---
title: "preload(_:withCompletionHandler:)"
framework: spritekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Method
path: "spritekit/sktexture/preload(_:withcompletionhandler:)"
---

# preload(_:withCompletionHandler:)

Load the data of multiple textures into memory.

## Declaration

```swift
class func preload(_ textures: [SKTexture], withCompletionHandler completionHandler: @escaping @Sendable () -> Void)
```

```swift
class func preload(_ textures: [SKTexture]) async
```

## Parameters

- `textures`: An array of doc://com.apple.spritekit/documentation/SpriteKit/SKTexture objects.
- `completionHandler`: A block called after all of the textures are loaded.

## Mentioned in

Maximizing Texture Performance Preloading Textures into Memory

## Discussion

Discussion important: You can call this method from synchronous code using a completion handler, as shown on this page, or you can call it as an asynchronous method that has the following declaration: class func preload(_ textures: [SKTexture]) async For information about concurrency and asynchronous code in Swift, see Calling Objective-C APIs Asynchronously. SpriteKit creates a background task that loads the texture data for all of the textures in the array, then returns control to your game. Your completion handler is called after all of the textures are loaded.

## See Also

### Preloading a Texture for Performance

- [Preloading Textures into Memory](spritekit/preloading-textures-into-memory.md)
- [preload(completionHandler:)](spritekit/sktexture/preload(completionhandler:).md)