Is it possible to load resources in Unity with async/await?

Question

Is it possible in Unity to do something like this?

private async void LoadSomethingAsync()
{
    AudioClip clip = await Resources.LoadAsync<AudioClip>("path");
}

I know I could use Unitys Coroutines instead, but they have multiple downsides why I would like to use something like the code above.
On the internet I didn't found something that works for me either, so maybe someone of you knows if something like the code above is possible or not.

Answer 1

I've never used Addressables, but here is some relevant documentation:

Addressables also supports asynchronous await through the AsyncOperationHandle.Task property:

public async Start() {
    AsyncOperationHandle<Texture2D> handle = Addressables.LoadAssetAsync<Texture2D>("mytexture");
    await handle.Task;
    // The task is complete. Be sure to check the Status is successful before storing the Result. 
}

So to me it seems like you could switch to using Addressables, then do this:

private async void LoadSomethingAsync()
{
    AsyncOperationHandle<AudioClip> handle = Addressables.LoadAssetAsync<AudioClip>("path");
    await handle.Task;
    if (handle.Status == AsyncOperationStatus.Succeeded) 
    {
        AudioClip clip = handle.Result;
        // use clip here
    }
    else 
    {
        // handle loading error
    }
}

Note that according to the documentation, this particular solution is not available on WebGL. This may not matter to you:

The AsyncOperationHandle.Task property is not available on WebGL as multi-threaded operations are not supported on that platform.