protected HttpClient constructClient() {
    HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams();
    params.setParameter(CoreProtocolPNames.PROTOCOL_VERSION, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);

    // use the debug proxy to view internet traffic on the host computer
    if (ABCApplication.isDebuggingProxy()) params.setParameter(ConnRoutePNames.DEFAULT_PROXY, new HttpHost(ABCConstants.DEBUG_PROXY_HOST, ABCConstants.DEBUG_PROXY_PORT, "http"));

    // ignore ssl certification (due to signed authority not appearing on android list of permitted authorities)
    // see: http://blog.antoine.li/2010/10/22/android-trusting-ssl-certificates/
    SchemeRegistry registry = new SchemeRegistry();
    registry.register(new Scheme("http", new PlainSocketFactory(), 80));
    registry.register(new Scheme("https", new FakeSocketFactory(), 443));
    ClientConnectionManager cm = new SingleClientConnManager(params, registry);

    return new DefaultHttpClient(cm, params);
}

HttpURLConnection http = null;
            URL url;
            try {
                url = new URL("https:your domian");

                if (url.getProtocol().toLowerCase().equals("https")) {
                    trustAllHosts();
                    HttpsURLConnection https = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                    https.setHostnameVerifier(DO_NOT_VERIFY);
                    http = https;
                    System.out.println("TEST:::"+convertStreamToString(http.getInputStream()));
                } else {
                    http = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                    System.out.println("TEST:::"+convertStreamToString(http.getInputStream()));
                }
            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain,
                String authType) throws CertificateException {
        }

        public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain,
                String authType) throws CertificateException {
        }
    } };

    // Install the all-trusting trust manager
    try {
        SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
        sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
        HttpsURLConnection
                .setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}