The following code disables SSL certificate checking for any new instances of HttpsUrlConnection

Ignore certificate for HttpURLConnection in Android.java

    /**
     * Disables the SSL certificate checking for new instances of {@link HttpsURLConnection} This has been created to
     * aid testing on a local box, not for use on production.
     */
     
    /**
     * Google has dropped support for Anonymous Diffie Hellman ciphers. So If your server uses, the connection works under Android 6.0.
     */

    private static void disableSSLCertificateChecking() {
        HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(new HostnameVerifier() {
            @Override
            public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
                return true;
            }
        });
        TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] { new X509TrustManager() {
            public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                return new java.security.cert.X509Certificate[]{};
            }

            @Override
            public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws CertificateException {
                // Not implemented
            }

            @Override
            public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws CertificateException {
                // Not implemented
            }
        } };

        try {
            SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");

            sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());

            HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());
        } catch (KeyManagementException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }