Expose reference from <Application /> component
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Description
Hi 👋 We’re using PlayCanvas with React in a Next.js app, where the UI and the game scene are fully separated at the top level to avoid unnecessary re-renders.
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return (
<ManagersProvider>
{/* UI */}
<GameInterface />
{/* Game */}
<div className='game-scene'>
<Application {/* ref={appRef} */} {...gameApplicationOptions}>
<GameNext />
<Map />
</Application>
</div>
</ManagersProvider>
);
In our case, we sometimes need access to the "app" object before the scene is rendered, for example to run some preprocessing logic like asset/texture loading. Right now, this is only possible via the "useApp" hook.
If it were possible to get a ref directly from the component, it would simplify these preprocessing steps quite a bit and make the architecture cleaner.
Happy to help or discuss further if this sounds useful,
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