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I have an Elixir app with two applications inside the lib/ folder:

myproject/lib/app1 myproject/lib/app2

They both have files which use Application:

myproject/lib/app1.exs myproject/lib/app2.exs

They each implement start and spawn a supervision tree.

In myproject/mix.exs I tried:

  def application do
    [
      mod: {app1, []},
           {app2, []},
      applications: [:foo, :bar]
    ]
  end

But all I get are syntax errors on the line with {app2, []}.

Is such a thing even possible? If not, what is the right way to launch separate applications with supervision trees in Elixir?

sheldonkreger
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You should add app2 as dependency of app1 and call it in applications, like:

mix.exs for app2:

  #...
  def application do
    [
      mod: {My.App2, []},
      applications: [:logger]
    ]
  end

  defp deps do
    [
      ...
    ]
  end
  #...
end

mix.exs for app1:

  def application do
    [
      mod: {My.App1, []},
      applications: [:logger, :my_app2]
    ]
  end

  defp deps do
    [
      {:my_app2, in_umbrella: true}
    ]
  end
  # ...
end

This is the case if both apps are in the same umbrella. If not, just add my_app2 as you would (from hex, path or git).

For more information on dependencies and umbrella projects, take a look @ http://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/dependencies-and-umbrella-apps.html

BurmajaM
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If it makes sense for app1 to be responsible for starting app2 then another option is to use Application.start(app2) inside app1 where appropriate.

Simon El Nahas
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