Android SDK Manager won't update: connection to https://dl-ssl.google.com refused

Question

This is the same problem as a number of other have reported, e.g.

Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addons_list-1.xml, reason: Connect

Answer 1

I have solved this by:

1. Giving full permissions to the sdk dir (Right Click->Properies->Security->Edit)
2. Checking the "Force https to http" and clicking on "Clear Cache" in the "Options" dialog window