accepting HTTPS connections with self-signed certificates

Question

I\'m trying to make HTTPS connections, using HttpClient lib, but the problem is that, since the certificate isn\'t signed by a recognized Certificate Authority

Answer 1

Jan 19th, 2020 Self Signed Certificate ISSUE FIX:

To play video , image , calling webservice for any self signed certificate or connecting to any unsecured url just call this method before performing any action , it will fix your issue regarding certificate issue :

KOTLIN CODE

  private fun disableSSLCertificateChecking() {
        val hostnameVerifier = object: HostnameVerifier {
            override fun verify(s:String, sslSession: SSLSession):Boolean {
                return true
            }
        }
        val trustAllCerts = arrayOf(object: X509TrustManager {
            override fun getAcceptedIssuers(): Array {
                TODO("not implemented") //To change body of created functions use File | Settings | File Templates.
            }

            //val acceptedIssuers:Array = null
            @Throws(CertificateException::class)
            override fun checkClientTrusted(arg0:Array, arg1:String) {// Not implemented
            }
            @Throws(CertificateException::class)
            override fun checkServerTrusted(arg0:Array, arg1:String) {// Not implemented
            }
        })
        try
        {
            val sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS")
            sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, java.security.SecureRandom())
            HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory())
            HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(hostnameVerifier)
        }
        catch (e: KeyManagementException) {
            e.printStackTrace()
        }
        catch (e: NoSuchAlgorithmException) {
            e.printStackTrace()
        }
    }