Flex mobile 4.6 app works inside flash builder but not in android emulator

Question

Originally posted on stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8663892/flex-mobile-4-6-app-works-inside-flash-builder- but-not-in-android-emulator
I have a basic flex mobile 4.6 app and it works fully fine in the flash builder built-in emulator using an android device profile like aria...
It also launches fine in the android emulator but one particular view shows blank (and this view works fine in flash builder).
Before I get in to many details of the view are there any categorical gotchas that can be causing this?
I can't seem to get the trace statements from the app to show in 'adb logcat'. It seems I need to compile a debug version of the apk but I don't know how to do this. I use the 'Export Release Build' from the Project menu in flash builder and it doesn't seem to have an option for debug=true.
The problematic/blank view basically uses the stagewebview and iotashan's oauth library to call linkedin rest apis... A different (and working) view can make restful web service calls in the emulator fine, so it doesn't seem to be an internet permission.
The source code contained in the problematic/blank view is almost identical to the tutorial found at:http://www.riagora.com/2011/01/air-and-linkedin/
The differences are: a) The root tag is a View b) I use StageWebView instead of HtmlContainer c) I use my own linkedin key and tokens.
I would appreciate it if someone can provide me with some pointers on how to troubleshoot this situation. Perhaps someone can tell me how to debug the app while running in the emulator (I think I need the correct adt command arguments for this which matches the 'Export Release Build' menu but adds the debug param?)
Thanks for your help in advance.
Comment Added:
I suspect that this has to do with connections to https:// api.linkedin.com and https:// www.linkedin.com. The only reason I can think of that the same code is not having issues inside of Flex Builder but indeed having issues in the Android emulator is something to do with certificates. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Thanks er453r,
I have created a project that clearly reproduces the bug.  Here are the steps:
1) Create a UrlLoader and point it to https://www.google.com (HTTPS is important because http works but HTTPS does not)
2) Load it
3) Run in Flash Builder 4.6/Air 3.1 and then run in Android emulator.  The former works with an http status 200.  The latter gives you an ioerror 2032.  I am assuming what works in Flash Builder is supposed to work in the Android Emulator and what what works in the emulator is supposed to work in a physical device (plus or minus boundary conditions).
I see a certificate exception in adb logcat but not sure if it's related...
Here is the self contained View code which works with a TabbedViewNavigatorApplication:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:View xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
                    xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
                    xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
                    xmlns:ns1="*"
                    xmlns:local="*"
                    creationComplete="windowedapplication1_creationCompleteHandler(event) "
                    actionBarVisible="true" tabBarVisible="true">
          <fx:Script>
                    <![CDATA[
                              import mx.events.FlexEvent;
                              protected var requestTokenUrl:String = "https://www.google.com";
                              protected function windowedapplication1_creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
                                        var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
                                        loader.addEventListener(ErrorEvent.ERROR, onError);
                                        loader.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, onAsyncError);
                                        loader.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, securityErrorHandler);
                                        loader.addEventListener(HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_RESPONSE_STATUS, httpResponseStatusHandler);
                                        loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler);
                                        var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(requestTokenUrl);
                                        loader.load(urlRequest);
                              protected function requestTokenHandler(event:Event):void
                              protected function httpResponse(event:HTTPStatusEvent):void
                                        label.text += event.status;
                                        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                              private function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
                                        label.text += event.toString();
                                        trace("completeHandler data: " + event.currentTarget.data);
                              private function openHandler(event:Event):void {
                                        label.text +=  event.toString();
                                        trace("openHandler: " + event);
                              private function onError(event:ErrorEvent):void {
                                        label.text +=  event.toString();
                                        trace("onError: " + event.type);
                              private function onAsyncError(event:AsyncErrorEvent):void {
                                        label.text += event.toString();
                                        trace("onAsyncError: " + event);
                              private function onNetStatus(event:NetStatusEvent):void {
                                        label.text += event.toString();
                                        trace("onNetStatus: " + event);
                              private function progressHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void {
                                        label.text += event.toString();
                                        trace("progressHandler loaded:" + event.bytesLoaded + " total: " + event.bytesTotal);
                              private function securityErrorHandler(event:SecurityErrorEvent):void {
                                        label.text +=  event.toString();
                                        trace("securityErrorHandler: " + event);
                              private function httpStatusHandler(event:HTTPStatusEvent):void {
                                        label.text += event.toString();
                                        //label.text += event.responseHeaders.toString();
                                        trace("httpStatusHandler: " + event);
                              private function httpResponseStatusHandler(event:HTTPStatusEvent):void {
                                        label.text +=  event.toString();
                                        trace("httpStatusHandler: " + event);
                              private function ioErrorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
                                        label.text +=  event.toString();
                                        label.text += event.text;
                                        trace("ioErrorHandler: " + event);
                    ]]>
          </fx:Script>
          <fx:Declarations>
                    <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
          </fx:Declarations>
          <s:Label id="label" y="185" width="100%" color="#0A0909" horizontalCenter="0" text=""/>
</s:View>