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# newTexture(data:options:completionHandler:)

Asynchronously creates a new Metal texture from an in-memory representation of the texture’s data.

```
func newTexture(data: Data, options: [MTKTextureLoader.Option : Any]? = nil, completionHandler: @escaping @Sendable ((any MTLTexture)?, (any Error)?) -> Void)
```

## Parameters

`data`

The <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSData> object containing image data.

`options`

A dictionary describing any additional texture loading steps. See `Texture Loading Options`.

`completionHandler`

A block called when the texture has been loaded and fully initialized.

## 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:
> 
> ```swift
> func newTexture(data: Data, options: [MTKTextureLoader.Option : Any]? = nil) async throws -> MTLTexture
> ```
> 
> For information about concurrency and asynchronous code in Swift, see <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/calling-objective-c-apis-asynchronously>.

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