platform/android/Rhodes/src/com/rhomobile/rhodes/bluetooth/RhoBluetoothManagerNew.java in rhodes-3.3.5 vs platform/android/Rhodes/src/com/rhomobile/rhodes/bluetooth/RhoBluetoothManagerNew.java in rhodes-3.4.2

@@ -172,10 +172,22 @@
         }
 
         // Check that there's actually something to send
         if (message.length() > 0) {
             // Get the message bytes and tell the BluetoothChatService to write
-            byte[] send = message.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8"));// getBytes();
+            byte[] send = null;
+            try {
+            	Charset chset = Charset.forName("UTF-8");
+            	if (chset != null) {
+            		send = message.getBytes(chset);// getBytes();
+            	}
+            	else {
+                	send = message.getBytes();
+            	}
+            }
+            catch(Exception e) {
+            	send = message.getBytes();
+            }
             mSession.write(send);
 
          }
     }