Error creating AIR file: Could not generate timestamp: Remote host closed connection during handshake

Question

I've been trying to export a release build from Flash Builder and I'm getting the error:

The error message is:

Error creating AIR file: Could not generate timestamp: Remote host closed connection during handshake

Update:
I found this post and it says it uses https://timestamp.geotrust.com/tsa to get a timestamp. I visited this URL in the browser and received a 404 - Page not found.

Update 2:
It looks like the timestamp site has been down for a few days now.

Update 3:
It looks like geotrust switched to TLS 1.2 which breaks Flash Builder. Here is Adobe's response here:

Thanks for reporting the issue. We investigated and found that timestamp.geotrust.com has recently disabled TLS 1.0 (see comments on http://downornotworking.com/timestamp.geotrust.com/), and hence please try upgrading to Java 1.8 on your machine where ADT (a component in AIR SDK which is based on Java) packaging takes place.

OK. I've read here that there have been compatibility issues with Flash Builder and Java 1.8. Do I install Java 1.8? How do I do that with Flash Builder?

I'm running Flash Builder 4.7 on Mac OS X 10.11

Loader

Are you no FB4? – Cleat

I'm using Flash Builder 4.7 – Loader

FB 4.7 on Windows here, and as far as I can tell I was already using Java 1.8. Still getting the error. – Zacynthus

I read somewhere that someone is able choose another timestamp site using the flag -tsa other.timestamp.site. I'll see if I can find it. I don't remember if you this works in FB as a compiler flag or if you have to switch to using Ant which I don't want to do. The export dialog in FB handles all of export process for me. – Loader

Answer 1

There is a good article on how setup Flash Builder for Java 7/8

Running Adobe Flash Builder on Mac with Java 7/8

I am recreating the steps here just in case the link goes offline

Steps to follow

Set your JAVA_HOME to Java 7 or Java 8 as per the correct paths on your machine.

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_91.jdk/Contents/Home

Open JVM’s Info.plist at $JAVA_HOME/../Info.plist and add the highlighted lines to JVMCapabilities array:arrays
Create a symlink for libjvm.dylib as follows:

sudo mkdir –p /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home/bundle/Libraries
sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/server/libjvm.dylib

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home/bundle/Libraries/libserver.dylib

Note: Correct the version number (in jdk1.7.0_79.jdk) path in the above example to make it point to the correct path on your machine.
Set java.library.path by adding the following lines at the end of “/Applications/Adobe Flash Builder 4.7/Adobe Flash Builder

4.7.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Flash Builder 4.7.ini”.

-Djava.library.path=../../../eclipse/plugins/com.adobe.flexide.nativelibs_4.7.0.349722/os/macosx/:../../../eclipse/plugins/com.adobe.flexide.amt_4.7.0.349722/os/macosx/:../../../eclipse/plugins/com.adobe.flexbuilder.utils.osnative_4.7.0.349722/os/macosx/

Restart your machine and launch Flash Builder. Possible error

If you are trying to launch Flash Builder on Mac OS 10.12 and you see an error such as:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Application "com.adobe.flexbuilder.standalone.FlashBuilderApplication" could not be found in the registry. The applications available are: org.eclipse.ant.core.antRunner, org.eclipse.ant.ui.antRunner, org.eclipse.equinox.app.error, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.garbagecollector.application, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher.InstallPublisher, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher.EclipseGenerator, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher.ProductPublisher, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher.FeaturesAndBundlesPublisher, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.application, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository.repo2runnable, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository.metadataverifier, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository.mirrorApplication, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.repository.mirrorApplication, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.updatesite.UpdateSitePublisher, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher.UpdateSitePublisher, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher.CategoryPublisher, org.eclipse.help.base.infocenterApplication, org.eclipse.help.base.helpApplication, org.eclipse.help.base.indexTool, org.eclipse.jdt.apt.core.aptBuild, org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCodeFormatter, org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench, org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate, org.eclipse.update.core.siteOptimizer. at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppContainer.startDefaultApp(EclipseAppContainer.java:248) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.MainApplicationLauncher.run(MainApplicationLauncher.java:29) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:344) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410)

Locate a directory named “p2” at /Applications/Adobe Flash Builder 4.7/ and delete it. Flash Builder should now launch.

Cleat

Answer 2

This fix worked for me with FlashBuilder 4.7 on windows.

Make sure JDK 1.8 is installed normally.

Remove (rename) the JDK1.6 folder that ships with FlashBuilder:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4.7 (64 Bit)\jre

I renamed it to jre-removed-to-force-java1.8, but whatever.

Zacynthus

Do you have Mac Sierra installed or did you upgrade Java manually? – Loader

Answer 3

For me this solution worked from Phendrax on this page: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2218793

After installing Java 1.8, Go to "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4.7 (64 Bit)" (or your Flash Builder installation directory) and rename the folder "jre" to something else (like "_jre"), Then go to your Java 1.8 installation directory (for me it's "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_101"), And copy the "jre" folder from your Java 1.8 directory to your Flash Builder directory

Ectoblast

Answer 4

For anyone interested, i solved this with our ant build.xml by adding a "-tsa" arg to the adt java task

<!-- Load properties -->
<property file="${basedir}${file.separator}build${file.separator}build.properties" />

<!-- ADT launch -->
<java jar="${flexsdk.adt}" fork="true" failonerror="true" maxmemory="1024m">
    <arg line="-package" />
    <arg line="-keystore ${project.certificate}" />
    <arg line="-storetype pkcs12" />
    <arg line="-storepass ${project.storepass}" />
    <arg line="-tsa ${adt.tsa}" />
    <arg line="-target bundle" />
    <arg line="${buildconfig.path}" />
    <arg line="${buildconfig.path}/${project.name}-app.xml" />
    <arg line="-C ${buildconfig.path} ${project.name}.swf" />
</java>

With our build.properties file using the following adt.tsa value

adt.tsa = http://sha256timestamp.ws.symantec.com/sha256/timestamp

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