thanks all.

yes i think the problem is with the server certificate authentication.

the app is connecting to my own server https://www.myserver.com/url..

looks like the easiest work-around is to skip the authentication.



On May 22, 10:23 pm, DanH <[email protected]> wrote:
> Assuming the server is legitimate, you basically see this problem
> because the certificate presented by the HTTPS server doesn't have a
> certificate chain that can be verified against one of the root
> certificates on the phone.  It may be possible to download and install
> a new (additional) root authority certificate on the phone (I don't
> know if this is possible on Android -- it isn't on some phones).  If
> not, or if you want a "fix" that doesn't require actions on the part
> of the user, you can either tell the HTTPS protocol to not verify the
> server's cert (not particularly dangerous if the trusted URL is
> hardwired into your app), or you can include a suitable root cert in
> your application and give that to the HTTPS protocol for its use.
> (I'm not familiar with how precisely you do these things on Android.)
>
> On May 22, 6:58 pm, dashman <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > I'm trying to connect to a server via https and am getting
> > invalid server certificate.
>
> > how do i solve this.

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