The SourceSet 'instrumentTest' is not recognized by the Android Gradle Plugin

Question

I updated the AndroidStudio to version 3.1

Clean Project...

and build failed

The SourceSet \'instrumentTest\' is not recognized by the Androi         


        

Answer 1

Replace instrumentTest by androidTest as example below

android {
    buildToolsVersion "27.0.3"
    compileSdkVersion 24
    sourceSets {
        main {
            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
            java.srcDirs = ['src']
            aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
            res.srcDirs = ['res']
            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
            jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
        }

        androidTest.setRoot('tests')
    }
}

Answer 2

Just Replace instrumentTest by androidTest

sourceSets {
        main {
            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
            java.srcDirs = ['src']
            resources.srcDirs = ['src']
            aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
            res.srcDirs = ['res']
            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
        }

      //  instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')
        androidTest.setRoot('tests')
    }

Answer 3

Try change distributionUrl in you gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties to last vesion:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip

clean project and "Invalidate Cache/Restart" in File menu after this

Answer 4

Try with the Android Studio 3.1.2 update, which has a fix for this bug: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/index.html#3-1-0

Answer 5

instrumentTest has been deprecated and does not work with modern Gradle versions - which you probably updated in your project when upgrading Android Studio.

Replace instrumentTest with androidTest and it'll work.

Answer 6

1.you will face this type of issue while upgrading the gradle files 2.if ur project implements any payment gateways in their gradle file you find this "instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')".

Solution simple just replace this "instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')" with androidTest as show below images...

It will work @Ambilpura