No tasks available when executing JUnit runner class

I am trying to run Cucumber feature files in IntelliJ.

Cucumber Options is pointing to the right folder, but I get the "No tasks available" notification when trying to execute the JUnit runner class.

What am I doing wrong?

Here is my build.gradle:

plugins {
    id 'java'
}

sourceCompatibility = 1.8

apply plugin: 'java'

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

compileJava.options.encoding = "UTF-8"

dependencies {
    compile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.3.11'
    testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
    testCompile 'io.cucumber:cucumber-java:4.7.1'
    compile 'org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-server:2.44.0'
    testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-java:4.7.1'
    compile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
    compile group: 'org.seleniumhq.selenium', name: 'selenium-java', version: '3.141.59'
    compile group: 'io.cucumber', name: 'cucumber-java', version: '4.7.1'
    compile group: 'io.cucumber', name: 'cucumber-junit', version: '4.7.1'
    compile group: 'io.cucumber', name: 'cucumber-core', version: '4.7.1'
    compile group: 'net.masterthought', name: 'cucumber-reporting', version: '3.20.0'
    compile group: 'io.cucumber', name: 'gherkin', version: '5.1.0'
    compile group: 'info.cukes', name: 'cucumber-picocontainer', version: '1.2.5'
    compile group: 'io.github.bonigarcia', name: 'webdrivermanager', version: '3.6.0'
}

Ok, none of the proposed solutions worked, but I finally figured it out.

Went to Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment > Build Tools > Gradle and changed Run tests using: from Gradle (Default) to IntelliJ IDEA.

Note: found the solution here.

When I had this problem ("No tasks available" message when trying to run a test), what worked for me was to simply re-import the project from the Gradle view.

Right-click on project in Gradle view and select Reimport Gradle Project.

I was facing the same issue. When using gradle make sure your project structure is correct. Your tests should be in src>test>java

This resolved the issue for me.

"No tasks available" – I got this message when trying to run Spock test.

The reason was I did not have gradle plugins configured properly:

plugins {
    id 'java-library'
    id 'groovy' // this one is also necessary
}

Make sure you have 'groovy' plugin enabled, then re-import your project.

I had the same problem. When I used the full package name in glue it worked, this is mine:

    ...
    features = "src/test/resources/features",
	glue = {"test.java.stepdefinitions"},
    ...

I faced the same issue when I was trying to run the JUnit tests in my Gradle project. the solution worked in my case.

I also faced a similar issue, In my case, it was because I forget to use the "public" access modifier while defining test class, and apparent with Junit 4, all test classes should be public.