TestNG options not working

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I am trying to use TestNG and it would seem that suites options is not picked up correctly.

   task createTest(type: Test) {
    useTestNG() {
        suites 'src\test\resources\testng.xml'
        suiteName "APISuite"
        includeGroups 'Set'
        useDefaultListeners = true
    }
}

With a valid suite xml below I couldnt see my tests running.

<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd" >

<suite name="APISuite">
    <packages>
        <package name="com.test.api.*" />
    </packages>
</suite>

And tried giving a wrong path to suites, but still no complaint. It seems there is no effect with options.suites method

2

Have now switched to maven as working with testng SuiteXMLs are an important requirement for me

3

I think you’re testng.xml is not valid. according to testng documentation you have to put the packages block within a test block:

<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="APISuite">
    <test name="all">
    <packages>
        <package name="com.test.api.*" />
    </packages>
    </test>
</suite>