diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/__tests__/tryInstallAppOnDevice.test.ts b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/__tests__/tryInstallAppOnDevice.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4182e47f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/__tests__/tryInstallAppOnDevice.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+import execa from 'execa';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import type {AndroidProject, Flags} from '..';
+import adb from '../adb';
+import tryInstallAppOnDevice from '../tryInstallAppOnDevice';
+
+jest.mock('execa');
+jest.mock('fs', () => ({
+  existsSync: jest.fn(),
+  readFileSync: jest.fn(),
+}));
+jest.mock('../adb');
+jest.mock('../getAdbPath');
+jest.mock('../tryLaunchEmulator');
+
+const adbPath = 'path/to/adb';
+const device = 'emulator-5554';
+
+const androidProject: AndroidProject = {
+  sourceDir: '/android',
+  appName: 'app',
+  packageName: 'com.myapp',
+  applicationId: 'com.myapp',
+  mainActivity: '.MainActivity',
+  assets: [],
+};
+
+function flags(mode: string): Flags {
+  return {
+    activeArchOnly: false,
+    packager: true,
+    port: 8081,
+    terminal: 'iTerm.app',
+    appId: '',
+    appIdSuffix: '',
+    listDevices: true,
+    mode,
+  };
+}
+
+function apkDir(variantPath: string) {
+  return `/android/app/build/outputs/apk/${variantPath}`;
+}
+
+function mockMetadata(
+  buildDirectory: string,
+  elements: Array<{
+    outputFile: string;
+    filters?: Array<{filterType: string; value: string}>;
+  }>,
+) {
+  (fs.readFileSync as jest.Mock).mockImplementation((filePath: string) => {
+    if (filePath === `${buildDirectory}/output-metadata.json`) {
+      return JSON.stringify({elements});
+    }
+    throw new Error('ENOENT');
+  });
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  jest.clearAllMocks();
+  (fs.existsSync as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(false);
+  (fs.readFileSync as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(() => {
+    throw new Error('ENOENT');
+  });
+  (adb.getAvailableCPUs as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(['arm64-v8a']);
+});
+
+test('installs camelCase flavor APK using AGP output-metadata.json', () => {
+  const buildDirectory = apkDir('stagingInternal/debug');
+  const apkName = 'app-stagingInternal-debug.apk';
+
+  mockMetadata(buildDirectory, [{outputFile: apkName, filters: []}]);
+  (fs.existsSync as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(
+    (filePath: string) => filePath === `${buildDirectory}/${apkName}`,
+  );
+
+  tryInstallAppOnDevice(
+    flags('stagingInternalDebug'),
+    adbPath,
+    device,
+    androidProject,
+  );
+
+  expect(execa.sync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    adbPath,
+    ['-s', device, 'install', '-r', '-d', `${buildDirectory}/${apkName}`],
+    {stdio: 'inherit'},
+  );
+});
+
+test('prefers an ABI split matching the device over metadata order', () => {
+  const buildDirectory = apkDir('stagingInternal/debug');
+  const preferred = 'app-arm64-v8a-stagingInternal-debug.apk';
+  const other = 'app-armeabi-v7a-stagingInternal-debug.apk';
+
+  (adb.getAvailableCPUs as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue([
+    'arm64-v8a',
+    'armeabi-v7a',
+  ]);
+  mockMetadata(buildDirectory, [
+    {
+      outputFile: other,
+      filters: [{filterType: 'ABI', value: 'armeabi-v7a'}],
+    },
+    {
+      outputFile: preferred,
+      filters: [{filterType: 'ABI', value: 'arm64-v8a'}],
+    },
+  ]);
+  (fs.existsSync as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(
+    (filePath: string) =>
+      filePath === `${buildDirectory}/${preferred}` ||
+      filePath === `${buildDirectory}/${other}`,
+  );
+
+  tryInstallAppOnDevice(
+    flags('stagingInternalDebug'),
+    adbPath,
+    device,
+    androidProject,
+  );
+
+  expect(execa.sync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    adbPath,
+    ['-s', device, 'install', '-r', '-d', `${buildDirectory}/${preferred}`],
