Enabling TLS 1.2 on Cordova app for Android 4.1 through 5.0

Question

I have an android app that fails on android 4.1 through 5.0. The issue is that the API it connects to requires TLS 1.2.

The official docs say that TLS 1.2 is supported but not enabled by default. I haven't been able to find a way to enable it with cordova; how would one enable TLS 1.2 on an android / cordova app?

It appears it would have to be enabled for the webview, this answer states it's impossible.. Is there anything I can do?

score -1 · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-21T23:21:39.663

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@evandentremont,
short of a plugin (of which the 2 only work for iOS), your next best option is to set the minSDK in your config.xml

This article confirms that with API level 20, tls 1.2 is turned on by default; the official Android confirms this

Holly Schinsky has a description on how to add this and other important features.

The link you need to add looks like this:
<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="20" />

Best of Luck

edited Oct 21 '15 at 23:21

answered Oct 21 '15 at 04:04

Yes, this is what we ended up doing. – Oct 21 '15 at 19:49
@evandentremont Did you write a plugin. If so this would be exactly what I'm after now. It's not open source or anything is it??? – phuzi Apr 21 '16 at 08:02
No, ended up disabling android 4 – Apr 21 '16 at 13:31
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excluding users with android < 20 is not a soution – aorlando Jul 10 '17 at 10:57

Enabling TLS 1.2 on Cordova app for Android 4.1 through 5.0

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