Create private Gradle task which is not visible on task list

Question

Is it possible to create private Gradle task which is not visible on task list (gradlew tasks)?

Answer 1

Gradle doesn't support marking a task as "private". However, gradle tasks will only show a task if it either has task.group set, or no other task depends on it. The idea behind this is that such a task is likely meant to be executed directly by the user. In contrast, gradle tasks --all will show all tasks.