Phaser.Loader - 2.2.2

new Loader(game)

The Loader handles loading all external content such as Images, Sounds, Texture Atlases and data files. It uses a combination of Image() loading and xhr and provides progress and completion callbacks.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`game`	Phaser.Game	A reference to the currently running game.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 16

Public Properties

[static] PHYSICS_LIME_CORONA_JSON : number

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 173

[static] PHYSICS_PHASER_JSON : number

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 179

[static] TEXTURE_ATLAS_JSON_ARRAY : number

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 155

[static] TEXTURE_ATLAS_JSON_HASH : number

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 161

[static] TEXTURE_ATLAS_XML_STARLING : number

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 167

baseURL : string

If you want to append a URL before the path of any asset you can set this here. Useful if you need to allow an asset url to be configured outside of the game code. MUST have / on the end of it!

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 69

crossOrigin : boolean | string

The crossOrigin value applied to loaded images. Very often this needs to be set to 'anonymous'.

Type

boolean | string

Default Value

false

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 60

game : Phaser.Game

Local reference to game.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 21

hasLoaded : boolean

True if all assets in the queue have finished loading.

Default Value

false

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 33

isLoading : boolean

True if the Loader is in the process of loading the queue.

Default Value

false

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 27

onFileComplete : Phaser.Signal

This event is dispatched when a file completes loading successfully.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 84

onFileError : Phaser.Signal

This event is dispatched when a file errors as a result of the load request.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 89

onFileStart : Phaser.Signal

This event is dispatched immediately before a file starts loading. It's possible the file may still error (404, etc) after this event is sent.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 79

onLoadComplete : Phaser.Signal

This event is dispatched when the final file in the load queue has either loaded or failed.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 94

onLoadStart : Phaser.Signal

This event is dispatched when the loading process starts, before the first file has been requested.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 74

onPackComplete : Phaser.Signal

This event is dispatched when an asset pack has either loaded or failed.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 99

preloadSprite : Object

You can optionally link a sprite to the preloader. If you do so the Sprites width or height will be cropped based on the percentage loaded. This property is an object containing: sprite, rect, direction, width and height

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 54

progress : number

The rounded load progress percentage value (from 0 to 100)

Default Value

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 39

progressFloat : number

The non-rounded load progress value (from 0.0 to 100.0)

Default Value

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 45

useXDomainRequest : boolean

If true and if the browser supports XDomainRequest, it will be used in preference for xhr when loading json files. This is only relevant for IE9 when you know your server/CDN requires it.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 104

Public Methods

<internal> addToFileList(type, key, url, properties)

Internal function that adds a new entry to the file list. Do not call directly.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`type`	string	The type of resource to add to the list (image, audio, xml, etc).
`key`	string	The unique Cache ID key of this resource.
`url`	string	The URL the asset will be loaded from.
`properties`	object	Any additional properties needed to load the file.

Internal:

This member is internal (protected) and may be modified or removed in the future.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 326

atlas(key, textureURL, atlasURL, atlasData, format) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a new texture atlas to the loader.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Description
`key`	string		Unique asset key of the texture atlas file.
`textureURL`	string		The url of the texture atlas image file.
`atlasURL`	string	<optional>	The url of the texture atlas data file (json/xml). You don't need this if you are passing an atlasData object instead.
`atlasData`	object	<optional>	A JSON or XML data object. You don't need this if the data is being loaded from a URL.
`format`	number	<optional>	A value describing the format of the data, the default is Phaser.Loader.TEXTURE_ATLAS_JSON_ARRAY.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 862

atlasJSONArray(key, textureURL, atlasURL, atlasData) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a new texture atlas to the loader. This atlas uses the JSON Array data format.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Description
`key`	string		Unique asset key of the texture atlas file.
`textureURL`	string		The url of the texture atlas image file.
`atlasURL`	string	<optional>	The url of the texture atlas data file (json/xml). You don't need this if you are passing an atlasData object instead.
`atlasData`	object	<optional>	A JSON or XML data object. You don't need this if the data is being loaded from a URL.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 814

atlasJSONHash(key, textureURL, atlasURL, atlasData) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a new texture atlas to the loader. This atlas uses the JSON Hash data format.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Description
`key`	string		Unique asset key of the texture atlas file.
`textureURL`	string		The url of the texture atlas image file.
`atlasURL`	string	<optional>	The url of the texture atlas data file (json/xml). You don't need this if you are passing an atlasData object instead.
`atlasData`	object	<optional>	A JSON or XML data object. You don't need this if the data is being loaded from a URL.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 830

