title: My favicon will not display on a browser tab for my app when using open source shiny server
body: <p>I have been trying to find a way to associate a .ico with a shortcut to a shiny app hosted on an open source shiny server. Ultimately I would like the .ico to appear as the graphic for the shortcut to my app. And, I would like this icon to appear/be available for users when they create a shortcut to the app. (sounds simple enough but has proven to be a pretty difficult task). After a bunch of dead ends, I thought I would just work on getting the icon to display on the tab in the browser, and be available when someone favorites it. </p>
  
  <p>I have found the following:
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30096187/favicon-in-shiny">Favicon in Shiny</a>, <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/shiny-discuss/nU0AP8k0fvU" rel="noreferrer">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/shiny-discuss/nU0AP8k0fvU</a>, but the procedures don't seem to work with shiny server.</p>
  
  <p>I can get the favicon to display on my local machine by saving it in the www folder of the app, but when I run the app from Rstudio server or from the shiny server via a link/shortcut, the .ico will not appear.</p>
  
  <p>I found a related discussion where it was determined this was not possible
  <a href="https://github.com/rstudio/shinydashboard/issues/102" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/rstudio/shinydashboard/issues/102</a></p>
  
  <p>However...I still think it is because I was browsing the shiny gallery and noticed apps in the gallery display with a shiny icon in the browser tab. The only icon I can get to appear using shiny server is the empty document icon. Also, when I run my app with Rstudio server, the Rstudio R icon displays in the browser tab of the app, so its fishy.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone give some insight as to what is going on, and how I can get a nifty custom graphic for my shiny app?</p>