diff --git a/app/src/app_android.cc b/app/src/app_android.cc
index 3f7c9beaa5..ecd4f27c14 100644
--- a/app/src/app_android.cc
+++ b/app/src/app_android.cc
@@ -311,7 +311,13 @@ static jobject GetPlatformAppByName(JNIEnv* jni_env, const char* name) {
         name_string);
     jni_env->DeleteLocalRef(name_string);
   }
-  jni_env->ExceptionCheck();
+  if (jni_env->ExceptionCheck()) {
+    // Explicitly set `platform_app` to `NULL` if an exception was thrown
+    // because on KitKat (API 19) `CallStaticObjectMethod()` may return garbage
+    // instead of `NULL` if an exception was thrown, and callers of this
+    // function expect `NULL` to be returned if the app was not found.
+    platform_app = NULL;  // NOLINT
+  }
   jni_env->ExceptionClear();
   return platform_app;
 }
diff --git a/release_build_files/readme.md b/release_build_files/readme.md
index d34e72e0c1..c13841e8ad 100644
--- a/release_build_files/readme.md
+++ b/release_build_files/readme.md
@@ -378,7 +378,10 @@ code.
         API.
     -   Remote Config(Android): Fix for getting Remote Config instance for a
         specific app object.
-        ([#991](https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-unity/issues/991).
+        ([#991](https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-unity/issues/991)).
+    -   General (Android): Fixed a potential SIGABRT when an app was created
+        with a non-default app name on Android KitKat
+        ([#429](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-cpp-sdk/pull/429)).
 
 ### 7.3.0
 -   Changes