Android SSL HttpGet (No peer certificate) error OR (Connection closed by peer) error

Question

I am trying to do a simple HttpGet to read a webpage. I have this working on iOS and working on Android over http, but not https.

The url is an internal network IP a

Answer 1

If you have access to the server with a trusted certificate a much better solutionis to correctly configure the SSL because android is more restricted that iOS and desktop browser regarding SSL verification

This solution does not require any changes in your android app, so it is more clean.

Here is an example SSL configuration for apache (add it to your VirtualHost definition e.g. /etc/apache2/sites-enabled)

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile    YOUR_CERT_PATH
SSLCACertificateFile  CA_ROOT_CERT_PATH
SSLCertificateKeyFile KEY_PATH

I had the same error and when I added the CA root certificate, the error gone and android did not complain anymore. Provide the correct paths for these files, restart Apache and test again.

The file for the CA root certificate can contain both the root and intermediate certificate

You can test your SSL configuration with this site and make sure that in the result under Certification Paths that the server is sending all the required certificates.