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Unsafe implementation of the interface X509TrustManager – Google Play

When I try to upload an application to google play, I get a message. “Unsafe implementation of the interface x509trustmanager”. In a message from Google Play it says:

To avoid problems when validating the SSL certificate, change the code of the checkServerTrusted method in the X509TrustManager interface so that a CertificateException or IllegalArgumentException is thrown when it detects suspicious certificates.

All the options I’ve found use the checkValidity method to validate the certificate but Google also adds:

Do not use checkValidity to validate the server’s certificate. This method checks the validity of the certificate, not its security.

How can I change the code of the checkServerTrusted method correctly? My current implementation of x509TrustManager:

X509TrustManager trustManager = new X509TrustManager() {
        @Override
        public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
            X509Certificate[] cArrr = new X509Certificate[0];
            return cArrr;
        }

        @Override
        public void checkServerTrusted(final X509Certificate[] chain,
                                       final String authType) throws CertificateException {
            try {
                chain[0].checkValidity();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                throw new CertificateException("Certificate not valid or trusted.");
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void checkClientTrusted(final X509Certificate[] chain,
                                       final String authType) throws CertificateException {
        }
    };

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Answer

I changed the X509TrustManager implementation this way and the app passed Google Play verification:

TrustManager[] victimizedManager = new TrustManager[]{

                new X509TrustManager() {

                    public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {

                        X509Certificate[] myTrustedAnchors = new X509Certificate[0];

                        return myTrustedAnchors;
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {
                        if(chain == null || chain.length == 0)throw new IllegalArgumentException("Certificate is null or empty");
                        if(authType == null || authType.length() == 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Authtype is null or empty");
                        if(!authType.equalsIgnoreCase("ECDHE_RSA") &&
                                !authType.equalsIgnoreCase("ECDHE_ECDSA") &&
                                !authType.equalsIgnoreCase("RSA") &&
                                !authType.equalsIgnoreCase("ECDSA")) throw new CertificateException("Certificate is not trust");
                        try {
                            chain[0].checkValidity();
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                            throw new CertificateException("Certificate is not valid or trusted");
                        }
                    }
                }
        };
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