Gradle exclude a specific subproject from full build

I found a better solution to be to exclude the functional tests from running on the command line or via the build file.

For example, to run all tests except the functional tests, run:

$ gradle check -x :functional-tests:check

Then when building the project, you can let the subproject build but exclude their tests from running.

$ gradle clean assemble -x :functional-tests:check

A better option is do disable the functional tests in your build file unless a property is set. For example, in your build.gradle you’d add:

project('functional-tests') {
    test {
        onlyIf {
            project.hasProperty("functionalTests")
        }
    }
}

This way, functional tests are always skipped unless you specify a specific build property:

$ gradle check
$ gradle -PfunctionalTests check

Hope that helps!