Android 2.1 and Azure Storage

Hi
I implement application in Android 2.1.
I need to download file from my Azure storage.
Android 2.1 is too old for the Azure storage APIs.
So, I try to do it with Rest call. When I try to do that, I get exception with detail message:
"Not trusted server certificate".
my relevant code:
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(new HttpGet(_url + getRequest));
While _url = "https://<MyStorageName>.blob.core.windows.net/" and getRequest="buildingsynchronization/IMG-20140306-WA0013.jpg"
When I try to call that url from my browser, I get the file.
Can somebody help me please?
Thanks

Hi Amir,
It might be because one of the root certificate not installed properly on your device. Due to which the device cannot accept the Storage Certificate.
Hope, this link might help you : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2642777/trusting-all-certificates-using-httpclient-over-https/6378872#6378872
Regards,
Manu Rekhar

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