How do you set up an SSL cert that HttpClient under Android will accept?

Question

I'm connecting to a REST service using HttpClient under Android. I'd like to be able to write code where I could pull the host, port, etc. out of a properties file and not have to write fake Schemes and other things like that in order to do the development work. In other words, the live site will have a cert. The dev site will have a self-signed cert or a CA cert. Either way, I need the code to seamlessly work with both kinds of certs if possible. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

there is a very good writing about SSL here http://crazybob.org/2010/02/android-trusting-ssl-certificates.html

Answer 2

Bob's solution works if you control the cert on the server. But what if you dont? how can I use SSL with the DefaultHttpClient for a cert from ANY CA?