Disable SSL as a protocol in HttpsURLConnection

Question

Due to the POODLE vulnerability, my server, hosted in Amazon AWS does no longer support SSLv3.

As a result, the first HTTPS connection my Android app does against th

Answer 1

Also you should know that you can force TLS v1.2 for Android 4.0 devices that don't have it enabled by default:

This should be in the first line of your Application:

 try {
            ProviderInstaller.installIfNeeded(getApplicationContext());
            SSLContext sslContext;
            sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");
            sslContext.init(null, null, null);
            sslContext.createSSLEngine();
        } catch (GooglePlayServicesRepairableException | GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException
                | NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }