SSLClient.java

public DefaultHttpClient createHttpClient() throws Exception {
  // Some constants
  final int timeout = 10000;
  final int HTTP_PORT = 80;
  final int HTTPS_PORT = 443;
  final String HTTPS = "https";
  final String HTTP = "http";
  String keystoreName = "keystore";
  String keystoreType = "JKS";
  String keystorePass = "secret";
  String truststoreName = "truststore";
  String truststoreType = "JKS";
  String truststorePass = "secret";

  // we need passwords as character arrays
  final char[] keystorePassword = keystorePass.toCharArray();
  final char[] truststorePassword = truststorePass.toCharArray();

  // Setup the stores first
  // Key store
  KeyStore keystore = KeyStore.getInstance(keystoreType);
  FileInputStream instream = new FileInputStream(keystoreName);
  keystore.load(instream, keystorePassword);
  instream.close();
  // Trust store
  KeyStore truststore = KeyStore.getInstance(truststoreType);
  instream = new FileInputStream(new File(truststoreName));
  truststore.load(instream, truststorePassword);
  instream.close();

  // Create SSL socket factory that uses the stores
  SSLSocketFactory sslSocketFactory = new SSLSocketFactory(keystore, new String(keystorePassword), truststore);

  // Create container for various parameters, e.g. timeouts
  HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams();
  HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(params, timeout);
  HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(params, timeout);

  // create scheme registry for HTTP and HTTPS
  SchemeRegistry schemeRegistry = new SchemeRegistry();
  schemeRegistry.register(new Scheme(HTTP, PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), HTTP_PORT));
  schemeRegistry.register(new Scheme(HTTPS, sslSocketFactory , HTTPS_PORT));

  // Create Connection Manager that takes care of the connections created by the client
  ClientConnectionManager httpConnectionManager = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(params, schemeRegistry);

  // Create the desired http client instance
  DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(httpConnectionManager, params);
  return httpClient;
}