Add loadstart and loadend map events

src/ol/MapEventType.js

@@ -26,8 +26,22 @@ export default {
    * @api
    */
   MOVEEND: 'moveend',
+
+  /**
+   * Triggered when loading of additional map data (tiles, images, features) starts.
+   * @event module:ol/render/Event~RenderEvent#loadstart
+   * @api
+   */
+  LOADSTART: 'loadstart',
+
+  /**
+   * Triggered when loading of additional map data has completed.
+   * @event module:ol/render/Event~RenderEvent#loadend
+   * @api
+   */
+  LOADEND: 'loadend',
 };
 
 /***
- * @typedef {'postrender'|'movestart'|'moveend'} Types
+ * @typedef {'postrender'|'movestart'|'moveend'|'loadstart'|'loadend'} Types
  */

src/ol/PluggableMap.js

@@ -211,10 +211,16 @@ class PluggableMap extends BaseObject {
 
     /**
      * @private
-     * @type {boolean}
+     * @type {boolean|undefined}
      */
     this.renderComplete_;
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @type {boolean}
+     */
+    this.loaded_ = true;
+
     /** @private */
     this.boundHandleBrowserEvent_ = this.handleBrowserEvent.bind(this);
 
@@ -1187,17 +1193,26 @@ class PluggableMap extends BaseObject {
       }
     }
 
-    if (
+    if (frameState && this.renderer_ && !frameState.animate) {
-      frameState &&
+      if (this.renderComplete_ === true) {
-      this.renderer_ &&
+        if (this.hasListener(RenderEventType.RENDERCOMPLETE)) {
-      this.hasListener(RenderEventType.RENDERCOMPLETE) &&
+          this.renderer_.dispatchRenderEvent(
-      !frameState.animate &&
+            RenderEventType.RENDERCOMPLETE,
-      this.renderComplete_
+            frameState
-    ) {
+          );
-      this.renderer_.dispatchRenderEvent(
+        }
-        RenderEventType.RENDERCOMPLETE,
+        if (this.loaded_ === false) {
-        frameState
+          this.loaded_ = true;
-      );
+          this.dispatchEvent(
+            new MapEvent(MapEventType.LOADEND, this, frameState)
+          );
+        }
+      } else if (this.loaded_ === true) {
+        this.loaded_ = false;
+        this.dispatchEvent(
+          new MapEvent(MapEventType.LOADSTART, this, frameState)
+        );
+      }
     }
 
     const postRenderFunctions = this.postRenderFunctions_;
@@ -1573,9 +1588,13 @@ class PluggableMap extends BaseObject {
     this.dispatchEvent(new MapEvent(MapEventType.POSTRENDER, this, frameState));
 
     this.renderComplete_ =
-      !this.tileQueue_.getTilesLoading() &&
+      this.hasListener(MapEventType.LOADSTART) ||
-      !this.tileQueue_.getCount() &&
+      this.hasListener(MapEventType.LOADEND) ||
-      !this.getLoadingOrNotReady();
+      this.hasListener(RenderEventType.RENDERCOMPLETE)
+        ? !this.tileQueue_.getTilesLoading() &&
+          !this.tileQueue_.getCount() &&
+          !this.getLoadingOrNotReady()
+        : undefined;
 
     if (!this.postRenderTimeoutHandle_) {
       this.postRenderTimeoutHandle_ = setTimeout(() => {

test/browser/spec/ol/Map.test.js

@@ -505,6 +505,97 @@ describe('ol/Map', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('loadstart/loadend event sequence', function () {
+    let map;
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      const target = document.createElement('div');
+      target.style.width = '100px';
+      target.style.height = '100px';
+      document.body.appendChild(target);
+      map = new Map({
+        target: target,
+        layers: [
+          new TileLayer({
+            opacity: 0.5,
+            source: new XYZ({
+              url: 'spec/ol/data/osm-{z}-{x}-{y}.png',
+            }),
+          }),
+          new ImageLayer({
+            source: new ImageStatic({
+              url: 'spec/ol/data/osm-0-0-0.png',
+              imageExtent: getProjection('EPSG:3857').getExtent(),
+              projection: 'EPSG:3857',
+            }),
+          }),
+          new VectorLayer({
+            source: new VectorSource({
+              url: 'spec/ol/data/point.json',
+              format: new GeoJSON(),
+            }),
+          }),
+          new VectorLayer({
+            source: new VectorSource({
+              url: 'spec/ol/data/point.json',
+              format: new GeoJSON(),
+              strategy: tileStrategy(createXYZ()),
+            }),
+          }),
+          new VectorLayer({
+            source: new VectorSource({
+              features: [new Feature(new Point([0, 0]))],
+            }),
+          }),
+          new VectorLayer({
+            source: new VectorSource({
+              loader: function (extent, resolution, projection) {
+                this.addFeature(new Feature(new Point([0, 0])));
+              },
+            }),
+          }),
+          new WebGLPointsLayer({
+            source: new VectorSource({
+              features: [new Feature(new Point([0, 0]))],
+            }),
+            style: {
+              symbol: {
+                color: 'red',
+                symbolType: 'circle',
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+        ],
+      });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function () {
+      document.body.removeChild(map.getTargetElement());
+      map.setTarget(null);
+      map.dispose();
+      map.getLayers().forEach((layer) => layer.dispose());
+    });
+
+    it('is a reliable start-end sequence', function (done) {
+      const layers = map.getLayers().getArray();
+      expect(layers[6].getRenderer().ready).to.be(false);
+      let loading = 0;
+      map.on('loadstart', () => {
+        map.getView().setZoom(0.1);
+        loading++;
+      });
+      map.on('loadend', () => {
+        expect(loading).to.be(1);
+        done();
+      });
+      map.setView(
+        new View({
+          center: [0, 0],
+          zoom: 0,
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('#getFeaturesAtPixel', function () {
     let target, map, layer;
     beforeEach(function () {