atlasXML(key, textureURL, atlasURL, atlasData) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a new texture atlas to the loader. This atlas uses the Starling XML data format.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Description
`key`	string		Unique asset key of the texture atlas file.
`textureURL`	string		The url of the texture atlas image file.
`atlasURL`	string	<optional>	The url of the texture atlas data file (json/xml). You don't need this if you are passing an atlasData object instead.
`atlasData`	object	<optional>	A JSON or XML data object. You don't need this if the data is being loaded from a URL.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 846

audio(key, urls, autoDecode) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a new audio file to the loader.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`key`	string	Unique asset key of the audio file.
`urls`	Array \| string	An array containing the URLs of the audio files, i.e.: [ 'jump.mp3', 'jump.ogg', 'jump.m4a' ] or a single string containing just one URL. BLOB urls are supported, but note that Phaser will not validate the audio file's type if a BLOB is provided; the user should ensure that a BLOB url is playable.
`autoDecode`	boolean	When using Web Audio the audio files can either be decoded at load time or run-time. They can't be played until they are decoded, but this let's you control when that happens. Decoding is a non-blocking async process.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 615

audiosprite(key, urls, atlasURL) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a new audiosprite file to the loader. Audio Sprites are a combination of audio files and a JSON configuration. The JSON follows the format of that created by https://github.com/tonistiigi/audiosprite

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`key`	string	Unique asset key of the audio file.
`urls`	Array \| string	An array containing the URLs of the audio files, i.e.: [ 'audiosprite.mp3', 'audiosprite.ogg', 'audiosprite.m4a' ] or a single string containing just one URL.
`atlasURL`	string	The URL of the audiosprite configuration json.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 634

binary(key, url, callback, callbackContext) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a binary file to the Loader. It will be loaded via xhr with a responseType of "arraybuffer". You can specify an optional callback to process the file after load. When the callback is called it will be passed 2 parameters: the key of the file and the file data. WARNING: If you specify a callback, the file data will be set to whatever your callback returns. So always return the data object, even if you didn't modify it.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Description
`key`	string		Unique asset key of the binary file.
`url`	string		URL of the binary file.
`callback`	function	<optional>	Optional callback that will be passed the file after loading, so you can perform additional processing on it.
`callbackContext`	function	<optional>	The context under which the callback will be applied. If not specified it will use the callback itself as the context.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 567

bitmapFont(key, textureURL, xmlURL, xmlData, xSpacing, ySpacing) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a new bitmap font loading request.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
`key`	string			Unique asset key of the bitmap font.
`textureURL`	string			The url of the font image file.
`xmlURL`	string	<optional>		The url of the font data file (xml/fnt)
`xmlData`	object	<optional>		An optional XML data object.
`xSpacing`	number	<optional>	0	If you'd like to add additional horizontal spacing between the characters then set the pixel value here.
`ySpacing`	number	<optional>	0	If you'd like to add additional vertical spacing between the lines then set the pixel value here.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 750

checkKeyExists(type, key) → {boolean}

Check whether asset exists with a specific key. Use Phaser.Cache to access loaded assets, e.g. Phaser.Cache#checkImageKey

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`type`	string	The type asset you want to check.
`key`	string	Key of the asset you want to check.

Returns

boolean -

Return true if exists, otherwise return false.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 232

csvLoadComplete(index)

Successfully loaded a CSV file.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`index`	number	The index of the file in the file queue that loaded.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 1642

dataLoadError(index)

Error occured when load a JSON.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`index`	number	The index of the file in the file queue that errored.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 1667

fileComplete(index)

Called when a file is successfully loaded.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`index`	number	The index of the file in the file queue that loaded.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 1451

fileError(index)

Error occured when loading a file.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`index`	number	The index of the file in the file queue that errored.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 1432

getAsset(type, key) → {any}

Gets the asset that is queued for load.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`type`	string	The type asset you want to check.
`key`	string	Key of the asset you want to check.

Returns

any -

Returns an object if found that has 2 properties: index and file. Otherwise false.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 283

getAssetIndex(type, key) → {number}

Gets the fileList index for the given key.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`type`	string	The type asset you want to check.
`key`	string	Key of the asset you want to check.

