diff --git a/android/expoview/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/expoview/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 50be3c41656ee..9ebf0551156fa 100644
--- a/android/expoview/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/expoview/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@
                 android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
                 android:resource="@xml/provider_paths" />
         </provider>
+
+      <meta-data
+        tools:replace="android:value"
+        android:name="org.unimodules.core.AppLoader#react-native-headless"
+        android:value="host.exp.exponent.taskManager.ExpoHeadlessAppLoader"/>
     </application>
 
 </manifest>
diff --git a/android/expoview/src/main/java/host/exp/exponent/ExpoApplication.java b/android/expoview/src/main/java/host/exp/exponent/ExpoApplication.java
index 40035a7e60d52..9c1fd4dd1f823 100644
--- a/android/expoview/src/main/java/host/exp/exponent/ExpoApplication.java
+++ b/android/expoview/src/main/java/host/exp/exponent/ExpoApplication.java
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ public void onCreate() {
     if (!Constants.isStandaloneApp()) {
       KernelConstants.MAIN_ACTIVITY_CLASS = LauncherActivity.class;
     }
-
-    AppLoaderProvider.registerLoader(this, "react-native-headless", ExpoHeadlessAppLoader.class);
     KernelProvider.setFactory(new KernelProvider.KernelFactory() {
       @Override
       public KernelInterface create() {
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ public KernelInterface create() {
       }
     });
 
-    ExponentKernelModuleProvider.setFactory(reactContext -> new ExponentKernelModule(reactContext));
+    ExponentKernelModuleProvider.setFactory(ExponentKernelModule::new);
 
     Exponent.initialize(this, this);
     NativeModuleDepsProvider.getInstance().add(Kernel.class, KernelProvider.getInstance());
diff --git a/android/versioned-abis/expoview-abi37_0_0/src/main/java/abi37_0_0/org/unimodules/adapters/react/ReactAdapterPackage.java b/android/versioned-abis/expoview-abi37_0_0/src/main/java/abi37_0_0/org/unimodules/adapters/react/ReactAdapterPackage.java
index b2ac8831b4941..93e9258d1d1f1 100644
--- a/android/versioned-abis/expoview-abi37_0_0/src/main/java/abi37_0_0/org/unimodules/adapters/react/ReactAdapterPackage.java
+++ b/android/versioned-abis/expoview-abi37_0_0/src/main/java/abi37_0_0/org/unimodules/adapters/react/ReactAdapterPackage.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ public class ReactAdapterPackage extends BasePackage {
 
   @Override
   public List<InternalModule> createInternalModules(Context context) {
-    AppLoaderProvider.registerLoader(context, "react-native-headless", RNHeadlessAppLoader.class);
     // We can force-cast here, because this package will only be used in React Native context.
     ReactContext reactContext = (ReactContext) context;
     return Arrays.asList(
diff --git a/packages/@unimodules/react-native-adapter/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/packages/@unimodules/react-native-adapter/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index e63893dfe2b96..ad5d93b80b46d 100644
--- a/packages/@unimodules/react-native-adapter/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/packages/@unimodules/react-native-adapter/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+<manifest package="org.unimodules.adapters.react"
+  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 
-<manifest package="org.unimodules.adapters.react">
+  <application>
+    <meta-data
+      android:name="org.unimodules.core.AppLoader#react-native-headless"
+      android:value="org.unimodules.adapters.react.apploader.RNHeadlessAppLoader"/>
+  </application>
 
 </manifest>
   
diff --git a/packages/@unimodules/react-native-adapter/android/src/main/java/org/unimodules/adapters/react/ReactAdapterPackage.java b/packages/@unimodules/react-native-adapter/android/src/main/java/org/unimodules/adapters/react/ReactAdapterPackage.java
index 4613be46e7771..20fd42d8a2ec6 100644
--- a/packages/@unimodules/react-native-adapter/android/src/main/java/org/unimodules/adapters/react/ReactAdapterPackage.java
+++ b/packages/@unimodules/react-native-adapter/android/src/main/java/org/unimodules/adapters/react/ReactAdapterPackage.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ public class ReactAdapterPackage extends BasePackage {
 
