SSL/TLS protocols and cipher suites with the AndroidHttpClient

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When using the AndroidHttpClient to make REST requests via HTTPS, how can I specify which SSL protocols and ciphers to use?

I don't believe you can do it with AndroidHttpClient. Everything I've done to harden the channel (like cipher lists, certificate pinning, and public key pinning) required a custom class somewhere, whether it was SSLSocketFactory or X509TrustManager. That's Java and that's Android. See How to override the cipherlist sent to the server by Android when using HttpsURLConnection?.