javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Handshake failed

I am trying to call pixabay api and I’m getting this error. com.androidnetworking.error.ANError: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Handshake failed Can you help me solve this? I have done some research and found it’s related to https and ssl security, but nothing I understand from those materials.

[rakave]

@Joeeeyy Try this :

1. Go to https://www.ssllabs.com and check your domain name to see what Ciphersuites your server is using. Configuration - > Cipher Suites (i.e TLS 1.2 / TLS 1.1 ,etc). Then check the “Handshake Simulation” info as well to understand compatibility for each Android version.

2. If you are using nginx for your backend, add the following lines to your ssl-params config

ssl_ciphers "ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!DSS";

1. For the Frontend, use unsafeOkhttp but include all the ciphersuites that your server supports. This is my configuration as an example:

   private static OkHttpClient myUnsafeHttpClient() {

    try {
   
        // Create a trust manager that does not validate certificate chains
        final TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] {
   
                new X509TrustManager() {
   
                    @Override
                    public void checkClientTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) { }
                    @Override
                    public void checkServerTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) {
                    }
                    @Override
                    public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                        return new java.security.cert.X509Certificate[]{};
                    }
                }
        };
   
        //Using TLS 1_2 & 1_1 for HTTP/2 Server requests
        // Note : The following is suitable for my Server. Please change accordingly
        ConnectionSpec spec = new ConnectionSpec.Builder(ConnectionSpec.COMPATIBLE_TLS)
                .tlsVersions(TlsVersion.TLS_1_2, TlsVersion.TLS_1_1, TlsVersion.TLS_1_0)
                .cipherSuites(
                        CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
                        CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,
                        CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,
                        CipherSuite.TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,
                        CipherSuite.TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
                        CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384,
                        CipherSuite.TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,
                        CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,
                        CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256,
                        CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
                        CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA)
                .build();
   
        // Install the all-trusting trust manager
        final SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
        sslContext.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
        // Create an ssl socket factory with our all-trusting manager
        final SSLSocketFactory sslSocketFactory = sslContext.getSocketFactory();
   
        OkHttpClient.Builder builder = new OkHttpClient.Builder();
        builder.sslSocketFactory(sslSocketFactory);
        builder.connectionSpecs(Collections.singletonList(spec));
        builder.hostnameVerifier((hostname, session) -> true);
        return builder.build();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
   

   }

2. Initialize Androidnetworking as follows :

AndroidNetworking.initialize(getApplicationContext(), myUnsafeHttpClient());

This worked for me after a Week of struggle…Hope it helps anyone in need!

[m-irfan]

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