+    {stdio: 'inherit'},
+  );
+});
+
+test('falls back to the hyphenated filename when metadata is absent', () => {
+  const buildDirectory = apkDir('acmeStaging/debug');
+  const apkName = 'app-acme-staging-debug.apk';
+
+  (fs.existsSync as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(
+    (filePath: string) => filePath === `${buildDirectory}/${apkName}`,
+  );
+
+  tryInstallAppOnDevice(
+    flags('acmeStagingDebug'),
+    adbPath,
+    device,
+    androidProject,
+  );
+
+  expect(execa.sync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    adbPath,
+    ['-s', device, 'install', '-r', '-d', `${buildDirectory}/${apkName}`],
+    {stdio: 'inherit'},
+  );
+});
+
+test('throws when no matching APK is present', () => {
+  expect(() =>
+    tryInstallAppOnDevice(flags('debug'), adbPath, device, androidProject),
+  ).toThrow('Failed to install the app on the device.');
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/tryInstallAppOnDevice.ts b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/tryInstallAppOnDevice.ts
index f601b4450..9abbc297f 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/tryInstallAppOnDevice.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/tryInstallAppOnDevice.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,70 @@ function tryInstallAppOnDevice(
   }
 }
 
+const OUTPUT_METADATA_FILE = 'output-metadata.json';
+const ABI_FILTER_TYPE = 'ABI';
+
+interface ApkOutputFilter {
+  filterType: string;
+  value: string;
+}
+
+interface ApkOutputElement {
+  outputFile: string;
+  filters?: ApkOutputFilter[];
+}
+
+function isApkOutputElement(value: unknown): value is ApkOutputElement {
+  return (
+    typeof value === 'object' &&
+    value !== null &&
+    typeof (value as ApkOutputElement).outputFile === 'string'
+  );
+}
+
+function readApkOutputElements(buildDirectory: string): ApkOutputElement[] {
+  const metadataPath = `${buildDirectory}/${OUTPUT_METADATA_FILE}`;
+
+  try {
+    const metadata: unknown = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(metadataPath, 'utf8'));
+    const elements =
+      typeof metadata === 'object' && metadata !== null
+        ? (metadata as {elements?: unknown}).elements
+        : undefined;
+
+    return Array.isArray(elements) ? elements.filter(isApkOutputElement) : [];
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.debug(`Could not read ${metadataPath}: ${String(error)}`);
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
+function getAbiFilter(element: ApkOutputElement): string | undefined {
+  return element.filters?.find(({filterType}) => filterType === ABI_FILTER_TYPE)
+    ?.value;
+}
+
+function getApkNameFromMetadata(
+  buildDirectory: string,
+  availableCPUs: string[],
+): string | undefined {
+  const elements = readApkOutputElements(buildDirectory);
+
+  // availableCPUs is in device preference order, so follow it rather than
+  // the metadata order
+  for (const availableCPU of availableCPUs) {
+    const split = elements.find(
+      (element) => getAbiFilter(element) === availableCPU,
+    );
+    if (split !== undefined) {
+      return split.outputFile;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return elements.find((element) => getAbiFilter(element) === undefined)
+    ?.outputFile;
+}
+
 function getInstallApkName(
   appName: string,
   adbPath: string,
@@ -74,6 +138,19 @@ function getInstallApkName(
 ) {
   const availableCPUs = adb.getAvailableCPUs(adbPath, device);
 
+  // AGP records the real output names next to the APKs, so prefer them
+  // over guessing from --mode
+  const apkNameFromMetadata = getApkNameFromMetadata(
+    buildDirectory,
+    availableCPUs,
+  );
+  if (
+    apkNameFromMetadata !== undefined &&
+    fs.existsSync(`${buildDirectory}/${apkNameFromMetadata}`)
+  ) {
+    return apkNameFromMetadata;
+  }
+
   // check if there is an apk file like app-armeabi-v7a-debug.apk
   for (const availableCPU of availableCPUs.concat('universal')) {
     const apkName = `${appName}-${availableCPU}-${variant}.apk`;