Why can't I use gradle task connectedDebugAndroidTest in my build script?

I can refer to connectedCheck task (which came from android plugin) from my build script:

connectedCheck.finalizedBy AndroidShowTestResults 

But trying to use connectedDebugAndroidTest (which came from android plugin too)

connectedDebugAndroidTest.finalizedBy AndroidShowTestResults 

gives me

Error:(48, 0) Could not find property 'connectedDebugAndroidTest' on project ':app'.

And if I try

task connectedDebugAndroidTest << {print '123'} 

it curses me with

Error:Cannot add task ':app:connectedDebugAndroidTest' as a task with that name already exists.

I don't undestand why I cannot refer to connectedDebugAndroidTest?

Available gradle tasks are shown below:

3 Answers

Answers 1

I think you should try to open test and rebuild.

Answers 2

Try

task connectedTest(dependsOn: ["connectedDebugAndroidTest"]){  } connectedTest.finalizedBy "AndroidShowTestResults" 

Answers 3

The android plugin defers the addition of several tasks especially those that have buildType or flavor names in them till a very late stage of the configuration phase. Which in turn means if you try to refer to these yet-to-be-added-tasks by name, you're likely to see a "does not exist" type error messages. If you want to add dependencies around deferred-created tasks, you should wait until configuration is complete:

gradle.projectsEvaluated {     connectedDebugAndroidTest.finalizedBy AndroidShowTestResults } 

Alternatively, you can add a listener to task-graph events, so you can do stuff as soon as a certain task is added to task-graph:

tasks.whenTaskAdded { task ->     if (task.name == 'connectedDebugAndroidTest') {         task.finalizedBy AndroidShowTestResults     } } 

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