Deploying certificate with your Android app

[ertank 27]

Hello,

 

I have my HTTPS proxy for my HTTP REST server. Both running on my development computer.

 

I setup HTTPS proxy following instructions here: https://twigstechtips.blogspot.com/2016/01/nginx-how-to-set-up-ssl-reverse-proxy.html

 

These instructions makes you generate two certificate files. KEY and PEM files. I added that PEM file in my project resources as resource type RCDATA and used identifier "my_ca".

I used below link to prepare my security config xml

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56301765/self-signed-certificate-in-android-application-of-rad

 

Using "@raw/my_ca" as in that stackoverflow question is failing with below error (while packaging the app) when I try to debug run the app.

network_security_config.xml:6: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'src' with value '@raw/my_ca/')

So, I prepared my XML file as following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<network-security-config>
  <domain-config>
    <domain includeSubdomains="true">yourdomain.com</domain>
    <trust-anchors>
      <certificates src="my_ca"/>
    </trust-anchors>
  </domain-config> 
</network-security-config>

 

When I try to access my REST server like https://192.168.1.152/... 

I get following error

Failed to parse XML configuration from network_security_config

On the other hand, I can get results just fine using identical URL and Postman on Windows OS.

 

I simply failed to figure how to add that self signed certificate in my app package and use it.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

Thanks & Regards,

Ertan

 

[Guest]

have you "deployed" your certificate using "Deployment" in menu Project-Options?

if not see this SOF page:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56301765/self-signed-certificate-in-android-application-of-rad    <-----

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29123404/deploying-android-app-developed-in-delphi-firemonkey-to-google-play-store

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4843212/the-apk-must-be-signed-with-the-same-certificates-as-the-previous-version

Edited December 14, 2020 by Guest

[ertank 27]

I did add private key certificate as a resource as I tried to explain in my initial post.

 

I did deploy my security config "network_security_config.xml" under "res\xml" in project Deployment. Sorry, forgot to mention that in detail.

 

BTW, I am not trying to deploy my app in Play Store. Just trying to deploy it with my self signed HTTPS certificate.

[Guest]

your "server HTTPS" know your certiface? and the answer is "all it's ok" can pass please!