I tried this with gradle 1.2 and 1.3. I have a testng file which specifies packages:
<test name="Smoke Tests" parallel="methods" thread-count="5">
<packages>
<package name="com.api" />
</packages>
</test>
</suite>
This version with classes + groups works
<test name="smoke Tests" parallel="methods" thread-count="5">
<classes>
<class name="com.api.ListsTests"/>
</classes>
</test>
Has anyone gotten packages+groups to work in a testng xml file with gradle?