loadAsync -> THREE.Loader

Would it be possible for Expo to support the THREE.Loader signature like all other loaders?

class ExpoLoader {
  load (url: string, onLoad: function, onProgress: function, onError: function) {
    // ..
    // async fetching, processing, etc
    // ..
    onLoad(asset)

new ExpoLoader().load(url, data => console.log(data))

If that were the case react-three-fiber users could have useLoader and suspense:

function Model(url) {
  const { scene } = useLoader(ExpoLoader, url)
  return <primitve object={scene} />
}

<Suspense fallback={<SomethingElseWhileLoading />}>
  <Model url="/model.gltf" />
</Suspense>

As well as declarative GLTF: https://github.com/react-spring/gltfjsx this one especially is a pitty and i get lots of requests because people just expect it to work, which it could in theory if loadAsync is a loader. Traversing and mutating assets would be a thing of the past.

[EvanBacon]

I’ll investigate further

[drcmda]

sure, could need all the help i can get!