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I have a web service for my android and Iphone application that connects to online database. now we want to apply SSL on the web server. will this effect on my web service?

will the android and iphone applications keeps running or will be stopped? because in the applications they are linked to the web service like this

http://www.example.com/service/index.php

and now after applying SSL the website will be like 

https://www.example.com

should I change my applications to 

https://www.example.com/service/index.php

or its ok if I kept the old link in my applications (android and iphone)?

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  • They won't work unless http mode is still active – kike Aug 26 '15 at 06:30
  • @kike can you give me more information about http mode. because I'm a developer and this is the first time that I'm going to apply SSL on the server. – Khalil Rumman Aug 26 '15 at 06:32
  • I mean that if you have both modes, http and https it will work, if http redirects to https it won't. Check your webservice URL with http//www... and if it works (without redirecting to https), they will work. – kike Aug 26 '15 at 06:35
  • I took time to prepare an answer because I think it can be helpful for others. – kike Aug 27 '15 at 12:14

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When we enable SSL in our server we can keep our unsecure http access or redirect it to secure https.

Use secure communication is always a good practice but it will cost you a bit more of effort.

As an Android developer I was able to use https REST webservices thanks to this answer.

For iOS I have no idea but this answer could be a good starting point.

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