Returns

number -

The index of this key in the filelist, or -1 if not found.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 258

image(key, url, overwrite) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add an image to the Loader.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
`key`	string			Unique asset key of this image file.
`url`	string			URL of image file.
`overwrite`	boolean	<optional>	false	If an unloaded file with a matching key already exists in the queue, this entry will overwrite it.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 441

json(key, url, overwrite) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a json file to the Loader.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
`key`	string			Unique asset key of the json file.
`url`	string			URL of the json file.
`overwrite`	boolean	<optional>	false	If an unloaded file with a matching key already exists in the queue, this entry will overwrite it.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 493

jsonLoadComplete(index)

Successfully loaded a JSON file.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`index`	number	The index of the file in the file queue that loaded.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 1598

pack(key, url, data, callbackContext) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add an image to the Loader.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Description
`key`	string		Unique asset key of this image file.
`url`	string	<optional>	URL of the Asset Pack JSON file. If you wish to pass a json object instead set this to null and pass the object as the data parameter.
`data`	object	<optional>	The Asset Pack JSON data. Use this to pass in a json data object rather than loading it from a URL. TODO
`callbackContext`	object	<optional>	Some Loader operations, like Binary and Script require a context for their callbacks. Pass the context here.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 404

physics(key, url, data, format) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a new physics data object loading request. The data must be in Lime + Corona JSON format. Physics Editor by code'n'web exports in this format natively.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
`key`	string			Unique asset key of the physics json data.
`url`	string	<optional>		The url of the map data file (csv/json)
`data`	object	<optional>		An optional JSON data object. If given then the url is ignored and this JSON object is used for physics data instead.
`format`	string	<optional>	Phaser.Physics.LIME_CORONA_JSON	The format of the physics data.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 707

removeAll()

Remove all file loading requests.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 960

removeFile(type, key)

Remove loading request of a file.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`type`	string	The type of resource to add to the list (image, audio, xml, etc).
`key`	string	Key of the file you want to remove.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 942

<internal> replaceInFileList(type, key, url, properties)

Internal function that replaces an existing entry in the file list with a new one. Do not call directly.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`type`	string	The type of resource to add to the list (image, audio, xml, etc).
`key`	string	The unique Cache ID key of this resource.
`url`	string	The URL the asset will be loaded from.
`properties`	object	Any additional properties needed to load the file.

Internal:

This member is internal (protected) and may be modified or removed in the future.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 362

reset()

Reset loader, this will remove the load queue.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 308

resize(width, height)

Called automatically by ScaleManager when the game resizes in RESIZE scalemode. We use this to adjust the height of the preloading sprite, if set.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`width`	number	The new width of the game in pixels.
`height`	number	The new height of the game in pixels.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 215

script(key, url, callback, callbackContext) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a JavaScript file to the Loader. Once loaded the JavaScript file will be automatically turned into a script tag (and executed), so be careful what you load! You can also specify a callback. This will be executed as soon as the script tag has been created.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Description
`key`	string		Unique asset key of the script file.
`url`	string		URL of the JavaScript file.
`callback`	function	<optional>	Optional callback that will be called after the script tag has loaded, so you can perform additional processing.
`callbackContext`	function	<optional>	The context under which the callback will be applied. If not specified it will use the callback itself as the context.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 545

setPreloadSprite(sprite, direction)

You can set a Sprite to be a "preload" sprite by passing it to this method. A "preload" sprite will have its width or height crop adjusted based on the percentage of the loader in real-time. This allows you to easily make loading bars for games. Note that Sprite.visible = true will be set when calling this.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
`sprite`	Phaser.Sprite \| Phaser.Image			The sprite or image that will be cropped during the load.
`direction`	number	<optional>	0	A value of zero means the sprite will be cropped horizontally, a value of 1 means its will be cropped vertically.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 183

spritesheet(key, url, frameWidth, frameHeight, frameMax, margin, spacing) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a new sprite sheet to the loader.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
`key`	string			Unique asset key of the sheet file.
`url`	string			URL of the sheet file.
`frameWidth`	number			Width of each single frame.
`frameHeight`	number			Height of each single frame.
`frameMax`	number	<optional>	-1	How many frames in this sprite sheet. If not specified it will divide the whole image into frames.
`margin`	number	<optional>	0	If the frames have been drawn with a margin, specify the amount here.
`spacing`	number	<optional>	0	If the frames have been drawn with spacing between them, specify the amount here.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 590

start()

