Running simple JUnit tests on Android Studio (IntelliJ) when using a Gradle-based configuration

Question

I am using Android Studio/IntelliJ to build on an existing Android project and would like to add some simple JUnit unit tests. What is

Answer 1

This is now supported in Android Studio starting with Android Gradle plugin 1.1.0, check this out:

https://developer.android.com/training/testing/unit-testing/local-unit-tests.html

Sample app with local unit tests on GitHub:

https://github.com/googlesamples/android-testing/tree/master/unittesting/BasicSample