First off I tried both major applications, OpenVPN for Android and OpenVPN Connect, and personally I prefer "OpenVPN Connect". The major reason being, "OpenVPN for Android" is a menu driven application vs "OpenVPN Connect" being file driven. If you prefer toggle switches and pasting file content then "OpenVPN for Android" is for you. However, if you prefer creating files elsewhere then simply copying them to your phone and pointing the application to them, then "OpenVPN Connect" is your hands down choice.
Through some trial and error I found out that "RSA-SHA512" is not a supported authentication digest on Android, as I was getting a "Polarssl_cipher_not_found" error for the "auth RSA-SHA512" setting in my config.ovpn. However, I did find that "auth SHA512" does work instead. There may be others that do and don't work but for now this suits my needs.
To test my client configuration somewhere else, I placed the hand-configured "config.ovpn" and related keys and certificates on my laptop(MAC) and used tunnelblick to connect.
Once the configuration is functional, simply copy all the files to a folder on your Android device and use "OpenVPN Connect" to import/open your configuration and then connect.
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