Java.Net.ProtocolException when using AndroidClientHandler: PROPFIND (and others) unsupported about webdavclient HOT 15 OPEN

I am in the same situation, the AndroidClientHandler is not working with PROPFIND and the HttpClientHandler is not working with some certificates. So it is not possible to use this library to access some servers.

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var httpHandler = new SocketsHttpHandler();
httpHandler.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.Deflate | DecompressionMethods.GZip;
httpHandler.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(username, password);
var client = new WebDavClient(new HttpClient(httpHandler, true) { BaseAddress = new Uri(url) });

The issue has also been discussed here

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After some consideration I decided to not include a workaround into the library since it's a rare case and it should be possible to implement a workaround on the client (hopefully X-HTTP-Method-Override is enough).

Thanks for bringing this up though, this could be helpful for people who encountered the same problem.

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@tipa @skazantsev Is there any sample code on how to fix this?

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I found a solution to the problem. It is enough to add the HttpClientHandler to the client. I don't know why it works.

var handler = new HttpClientHandler();
//   this line fix Java.Net.ProtocolException: Expected one of [OPTIONS, GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, TRACE, PATCH] but was PROPFIND in android
handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (sender, cert, chain, sslPolicyErrors) => { return true; };
HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler);
// ...
return new WebDavClient(client);

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I found a solution to the problem. It is enough to add the HttpClientHandler to the client. I don't know why it works.

It works because the HttpClientHandler doesn't have the problem that the AndroidClientHandler has, which is used by default on Xamarin.Android.

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It would be nice to write about this in the library manual. Since this is not an obvious thing. It took me all day to find a solution. This could save other developers time.

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Hi everybody, I had to go the opposite way, from HttpClientHandler to AndroidClientHandler because it will keep giving Authentication failed, see inner exception. ---> Mono.Btls.MonoBtlsException: Ssl error:1000007d:SSL routines:OPENSSL_internal:CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED with the Let's Encrypt certificates past 09/30. Using the Android handler enables the use of TLS 1.2 instead of 1.0. So, after the expiration, it will be common to find this error in the wild. I'm still stuck trying to overcome the Expected one of [OPTIONS, GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, TRACE, PATCH] but was PROPFIND error. What would be the suggested override for PROPFIND using X-HTTP-Method-Override?

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So it is not possible to use this library to access some servers.

@pp111 it is possible, but you need to use HttpClientHandler instead of AndroidClientHandler

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If I use HttpClientHandler I get the exception

Authentication failed, see inner exception. ---> Mono.Btls.MonoBtlsException: Ssl error:1000007d:SSL routines:OPENSSL_internal:CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED

The certificate is fine, but needs TLS 1.2 which seems to be not supported with HttpClientHandler on Android (on Windows it works fine).

Using AndroidClientHandler the certificate validation works fine, but it fails because of the PROPFIND issue.

So, if I am not missing something, none of the two handlers are working with TLS1.2 servers on Android.

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You can ignore that certificate check like this:

var httpHandler = new HttpClientHandler()
{
    Credentials = new NetworkCredential(usernam, password),
    ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (httpRequestMessage, cert, cetChain, policyErrors) => true,
};

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Yes, I think this is the only option although it might be potentially unsafe.

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The HttpClientHandler stopped working with .net 6 Android. It is now required to opt-out of the AndroidMessageHandler on a project-level. I reported this issue the Microsoft here: xamarin/xamarin-android#7291

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The HttpClientHandler stopped working with .net 6 Android. It is now required to opt-out of the AndroidMessageHandler on a project-level. I reported this issue the Microsoft here: xamarin/xamarin-android#7291

can you post here an step by step how-to make work with android ? I try all things and cannot resolve the propfind exception...

thanks

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After some consideration I decided to not include a workaround into the library since it's a rare case and it should be possible to implement a workaround on the client (hopefully X-HTTP-Method-Override is enough).

@skazantsev I am still forced to use a SocketsHttpHandler in order to send PROPFIND requests on Android, but this comes at other disadvantages (exceptions, performance). AndroidMessageHandler is just the recommended http handler to be used on Android. Can you expand on your comment how one can use X-HTTP-Method-Override with the current implementation to overcome this problem?

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