How to set the ignoreFailures property in gradle files written in Kotlin DSL?

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#1

Hi. After an exhaustive search through the Web, I cannot find the suitable answer. I am trying to set the ignoreFailures property in a build.gradle.kts file in order to continue the execution of Android instrumentation tests, no matter failure occurrences. I found some samples indicating the property for Test task. For instance:

tasks.withType {

    ignoreFailures = true

}

However, the Test task refers to unit tests (tests that not need to run on emulator/device). I need to set the ignoreFailures property for instrumentation tests, for example, those related to connectedAndroidTest task. In traditional gradle build files, a known solution to this task in a more generic form (independent of the product flavor) is:

project.gradle.taskGraph.whenReady {
→ project.tasks.findAll { it.name =~ /connected.+AndroidTest/ }.each {
it.ignoreFailures = true
}
}

Unfortunately, this does not work in gradle files written in Kotlin DSL.

#2

Why should it not work in Kotlin DSL files?
You can do the same if you translate the syntax properly:

project.gradle.taskGraph.whenReady {
    project.tasks.filter { it.name.matches("connected.+AndroidTest".toRegex()) }.forEach {
        (it as Test).ignoreFailures = true
    }
}

But actually this tactic is neither a good way in Kotlin nor in Groovy imho.
A much better version should probably be:

tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
    if (name.matches("connected.+AndroidTest".toRegex())) {
        ignoreFailures = true
    }
}

or the according version in Groovy.

#3

Hi, thanks for the answer.

I have used another solution:

project.gradle.taskGraph.whenReady {
allTasks.forEach {
if (it is VerificationTask) {
it.ignoreFailures = true
}
}
}

However this is a radical solution since it includes all kinds of tests.

#4

Even then it would be better not to use the whenReady but simply

tasks.withType<VerificationTask>().configureEach {
    ignoreFailures = true
}