Start loading the assets. Normally you don't need to call this yourself as the StateManager will do so.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 971

text(key, url, overwrite) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a text file to the Loader.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
`key`	string			Unique asset key of the text file.
`url`	string			URL of the text file.
`overwrite`	boolean	<optional>	false	If an unloaded file with a matching key already exists in the queue, this entry will overwrite it.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 467

tilemap(key, url, data, format) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add a new tilemap loading request.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
`key`	string			Unique asset key of the tilemap data.
`url`	string	<optional>		The url of the map data file (csv/json)
`data`	object	<optional>		An optional JSON data object. If given then the url is ignored and this JSON object is used for map data instead.
`format`	number	<optional>	Phaser.Tilemap.CSV	The format of the map data. Either Phaser.Tilemap.CSV or Phaser.Tilemap.TILED_JSON.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 654

totalLoadedFiles() → {number}

Returns the number of files that have already been loaded, even if they errored.

Returns

number -

The number of files that have already been loaded (even if they errored)

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 1798

totalLoadedPacks() → {number}

Returns the number of asset packs that have already been loaded, even if they errored.

Returns

number -

The number of asset packs that have already been loaded (even if they errored)

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 1842

totalQueuedFiles() → {number}

Returns the number of files still waiting to be processed in the load queue. This value decreases as each file in the queue is loaded.

Returns

number -

The number of files that still remain in the load queue.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 1820

totalQueuedPacks() → {number}

Returns the number of asset packs still waiting to be processed in the load queue. This value decreases as each pack in the queue is loaded.

Returns

number -

The number of asset packs that still remain in the load queue.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 1864

xml(key, url, overwrite) → {Phaser.Loader}

Add an XML file to the Loader.

Parameters

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
`key`	string			Unique asset key of the xml file.
`url`	string			URL of the xml file.
`overwrite`	boolean	<optional>	false	If an unloaded file with a matching key already exists in the queue, this entry will overwrite it.

Returns

Phaser.Loader -

This Loader instance.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 519

xmlLoadComplete(index)

Successfully loaded an XML file.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`index`	number	The index of the file in the file queue that loaded.

Source code: loader/Loader.js, line 1686

Navigation

Constructor

new Loader(game)

Parameters

Public Properties

[static] PHYSICS_LIME_CORONA_JSON : number

[static] PHYSICS_PHASER_JSON : number

[static] TEXTURE_ATLAS_JSON_ARRAY : number

[static] TEXTURE_ATLAS_JSON_HASH : number

[static] TEXTURE_ATLAS_XML_STARLING : number

baseURL : string

crossOrigin : boolean | string

Type

game : Phaser.Game

hasLoaded : boolean

isLoading : boolean

onFileComplete : Phaser.Signal

onFileError : Phaser.Signal

onFileStart : Phaser.Signal

onLoadComplete : Phaser.Signal

onLoadStart : Phaser.Signal

onPackComplete : Phaser.Signal

preloadSprite : Object

progress : number

progressFloat : number

useXDomainRequest : boolean

Public Methods

<internal> addToFileList(type, key, url, properties)

Parameters

atlas(key, textureURL, atlasURL, atlasData, format) → {Phaser.Loader}

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Returns

atlasJSONArray(key, textureURL, atlasURL, atlasData) → {Phaser.Loader}

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Returns

atlasJSONHash(key, textureURL, atlasURL, atlasData) → {Phaser.Loader}

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Returns

atlasXML(key, textureURL, atlasURL, atlasData) → {Phaser.Loader}

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Returns

audio(key, urls, autoDecode) → {Phaser.Loader}

Parameters

Returns

audiosprite(key, urls, atlasURL) → {Phaser.Loader}

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Returns

binary(key, url, callback, callbackContext) → {Phaser.Loader}

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Returns

bitmapFont(key, textureURL, xmlURL, xmlData, xSpacing, ySpacing) → {Phaser.Loader}

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Returns

checkKeyExists(type, key) → {boolean}

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Returns

csvLoadComplete(index)

Parameters

dataLoadError(index)

Parameters

fileComplete(index)

Parameters

fileError(index)

Parameters

getAsset(type, key) → {any}

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Returns

getAssetIndex(type, key) → {number}

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Returns

image(key, url, overwrite) → {Phaser.Loader}

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Returns

json(key, url, overwrite) → {Phaser.Loader}

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Returns

jsonLoadComplete(index)

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pack(key, url, data, callbackContext) → {Phaser.Loader}

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