Example using [DavidWebb](http://hgoebl.github.io/DavidWebb/) for [SO-question 23260208](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23260208/android-get-request-using-https-failing-not-sure-why)

TestSO23260208.java

package com.goebl.david;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

public class TestSO23260208 extends TestCase {

    public void testGet() throws Exception {

        Webb webb = Webb.create();
        Response<String> response = webb
                .get("https://www.goebl.com/robots.tx")
                .connectTimeout(3000)
                .readTimeout(10000)
                .header("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0")
                .asString();

        if (response.isSuccess()) {
            assertEquals(200, response.getStatusCode());
            assertNotNull(response.getBody());
        } else {
            System.out.println(response.getStatusCode());
            System.out.println(response.getResponseMessage());
            System.out.println(response.getErrorBody());
        }
    }

}