   @Override
   public List<InternalModule> createInternalModules(Context context) {
-    AppLoaderProvider.registerLoader(context, "react-native-headless", RNHeadlessAppLoader.class);
     // We can force-cast here, because this package will only be used in React Native context.
     ReactContext reactContext = (ReactContext) context;
     return Arrays.asList(
diff --git a/packages/unimodules-app-loader/android/src/main/java/org/unimodules/apploader/AppLoaderProvider.java b/packages/unimodules-app-loader/android/src/main/java/org/unimodules/apploader/AppLoaderProvider.java
index d12b36634c96f..ea5ac4cbf818b 100644
--- a/packages/unimodules-app-loader/android/src/main/java/org/unimodules/apploader/AppLoaderProvider.java
+++ b/packages/unimodules-app-loader/android/src/main/java/org/unimodules/apploader/AppLoaderProvider.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package org.unimodules.apploader;
 
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -9,23 +9,8 @@
 
 public class AppLoaderProvider {
 
-  private static Map<String, Class> loaderClasses = new HashMap<>();
   private static Map<String, HeadlessAppLoader> loaders = new HashMap<>();
 
-  public static void registerLoader(Context context, String name, Class loaderClass) {
-    registerLoader(context, name, loaderClass, false);
-  }
-
-  public static void registerLoader(Context context, String name, Class loaderClass, boolean overload) {
-    if (!overload) {
-      if (appLoaderRegisteredForName(context, name, loaderClass)) return;
-    }
-    getSharedPreferences(context).edit()
-      .putString(appLoaderKey(name), loaderClass.getName())
-      .apply();
-    loaderClasses.put(name, loaderClass);
-  }
-
   public static HeadlessAppLoader getLoader(String name, Context context) {
     if (!loaders.containsKey(name)) {
       try {
@@ -39,32 +24,21 @@ public static HeadlessAppLoader getLoader(String name, Context context) {
     return loaders.get(name);
   }
 
-  private static boolean appLoaderRegisteredForName(Context context, String name, Class loaderClass) {
-    String cachedClassName = getSharedPreferences(context).getString(appLoaderKey(name), null);
-    return loaderClasses.containsKey(name) && loaderClass.getName().equals(cachedClassName);
-  }
-
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   private static void createLoader(String name, Context context) throws ClassNotFoundException, IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException, java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException {
-    Class loaderClass = loaderClasses.get(name);
-    if (loaderClass == null) {
-      String loaderClassName = getSharedPreferences(context)
-        .getString(appLoaderKey(name), null);
+    Class<? extends HeadlessAppLoader> loaderClass;
+    try {
+      String loaderClassName = context.getPackageManager().getApplicationInfo(context.getPackageName(), PackageManager.GET_META_DATA).metaData.getString("org.unimodules.core.AppLoader#" + name);
       if (loaderClassName != null) {
-        loaderClass = Class.forName(loaderClassName);
+        loaderClass = (Class<? extends HeadlessAppLoader>)Class.forName(loaderClassName);
+        loaders.put(name, (HeadlessAppLoader) loaderClass.getDeclaredConstructor(Context.class).newInstance(context));
+      } else {
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to instantiate AppLoader!");
       }
+    } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to instantiate AppLoader!", e);
     }
-    loaders.put(name, (HeadlessAppLoader) loaderClass.getDeclaredConstructor(Context.class).newInstance(context));
-  }
-
-  private static final String APP_LOADER_PREFERENCES_NAME = "appLoader_config";
-  private static final String KEY_LOADER_PREFIX = "appLoader_";
-
-  private static String appLoaderKey(String appLoaderName) {
-    return KEY_LOADER_PREFIX + appLoaderName;
-  }
 
-  private static SharedPreferences getSharedPreferences(Context context) {
-    return context.getSharedPreferences(APP_LOADER_PREFERENCES_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
   }
 
   public static abstract class Callback {