httpclient ssl certificate on android

Question

I have some troubles with ssl using httpclient on android i am trying to access self signed certificate in details i want my app to trust all certificates ( i will use ssl o

Answer 1

If you happen to look at the code of DefaultHttpClient, it looks something like this:

   @Override
    protected ClientConnectionManager createClientConnectionManager() {
        SchemeRegistry registry = new SchemeRegistry();
        registry.register(
                new Scheme("http", PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 80));
        registry.register(
                new Scheme("https", SSLSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 443));

        ClientConnectionManager connManager = null;     
        HttpParams params = getParams();
        ...
    }

Notice the mapping of https scheme to org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.getSocketFactory().

You can create a custom implementation for org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.SecureProtocolSocketFactory interface (http://hc.apache.org/httpclient-3.x/apidocs/org/apache/commons/httpclient/protocol/SecureProtocolSocketFactory.html) wherein, you can create java.net.SSLSocket with a custom TrustManager that accepts all certificate.

You may want to look into JSSE for more details at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/security/jsse/JSSERefGuide.html