Android < 4.3 WebView https error: Falling back to SSLv3 because host is TLS intolerant

Question

My app contains a WebView that load an https url. I've noticed that on Android version > 4.3 all works well, but on lower version i get this error:

external/chromium/net/http/http_stream_factory_impl_job.cc:865: [0804/151708:WARNING:http_stream_factory_impl_job.cc(865)] Falling back to SSLv3 because host is TLS intolerant: :443

and "page not found" message appears. Https page is a TLS v 1.2 and i've read that older version of Android does not support this kind of certificate.

So, if i use something like SSLv3, i'm guarantee that everything will works well on most of Android versions?

Answer 1

It's not possible to support TLS 1.0 in WebView on Android < 4.3. For Android 4.4 it is disabled by default.

According to: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33763737/4409113

It is(SSL 3.0) enabled by default for:

Android 1.0, 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0–2.1, 2.2–2.2.3

And:

Android 2.3–2.3.7, 3.0–3.2.6, 4.0–4.0.4

And:

Android 5.0-5.0.2

But, seems like, it is not enabled for:

Android 5.1-5.1.1

Android 6.0-6.0.1

So, yes, it should work.you can trust the following link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:TLS/SSL_support_history_of_web_browsers

Hope that helps.