nkzawa socket.io xhr poll error when using SSL

Writing an Android app that communicates with a nodejs server using socket.io 1.3.5 with SSL using Nkzawa client 0.4.2. Everything works perfectly fine... until i try to use SSL. I keep getting "com.github.nkzawa.engineio.client.EngineIOException: xhr poll error" when using self-signed certificate.

Could not figure it out so i even tried using his sample server code found here http://ift.tt/1OSDcf2

It also uses his certificates and keys, although I had to convert his keystore.jks to a .bks using http://ift.tt/ywEz1R Android logs still gives me the same error string on the EVENT_CONNECT_ERROR type event. I just attempts to reconnect over and over again... Do I do something wrong?

Heres my android code

 public int configureCommands() {     

    if(d_configureCommands)Log.e(Tag+"","ConfigureCommands() Enter");
    try {

        SSLContext ctx  = createSSLContext();
        IO.setDefaultSSLContext(ctx);
        IO.Options opts = new IO.Options();
        opts.forceNew = true;
        opts.reconnection = true;
        opts.secure = false;
        opts.sslContext = ctx;

        socket = IO.socket(PROTOCOL+ "://" + SERVER_IP + ":" + SERVER_PORT,opts);

        if(socket == null){

            Log.e("SOCKET IS NULL","SOCKET IS NULL");
            return -1;
        }

        ///////////////////////// INCOMING COMMANDS ///////////////////////////////////////
        socket.on(Socket.EVENT_CONNECT, new Emitter.Listener() {    //CONNECT
            @Override
            public void call(Object... args) {
                if (d_EventConnect) Log.e(Tag , "Event_Connect Enter");
            }
        }).on(Socket.EVENT_DISCONNECT, new Emitter.Listener() {    //DISCONNECT
            @Override
            public void call(Object... args) {
                if (d_EventDisconnect) Log.e(Tag , "Event_Disconnect Enter");
            }
        })

...

        }).on(Socket.EVENT_CONNECT_ERROR,new Emitter.Listener() {
            @Override
            public void call(Object... args) {
                Log.e(Tag ,"Event  Connect Errr "+ args[0].toString());
            }
        }).on(Socket.EVENT_RECONNECT_ATTEMPT, new Emitter.Listener() {
            @Override
            public void call(Object... args) {
                Log.e(Tag ,"Event RECONNECT ATTEMPT"+ args[0].toString());
            }
        }).on(Socket.EVENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, new Emitter.Listener() {
            @Override
            public void call(Object... args) {
                Log.e(Tag ,"Event Connect Time Out"+ args[0].toString());
            }
        }).on(Socket.EVENT_ERROR, new Emitter.Listener() {
            @Override
            public void call(Object... args) {
                Log.e(Tag ,"Event Connect Time Out"+ args[0].toString());
            }
        });


    } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
        Log.e(Tag+"","URISyntaxException",e);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.e(Tag, "Exception Connection Denied: ", e);
    }
    return 0;
}

...

public void Connect(){
    if(d_Connect)Log.e(Tag, "Connect() + Enter");
    socket.connect();
}

public void Disconnect(){
    if(d_Disconnect)Log.e(Tag, "Disconnect() Enter");
    socket.disconnect();
}



SSLContext createSSLContext() throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException {
    KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("BKS");
    ks.load(mContext.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.keystore), "password".toCharArray());


    KeyManagerFactory kmf = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance("X509");
    kmf.init(ks, "password".toCharArray());

    TrustManagerFactory tmf = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance("X509");
    tmf.init(ks);

    SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
    sslContext.init(kmf.getKeyManagers(), tmf.getTrustManagers(), null);
    return sslContext;
}

The library catches the error and continues to execute.. attempting to reconnect indefinitely. I'm not even sure what xhr poll error even means, it is a generic error.