diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 89f47e173af911..2e2abb93f3e2d6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -3693,13 +3693,13 @@ public abstract class com/facebook/react/packagerconnection/NotificationOnlyHand
 	public final fun onRequest (Ljava/lang/Object;Lcom/facebook/react/packagerconnection/Responder;)V
 }
 
-public class com/facebook/react/packagerconnection/PackagerConnectionSettings {
+public final class com/facebook/react/packagerconnection/PackagerConnectionSettings {
 	public fun <init> (Landroid/content/Context;)V
-	public fun getAdditionalOptionsForPackager ()Ljava/util/Map;
-	public fun getDebugServerHost ()Ljava/lang/String;
-	public fun getPackageName ()Ljava/lang/String;
-	public fun setAdditionalOptionForPackager (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
-	public fun setDebugServerHost (Ljava/lang/String;)V
+	public final fun getAdditionalOptionsForPackager ()Ljava/util/Map;
+	public final fun getDebugServerHost ()Ljava/lang/String;
+	public final fun getPackageName ()Ljava/lang/String;
+	public final fun setAdditionalOptionForPackager (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
+	public final fun setDebugServerHost (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 }
 
 public final class com/facebook/react/packagerconnection/ReconnectingWebSocket : okhttp3/WebSocketListener {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/packagerconnection/PackagerConnectionSettings.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/packagerconnection/PackagerConnectionSettings.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 50522f8b2c1222..00000000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/packagerconnection/PackagerConnectionSettings.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.react.packagerconnection;
-
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.SharedPreferences;
-import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
-import android.text.TextUtils;
-import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
-import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
-import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Nullsafe;
-import com.facebook.react.modules.systeminfo.AndroidInfoHelpers;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-@Nullsafe(Nullsafe.Mode.LOCAL)
-public class PackagerConnectionSettings {
-  private static final String TAG = PackagerConnectionSettings.class.getSimpleName();
-  private static final String PREFS_DEBUG_SERVER_HOST_KEY = "debug_http_host";
-
-  private final SharedPreferences mPreferences;
-  private final String mPackageName;
-  private final Context mAppContext;
-  private final Map<String, String> mAdditionalOptionsForPackager = new HashMap<>();
-
-  public PackagerConnectionSettings(Context applicationContext) {
-    mPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(applicationContext);
-    mPackageName = applicationContext.getPackageName();
-    mAppContext = applicationContext;
-  }
-
-  public String getDebugServerHost() {
-    // Check host setting first. If empty try to detect emulator type and use default
-    // hostname for those
-    String hostFromSettings = mPreferences.getString(PREFS_DEBUG_SERVER_HOST_KEY, null);
-
-    if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(hostFromSettings)) {
-      return Assertions.assertNotNull(hostFromSettings);
-    }
-
-    String host = AndroidInfoHelpers.getServerHost(mAppContext);
-
-    if (host.equals(AndroidInfoHelpers.DEVICE_LOCALHOST)) {
-      FLog.w(
-          TAG,
-          "You seem to be running on device. Run '"
-              + AndroidInfoHelpers.getAdbReverseTcpCommand(mAppContext)
-              + "' "
-              + "to forward the debug server's port to the device.");
-    }
-
-    return host;
-  }
-
-  public void setDebugServerHost(String host) {
-    mPreferences.edit().putString(PREFS_DEBUG_SERVER_HOST_KEY, host).apply();
-  }
-
-  public @Nullable String getPackageName() {
-    return mPackageName;
-  }
-
-  public void setAdditionalOptionForPackager(String key, String value) {
-    mAdditionalOptionsForPackager.put(key, value);
-  }
-
-  public Map<String, String> getAdditionalOptionsForPackager() {
-    return mAdditionalOptionsForPackager;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/packagerconnection/PackagerConnectionSettings.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/packagerconnection/PackagerConnectionSettings.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..490f1bf59ef75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/packagerconnection/PackagerConnectionSettings.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.packagerconnection
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.SharedPreferences
+import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog
+import com.facebook.react.modules.systeminfo.AndroidInfoHelpers
+
+public class PackagerConnectionSettings(private val appContext: Context) {
+  private val preferences: SharedPreferences =
+      appContext.applicationContext.getSharedPreferences(
+          "react_native_packager_connection", Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
+  public val packageName: String = appContext.packageName
+  private val _additionalOptionsForPackager: MutableMap<String, String> = mutableMapOf()
+
+  public var debugServerHost: String
+    get() {
+      // Check host setting first. If empty try to detect emulator type and use default
+      // hostname for those
+      val hostFromSettings = preferences.getString(PREFS_DEBUG_SERVER_HOST_KEY, null)
+      if (hostFromSettings?.isNotEmpty() == true) {
+        return hostFromSettings
+      }
+      val host = AndroidInfoHelpers.getServerHost(appContext)
+      if (host == AndroidInfoHelpers.DEVICE_LOCALHOST) {
+        FLog.w(
+            TAG,
+            "You seem to be running on device. Run '${AndroidInfoHelpers.getAdbReverseTcpCommand(appContext)}' to forward the debug server's port to the device.")
+      }
+      return host
+    }
+    set(host) {
+      preferences.edit().putString(PREFS_DEBUG_SERVER_HOST_KEY, host).apply()
+    }
+
+  public fun setAdditionalOptionForPackager(key: String, value: String) {
+    _additionalOptionsForPackager[key] = value
+  }
+
+  public val additionalOptionsForPackager: Map<String, String>
+    get() = _additionalOptionsForPackager
+
+  private companion object {
+    private val TAG = PackagerConnectionSettings::class.java.simpleName
+    private const val PREFS_DEBUG_SERVER_HOST_KEY = "debug_http_host"
+  }
+}