diff --git a/cli/src/cordova.ts b/cli/src/cordova.ts
index 216e465cf8..0391acf25a 100644
--- a/cli/src/cordova.ts
+++ b/cli/src/cordova.ts
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ export async function writeCordovaAndroidManifest(
   cordovaPlugins: Plugin[],
   config: Config,
   platform: string,
+  cleartext?: boolean,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const manifestPath = join(
     config.android.cordovaPluginsDirAbs,
@@ -1078,15 +1079,15 @@ export async function writeCordovaAndroidManifest(
     });
   });
   const cleartextString = 'android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"';
-  const cleartext =
-    config.app.extConfig.server?.cleartext &&
+  const cleartextValue =
+    (cleartext || config.app.extConfig.server?.cleartext) &&
     !applicationXMLAttributes.includes(cleartextString)
       ? cleartextString
       : '';
   let content = `<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 xmlns:amazon="http://schemas.amazon.com/apk/res/android">
-<application ${applicationXMLAttributes.join('\n')} ${cleartext}>
+<application ${applicationXMLAttributes.join('\n')} ${cleartextValue}>
 ${applicationXMLEntries.join('\n')}
 </application>
 ${rootXMLEntries.join('\n')}
diff --git a/cli/src/tasks/run.ts b/cli/src/tasks/run.ts
index c1b676d562..b590ba4f26 100644
--- a/cli/src/tasks/run.ts
+++ b/cli/src/tasks/run.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import {
   promptForPlatform,
   getPlatformTargetName,
 } from '../common';
-import type { AppConfig, Config } from '../definitions';
+import { getCordovaPlugins, writeCordovaAndroidManifest } from '../cordova';
+import type { Config } from '../definitions';
 import { fatal, isFatal } from '../errors';
 import { runIOS } from '../ios/run';
 import { logger, output } from '../log';
@@ -91,44 +92,41 @@ export async function runCommand(
 
     try {
       if (options.sync) {
-        if (options.liveReload) {
-          const newExtConfig =
-            await CapLiveReloadHelper.editExtConfigForLiveReload(
-              config,
-              platformName,
-              options,
-            );
-          const cfg: {
-            -readonly [K in keyof Config]: Config[K];
-          } = config;
-          const cfgapp: {
-            -readonly [K in keyof AppConfig]: AppConfig[K];
-          } = config.app;
-          cfgapp.extConfig = newExtConfig;
-          cfg.app = cfgapp;
-          await sync(cfg, platformName, false, true);
-        } else {
-          await sync(config, platformName, false, true);
-        }
-      } else {
-        if (options.liveReload) {
-          await CapLiveReloadHelper.editCapConfigForLiveReload(
+        await sync(config, platformName, false, true);
+      }
+      const cordovaPlugins = await getCordovaPlugins(config, platformName);
+      if (options.liveReload) {
+        await CapLiveReloadHelper.editCapConfigForLiveReload(
+          config,
+          platformName,
+          options,
+        );
+        if (platformName === config.android.name) {
+          await await writeCordovaAndroidManifest(
+            cordovaPlugins,
             config,
             platformName,
-            options,
+            true,
           );
         }
       }
       await run(config, platformName, options);
       if (options.liveReload) {
-        process.on('SIGINT', async () => {
-          if (options.liveReload) {
+        new Promise(resolve => process.on('SIGINT', resolve))
+          .then(async () => {
             await CapLiveReloadHelper.revertCapConfigForLiveReload();
-          }
-          process.exit();
-        });
-        console.log(
-          `\nApp running with live reload listing for: http://${options.host}:${options.port}. Press Ctrl+C to quit.`,
+            if (platformName === config.android.name) {
+              await writeCordovaAndroidManifest(
+                cordovaPlugins,
+                config,
+                platformName,
+                false,
+              );
+            }
+          })
+          .then(() => process.exit());
+        logger.info(
+          `App running with live reload listing for: http://${options.host}:${options.port}. Press Ctrl+C to quit.`,
         );
         await sleepForever();
       }
diff --git a/cli/src/util/livereload.ts b/cli/src/util/livereload.ts
index 07ebe7d293..384abe0ec4 100644
--- a/cli/src/util/livereload.ts
+++ b/cli/src/util/livereload.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ class CapLiveReload {
     return !all.length ? loopback(family) : all[0];
   }
 
+  // TODO remove on next major as it's unused
   async editExtConfigForLiveReload(
     config: Config,
     platformName: string,
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ class CapLiveReload {
     return configJson;
   }
 
+  // TODO remove rootConfigChange param on next major as it's unused
   async editCapConfigForLiveReload(
     config: Config,
     platformName: string,