diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6980aef9..67c4f43e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ build/
 .watchmanconfig
 coverage
 !packages/cli-platform-ios/src/config/__fixtures__/native_modules/node_modules
+*.env
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-android/package.json b/packages/cli-platform-android/package.json
index c101ac072..f6e725f40 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-android/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-android/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
     "@react-native-community/cli-types": "^11.0.0-alpha.2",
+    "@react-native-community/cli-plugin-metro": "^11.0.0-alpha.2",
     "@types/execa": "^0.9.0",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "@types/glob": "^7.1.1"
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/index.ts b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/index.ts
index 05622b6d7..b6fd08ec9 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/index.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,14 @@ export async function runPackager(args: BuildFlags, config: Config) {
   } else {
     // result == 'not_running'
     logger.info('Starting JS server...');
+
     try {
-      startServerInNewWindow(args.port, args.terminal, config.reactNativePath);
+      startServerInNewWindow(
+        args.port,
+        args.terminal,
+        config.root,
+        config.reactNativePath,
+      );
     } catch (error) {
       logger.warn(
         `Failed to automatically start the packager server. Please run "react-native start" manually. Error details: ${error.message}`,
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/startServerInNewWindow.ts b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/startServerInNewWindow.ts
index d534d5053..f7ff72fb1 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/startServerInNewWindow.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/startServerInNewWindow.ts
@@ -1,49 +1,75 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import execa from 'execa';
-import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
+import {
+  CLIError,
+  logger,
+  resolveNodeModuleDir,
+} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 
 export function startServerInNewWindow(
   port: number,
   terminal: string,
+  projectRoot: string,
   reactNativePath: string,
 ) {
   /**
    * Set up OS-specific filenames and commands
    */
   const isWindows = /^win/.test(process.platform);
-  const scriptFile = isWindows
-    ? 'launchPackager.bat'
-    : 'launchPackager.command';
+  const scriptFile = isWindows ? 'launchPackager.bat' : 'launchPackager.sh';
   const packagerEnvFilename = isWindows ? '.packager.bat' : '.packager.env';
-  const portExportContent = isWindows
-    ? `set RCT_METRO_PORT=${port}`
-    : `export RCT_METRO_PORT=${port}`;
+  const packagerEnvFileExportContent = isWindows
+    ? `set RCT_METRO_PORT=${port}\nset PROJECT_ROOT=${projectRoot}\nset REACT_NATIVE_PATH=${reactNativePath}`
+    : `export RCT_METRO_PORT=${port}\nexport PROJECT_ROOT=${projectRoot}\nexport REACT_NATIVE_PATH=${reactNativePath}`;
+  const nodeModulesPath = resolveNodeModuleDir(projectRoot, '.bin');
+  const cliPluginMetroPath = path.dirname(
+    require.resolve('@react-native-community/cli-plugin-metro/package.json'),
+  );
 
   /**
-   * Set up the `.packager.(env|bat)` file to ensure the packager starts on the right port.
+   * Set up the `.packager.(env|bat)` file to ensure the packager starts on the right port and in right directory.
    */
-  const launchPackagerScript = path.join(
-    reactNativePath,
-    `scripts/${scriptFile}`,
-  );
+  const packagerEnvFile = path.join(nodeModulesPath, `${packagerEnvFilename}`);
 
   /**
-   * Set up the `launchpackager.(command|bat)` file.
+   * Set up the `launchPackager.(command|bat)` file.
    * It lives next to `.packager.(bat|env)`
    */
-  const scriptsDir = path.dirname(launchPackagerScript);
-  const packagerEnvFile = path.join(scriptsDir, packagerEnvFilename);
-  const procConfig: execa.SyncOptions = {cwd: scriptsDir};
+  const launchPackagerScript = path.join(nodeModulesPath, scriptFile);
+  const procConfig: execa.SyncOptions = {cwd: path.dirname(packagerEnvFile)};
 
   /**
    * Ensure we overwrite file by passing the `w` flag
    */
-  fs.writeFileSync(packagerEnvFile, portExportContent, {
+  fs.writeFileSync(packagerEnvFile, packagerEnvFileExportContent, {
     encoding: 'utf8',
     flag: 'w',
   });
 
+  /**
+   * Copy files into `node_modules/.bin`.
+   */
+
+  try {
+    if (isWindows) {
+      fs.copyFileSync(
+        path.join(cliPluginMetroPath, 'launchPackager.bat'),
+        path.join(nodeModulesPath, 'launchPackager.bat'),
+      );
+    } else {
+      fs.copyFileSync(
+        path.join(cliPluginMetroPath, 'launchPackager.sh'),
+        path.join(nodeModulesPath, 'launchPackager.sh'),
+      );
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    return new CLIError(
+      `Couldn't copy the script for running bundler. Please check if the "${scriptFile}" file exists in the "node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-plugin-metro" folder and try again.`,
+      error as any,
+    );
+  }
+
   if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
     try {
       return execa.sync(
@@ -66,7 +92,7 @@ export function startServerInNewWindow(
       return execa.sync('sh', [launchPackagerScript], procConfig);
     }
   }
-  if (/^win/.test(process.platform)) {
+  if (isWindows) {
     // Awaiting this causes the CLI to hang indefinitely, so this must execute without await.
     return execa('cmd.exe', ['/C', launchPackagerScript], {
       ...procConfig,
diff --git a/packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.bat b/packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a76f4f06f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+@echo off
+title Metro
+call .packager.bat
+cd "%PROJECT_ROOT%"
+node "%REACT_NATIVE_PATH%/cli.js" start
+pause
+exit
diff --git a/packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.sh b/packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0ca3e2088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+source "$THIS_DIR/.packager.env"
+cd $PROJECT_ROOT
+$REACT_NATIVE_PATH/cli.js start
+
+if [[ -z "$CI" ]]; then
+  echo "Process terminated. Press <enter> to close the window"
+  read -r
+fi