How to get a list of assets from code?

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You could use the asset registry to do this. This won’t actually load the assets, so you can lazy load them if you need to.

FAssetRegistryModule& AssetRegistryModule = FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked<FAssetRegistryModule>(FName("AssetRegistry"));
IAssetRegistry& AssetRegistry = AssetRegistryModule.Get();

// Need to do this if running in the editor with -game to make sure that the assets in the following path are available
TArray<FString> PathsToScan;
PathsToScan.Add(TEXT("/Game/Assets/Meshes/"));
AssetRegistry.ScanPathsSynchronous(PathsToScan);

TArray<FAssetData> MeshAssetList;
AssetRegistry.GetAssetsByPath(FName("/Game/Assets/Meshes/"), MeshAssetList);

Alternatively you can do the following, which will load all the assets in the path immediately and then return you them.

TArray<UObject*> MeshAssets;
EngineUtils::FindOrLoadAssetsByPath(TEXT("/Game/Assets/Meshes/"), MeshAssets, EngineUtils::ATL_Regular);

You’ll need to make sure the assets in that path get cooked by adding them to the “Additional Asset Directories to Cook” in your project packaging settings.

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