Unreal Engine 4: Dynamic load uasset

dynamic-load-uasset.cpp

/*
  load uasset from file path.
 */
FString filepath("/Game/an_animation_file");  // without extension, path start with `/Game`, `/Game` refer-> `Content` folder in real.
FStringAssetReference asset_stream_ref(filepath);
TAssetPtr<UAnimationAsset> animation_asset(asset_stream_ref);
UAnimationAsset* animation = animation_asset.LoadSynchronous();
bool isValid = animation_asset.IsValid();
bool isNull = animation_asset.IsNull();
bool isPending = animation_asset.IsPending();

/*
  load uassets from folder path.
 */
FString folderpath("/Game/animations_folder");
UObjectLibrary* lib = UObjectLibrary::CreateLibrary(UAnimationAsset::StaticClass(), false, GIsEditor);
lib->AddToRoot();
lib->LoadAssetDataFromPath(folderpath);
lib->LoadAssetsFromAssetData();


TArray<FAssetData> asset_data;
lib->GetAssetDataList(asset_data);

Very usefull thanks for this!

I'm here to thank you.. thank you a lot..

To be honest, I'm not entirely capable of understanding everything that is happening here, but you helped someone to start understanding

Super useful!
Unreal documentation says we should use AssetRegistry now, but there is no function there that does this so clean and effective.

Thank you for sharing!