How to specify classpath ordering in Gradle

Question

I need to control the ordering of jars in the testRuntime configuration.

I must make sure that robolectric-x.x.jar comes before android.jar, or else I get the dreade

Answer 1

This might work:

configurations { robo }

dependencies {
  robo ...
  testRuntime ...
}

sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath = configurations.robo + sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath