HTTP load failed and I have tried all of the SO suggestions, but nothing works

Question

Error 9802 is a "Fatal Alert" according to the Apple's docs. I have looked at Google and SO and found nothing referencing 9802 that fixes this problem. I can change my code to go for "apple.com" and I get the page, but using my own URL, I get the error above. I have tried everything that I can think of, and nothing works. Time to ask for help! :D

The result of using

/usr/bin/nscurl --ats-diagnostics https://pragerphoneapps.com

is all tests fail (results are uploaded here)

This is an image of my app's .plist file (only pertinent part)

and this is an image of the target info:

And this is my code:

- (IBAction)showHTMLHelp:(UIButton *)sender {

//  make the popover
UIViewController* popoverContent = [UIViewController new];
UIView* popoverView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 450, 500)];
popoverView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:(CGFloat)1.0 alpha:(CGFloat)1.0];  //  frame color?
popoverContent.view = popoverView;

//resize the popover view shown in the current view to the view's size
popoverContent.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(450, 500);

NSString *urlAddress = @"https://pragerphoneapps.com";     // @"https://www.pragerphoneapps.com/bookstore-inventory-manager/upload-help/";
NSURL  *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlAddress];
NSURLRequest *requestObj = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];

//  add the UIWebView for RichText
UIWebView *webView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame: popoverView.frame];
webView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];  //  change background color here

//  add the webView to the popover
[webView loadRequest:requestObj];
[popoverView addSubview:webView];

//  if previous popoverController is still visible... dismiss it
if ([popoverController isPopoverVisible]) {
    [popoverController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
}

//create a popover controller
popoverController = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:popoverContent];

[popoverController presentPopoverFromRect:((UIButton *)oShowHelp).frame inView:self.view
                 permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:YES];

}

Answer 1

I seriously recommend you to fix your SSL certificate. ATS requires you to have a valid SSL certificate, TLS version 1.2 or above and support for forward secrecy. This will be a requirement at the beginning of 2017 so better get ready.

Anyway, meanwhile try the following steps to get this working.

Put this on top of your file:

@interface NSURLRequest (InvalidSSLCertificate)
+ (BOOL)allowsAnyHTTPSCertificateForHost:(NSString*)host;
+ (void)setAllowsAnyHTTPSCertificate:(BOOL)allow forHost:(NSString*)host;
@end

Disable App Transport Security in Info.plist.

Allow invalid SSL certificates before loading request:

[NSURLRequest setAllowsAnyHTTPSCertificate:YES forHost:[url host]];

Sample code that successfully loads your site:

NSString *urlAddress = @"https://pragerphoneapps.com";     // @"https://www.pragerphoneapps.com/bookstore-inventory-manager/upload-help/";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlAddress];
NSURLRequest *requestObj = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[NSURLRequest setAllowsAnyHTTPSCertificate:YES forHost:[url host]];
UIWebView *webView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame: self.view.frame];
webView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[self.view addSubview:webView];
[webView loadRequest:requestObj];