Gradle: How to Display Test Results in the Console in Real Time?

Question

I would like to see test results ( system.out/err, log messages from components being tested ) as they run in the same console I run:

gradle test
         


        

Answer 1

You can add a Groovy closure inside your build.gradle file that does the logging for you:

test {
    afterTest { desc, result -> 
        logger.quiet "Executing test ${desc.name} [${desc.className}] with result: ${result.resultType}"
    }
}

On your console it then reads like this:

:compileJava UP-TO-DATE
:compileGroovy
:processResources
:classes
:jar
:assemble
:compileTestJava
:compileTestGroovy
:processTestResources
:testClasses
:test
Executing test maturesShouldBeCharged11DollarsForDefaultMovie [movietickets.MovieTicketsTests] with result: SUCCESS
Executing test studentsShouldBeCharged8DollarsForDefaultMovie [movietickets.MovieTicketsTests] with result: SUCCESS
Executing test seniorsShouldBeCharged6DollarsForDefaultMovie [movietickets.MovieTicketsTests] with result: SUCCESS
Executing test childrenShouldBeCharged5DollarsAnd50CentForDefaultMovie [movietickets.MovieTicketsTests] with result: SUCCESS
:check
:build

Since version 1.1 Gradle supports much more options to log test output. With those options at hand you can achieve a similar output with the following configuration:

test {
    testLogging {
        events "passed", "skipped", "failed"
    }
}