On Mon, 2014-07-28 at 10:44 +0200, Marius Shekow wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> there is an official port on 
> http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-4.3.x/android-port.html
> 
> You "forgot" to give usage instructions for it, as it seems. What needs 
> to be done for this to work? For example, is it enough to just place the 
> jar file in the libs dir, and it will automatically use the new 4.3 code 
> base when using "... = new DefaultHttpClient()" ? Or do I need to 
> instantiate it the "new way", i.e. using "HttpClients.createDefault()" ?
> 
> In that regard, I'm also wondering how to teach the Http-client a custom 
> certificate chain, given that I'm using a Root CA which isn't known to 
> all Android devices by default. So far I was able to do that using 
> Android's old HttpClient implementation, by creating a new 
> SchemeRegistry and registering a SSLSocketFactory which accepts a 
> KeyStore reference.
> 
> So far I have some code and I believe it is correct, but you're not 
> providing any examples and there also aren't any on the net:
> 
> CloseableHttpClient testClient = null;
>                   SSLContextBuilder builder = new SSLContextBuilder();
>                   KeyStore trusted;
>              try {
>                  trusted = KeyStore.getInstance("BKS");
>                  InputStream in = 
> MainActivity.this.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.mykeystorefileWithCertificates);
>                  try {
>                      trusted.load(in, "mobile360".toCharArray());
>                  } finally {
>                      in.close();
>                  }
>                  builder.loadTrustMaterial(trusted);
>                  SSLContext sslContext = builder.build();
>                  SSLConnectionSocketFactory test = new 
> SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext);
>                  testClient = 
> HttpClientBuilder.create().setSSLSocketFactory(test).build();
>              } catch (Exception e) {
>                  e.printStackTrace();
>              }
> 

I see nothing wrong with your code.

> Maybe some tutorials are in order?

Absolutely. HC is a community driven project, so happily take
contributions.

Oleg



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