Error:Cause: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

Question

I got the following Error in android Studio 2.2.3 when I sync gradle.

Error:Cause: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

How can I fix this issue

I am Adding my Gradle file also

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 25
buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.sample.myapplication"
    minSdkVersion 16
    targetSdkVersion 22
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
    testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
} } dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:palette-v7:23.4.0'
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
// FireBase
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:9.0.0'
}//Add this line
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

and the project Level Gradle File

buildscript {
repositories {
    jcenter()
}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
    classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    jcenter{ url "http://jcenter.bintray.com/" }
    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}

Answer 1

This problem might be due to some restricted internet connections... If you are installing build tools on some restricted network, the required certificates might not install... So try changing the network connection.... Worked for me.....

Answer 2

I faced the same issue, but fixed it by adding

maven { url "http://jcenter.bintray.com"}

in the project Level Gradle File

buildscript {
repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven { url "http://jcenter.bintray.com"}
}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
    classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    jcenter{ url "http://jcenter.bintray.com/" }
    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}

Answer 3

"Unable to find valid certification path to requested target"

If you are getting this message, you probably are behind a Proxy on your company, which probably is signing all request certificates with your company root CA certificate, this certificate is trusted only inside your company, so Android Studio cannot validate any certificate signed with your company certificate as valid, so, you need to tell Android Studio to trust your company certificate, you do that by adding your company certificate to Android Studio truststore.

(I'm doing this on macOS, but should be similar on Linux or Windows)

• First, you need to save your company root CA certificate as a file: you can ask this certificate to your IT department, or download it yourself, here is how. Open your browser and open this url, for example, https://jcenter.bintray.com/ or https://search.maven.org/, click on the lock icon and then click on Show certificate

On the popup window, to save the root certificate as a file, make sure to select the top level of the certificates chain (the root cert) and drag the certificate image to a folder/directory on your disk drive. It should be saved as a file as, for example: my-root-ca-cert.cer, or my-root-ca-cert.pem

• Second, let's add this certificate to the accepted Server Certificates of Android Studio:

On Android Studio open Preferences -> Tools -> Server Certificates, on the box Accepted certificates click the plus icon (+), search the certificate you saved previously and click Apply and OK

• Third, you need to add the certificate to the Android Studio JDK truststore (Gradle use this JDK to build the project, so it's important):

In Android Studio open File -> Project Structure -> SDK Location -> JDK Location

Copy the path of JDK Location, and open the Terminal, and change your directory to that path, for example, execute:

cd /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home/

(don't forget to scape the whitespace, "\ ")

Now, to import the certificate to the truststore, execute:

./bin/keytool -importcert -file /path/to/your/certificate/my-root-ca-cert.cer -keystore ./jre/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit -noprompt

• Finally, restart Android Studio, or better click File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart

Done, you should be able to build your project now.

Answer 4

I have faced this problem with Maven build earlier. It was occurring because I was working in a restricted office network. You need to import required certificate in your keystore.

Follow Steps in the answer of below question "unable to find valid certification path to requested target", but browser says it's OK

(use double quotes for fienames/pathnames)

Note: I am not able to find now exact source from where I solved problem, if I get it, I will update it

Answer 5

Import your company certificate at Tools->Android->SDK Manager->Tools->Server Certificates

Answer 6

If you are running behind a corporate proxy with SSL interception, you will need to follow these steps to trust your proxy certificate for HTTPS:

• In Android Studio, Open File -> Settings
  • In Tools -> Server Certificates
    • Tick ‘Accept non-trusted certificates automatically’
    • Also click the ‘+’ and manually add the corporate proxy root certificate.
  • In Appearance and Behaviour -> System Settings -> HTTP Proxy
    • Set your corporate proxy URL and port details
• Download KeyStore Explorer: http://keystore-explorer.org/downloads.html
• In KeyStore Explorer (run as admin), open the Android Studio JRE certificate store: C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\jre\lib\security\cacerts
  • The password should be ‘changeit’
  • Import the corporate proxy root certificate, and save.
• In Android Studio, select File -> Invalidate Cache and Restart

Answer 7

I just encountered the similar problem and found a series of steps did help me. Of course few of them is to Change the network to a stronger,better one.or if you have only one network then try Reconnecting to the network and then simply INVALIDATE/RESTART your android studio. If it still shows the error you need to add the "maven" in repositories and point it out to the link as shown below: maven { url "http://jcenter.bintray.com"}

Finally,Go to *File *Settings *Build,Execution and deployment *Gradle *Android Studio --------And check Enable maven repository option.

After that simply clean and rebuild your APP and you will be good to go.

