
             }).addTo(this);
          var mylayer2 = L.tileLayer(
          '//stamen-tiles-{s}.a.ssl.fastly.net/watercolor/{z}/{x}/{y}.png',{
             maxZoom: 14
             }).addTo(this);
        L.control.sideBySide(mylayer1, mylayer2).addTo(this);
        }")

Answer 2

just stumble upon this question.

I think you miss addTo() method for each tile map layer. here is should be.

leaflet() %>% addTiles() %>%
   setView(lng = 12, lat = 50, zoom = 4) %>%
   # Register leaflet-side-by-side plugin on this map instance
   registerPlugin(LeafletSideBySidePlugin) %>%
   onRender("
        function(el, x) {
          var mylayer1 = L.tileLayer(
            'http://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png',{
             maxZoom: 18
             }).addTo(this);
          var mylayer2 = L.tileLayer(
             '//stamen-tiles-{s}.a.ssl.fastly.net/watercolor/{z}/{x}/{y}.png',{
             maxZoom: 14
             }).addTo(this);
        L.control.sideBySide(mylayer1, mylayer2).addTo(this);
        ")