The SourceSet 'testLocal' is not recognized by the Android Gradle Plugin. Perhaps you misspelled something? - android-studio-3.0

Question

i am trying to compile app on android studio but i am getting the following error
"The SourceSet 'testLocal' is not recognized by the Android Gradle Plugin. Perhaps you misspelled something?"
i am running the following
android studio 3.1.4
build-gradle-4.4-all
here below the code used
android {
compileSdkVersion 28
buildToolsVersion '28.0.3'
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.felkertech.n.cumulustv"
minSdkVersion 21
targetSdkVersion 28
versionCode 65
versionName '1.7.9'
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
testApplicationId 'com.felkertech.n.cumulustv.test'
}
signingConfigs {
debug {
}
}
buildTypes {
debug {
signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
}
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
productFlavors {
}
sourceSets { testLocal { setRoot('src/test') } }
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
}
dexOptions {
jumboMode = true
}
}
any ideas or hints that could help me will be appreciated

Answer 1

Ok so i found the ansewer
the correct code should be
sourceSets
{
androidTest
{
setRoot 'src/test'
}
}
instead of
sourceSets { testLocal { setRoot('src/test') } }