Aerogear Android lib cannot establish secure HTTPS connection to UPS using self-signed certificate

There is a problem with establishing secure HTTPS connection to Unified Push Server from Android applications. The problem occurs if the certificate is self-signed.

Registration of a device on UPS produces following error: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Trust anchor for certification path not found.

The workaround is to create a custom trust manager in your Android application.

More information: http://developer.android.com/training/articles/security-ssl.html#CommonProblems