How Do We Enable Sni In Httpclient 4.4+ On Android?

I am trying to work out recipes for using SNI with major HTTP stacks on modern versions of Android. This includes Apache's separate HttpClient library (not the version baked into A

Solution 1:

Try using this version of SSLConnectionSocketFactory instead of the one shipped with Marek Sebera's fork of HttpClient. It contains this Andriod specific bit of code. Last time I tested SNI with the official Apache port of HttpClient 4.3 it worked just fine.

// Android specific code to enable SNI
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
    if (Log.isLoggable(TAG, Log.DEBUG)) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Enabling SNI for " + target);
    }
    try {
        Method method = sslsock.getClass().getMethod("setHostname", String.class);
        method.invoke(sslsock, target);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        if (Log.isLoggable(TAG, Log.DEBUG)) {
            Log.d(TAG, "SNI configuration failed", ex);
        }
    }
}
// End of Android specific code