Answer 8

If you re in your office ,use your smartphone network. I think It will work.

Answer 9

I had the same problem. I fixed it by removing/commenting proxy settings in gradle.properties. Check your gradle.properties, if you have some like this

systemProp.https.proxyPort=8080
systemProp.http.proxyHost=192.168.1.1
systemProp.https.proxyHost=192.168.1.1
systemProp.http.proxyPort=8080

comment it with #. Which will look like this

#systemProp.https.proxyPort=8080
#systemProp.http.proxyHost=192.168.1.1
#systemProp.https.proxyHost=192.168.1.1
#systemProp.http.proxyPort=8080

Answer 10

I missed this problem after update studio and gradle ,in the log file tips me some maven store has certificate problem.

I tried restart statudio as somebody suggestion but dose work; and somebody said we should set the jre environment ,but I doesn't know how to set it on Mac . So I tried restart Mac. and start studio I found this tips.

so the problem is floating on the surface: solution: first step: restart computer ,there are too many problem after android studio update . second step:use the old gradle tool OR download the *pom and jar ,put in correct folder.

Answer 11

Part of this answer by @Sadegh is what fixed it for me

Go to Gradle Scripts > gradle.properties

Enter these 6 lines in the gradle.properties file:

systemProp.http.proxyHost=fodev.org
systemProp.http.proxyPort=8118
systemProp.http.nonProxyHosts=*.jitpack.io, *.maven.org
systemProp.https.proxyHost=fodev.org
systemProp.https.proxyPort=8118
systemProp.https.nonProxyHosts=*.jitpack.io, *.maven.org

To dig deeper into the issue, I went inside Android Studio (not your mac), at the bottom I opened Terminal and entered: ./gradlew build --warning-mode all

The exact problem was:

PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

Answer 12

You are using older version of libraries.

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:palette-v7:25.2.0'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:10.2.0'

Answer 13

Like a noob!

I was getting a nightmare with this and forgot that i've recently installed a new AV (Kaspersky)

So another solution is: Disable your AV or add exclusions to your AV firewall or proxy

hope it helps to save some time.

Answer 14

For me this worked:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        maven { url "http://jcenter.bintray.com"}
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
            name 'Google'
        }
    }
...
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        jcenter{ url "http://jcenter.bintray.com/" }
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
            name 'Google'
        }
    }
}

Answer 15

1. If you are using kotlin and its showing this error please update your kotlin gradle plugin in project level build.gradle.

2. The certificate expired case : Go to certificates in settings and check if any certificate is expired if any, delete that certificate and clean and sync it will work.

3. Dependencies- unable to find case : In this case delete that dependency and sync the project then add the dependency again with some another version(downgraded version) and sync the project it will work.

These three cases i faced and wasted so much time, hope this will help someone and save someones day.

Thankyou - happy coding**:-)**

Answer 16

Run bellow command in Android studio terminal after opening the same project. It worked for me.

On Windows:

gradlew cleanBuildCache

On Mac or Linux:

./gradlew cleanBuildCache

Answer 17

In my case, this error was caused by the Proxyman/Charles proxy tool. I fixed this by closing Proxyman, resetting the Android Studio cache and restarting the emulator. After that everything started working

Answer 18

Just try to build the same project through command prompt and if the download dependencies happen successfully, go to settings in you IntelliJ and map the gradle to point gradle in your system and build should happen fine.

Answer 19

The error is is because of your network restriction that does not allow to sync the project from "http://jcenter.bintray.com", No need play with the IDE (Android Studio).

Answer 20

change dependencies from compile to Implementation in build.gradle file

Answer 21

Switching to the smartphone network & disabling the web security tool installed on my computer solved the problem.

Answer 22

This issue is related to network connectivity if not solved adding maven { url "http://jcenter.bintray.com"} at project level.

Just try to change your network and sync the gradle, should fix this issue for sure.

Answer 23

I got the same issue and I fixed it by changing my firewall setting or you can switch to another network

reasons behind it

when we are running our project run command its configure and check for exiting packages and make proceed to download the new or required package and the packages are stored on non-secure IP/hosting so your firewall will try to protect you and you will get these errors

Answer 24

Those who tried all the above answers and didn't help, or lazy to follow those steps, should try this quick-setting first.

• Go to Android Studio -> Appearance & Behavior -> System Settings -> HTTP Proxy -> Select Auto-detect proxy settings

• Go to Android Studio -> File -> Sync Project with Gradle File

Answer 25

Most of the times when I face this issue. I remove replace https with http. It solves the issue.

Answer 26

Simple Invalidate/Restart fixed it for me. No other actions were taken