diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/ProcessedRoute.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/ProcessedRoute.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf28e009c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/ProcessedRoute.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.getcapacitor;
+
+/**
+ * An data class used in conjunction with RouteProcessor.
+ *
+ * @see com.getcapacitor.RouteProcessor
+ */
+public class ProcessedRoute {
+
+    private String path;
+    private boolean isAsset;
+
+    public String getPath() {
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    public void setPath(String path) {
+        this.path = path;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isAsset() {
+        return isAsset;
+    }
+
+    public void setAsset(boolean asset) {
+        isAsset = asset;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/RouteProcessor.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/RouteProcessor.java
index 077c20c6a7..670c8bc6bd 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/RouteProcessor.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/RouteProcessor.java
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
  * An interface used in the processing of routes
  */
 public interface RouteProcessor {
-    String process(String path);
+    ProcessedRoute process(String basePath, String path);
 }
diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
index 36ddb6bb37..fb363bcafa 100755
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ private WebResourceResponse handleLocalRequest(WebResourceRequest request, PathH
             try {
                 String startPath = this.basePath + "/index.html";
                 if (bridge.getRouteProcessor() != null) {
-                    startPath = this.basePath + bridge.getRouteProcessor().process("/index.html");
+                    ProcessedRoute processedRoute = bridge.getRouteProcessor().process(this.basePath, "/index.html");
+                    startPath = processedRoute.getPath();
+                    isAsset = processedRoute.isAsset();
                 }
 
                 if (isAsset) {
@@ -474,16 +476,21 @@ public InputStream handle(Uri url) {
                 // Pass path to routeProcessor if present
                 RouteProcessor routeProcessor = bridge.getRouteProcessor();
                 if (routeProcessor != null) {
-                    path = bridge.getRouteProcessor().process(path);
+                    ProcessedRoute processedRoute = bridge.getRouteProcessor().process("", path);
+                    path = processedRoute.getPath();
+                    isAsset = processedRoute.isAsset();
                 }
 
                 try {
                     if (path.startsWith(capacitorContentStart)) {
                         stream = protocolHandler.openContentUrl(url);
-                    } else if (path.startsWith(capacitorFileStart) || !isAsset) {
-                        if (!path.startsWith(capacitorFileStart)) {
+                    } else if (path.startsWith(capacitorFileStart)) {
+                        stream = protocolHandler.openFile(path);
+                    } else if (!isAsset) {
+                        if (routeProcessor == null) {
                             path = basePath + url.getPath();
                         }
+
                         stream = protocolHandler.openFile(path);
                     } else {
                         stream = protocolHandler.openAsset(assetPath + path);
diff --git a/cli/src/declarations.ts b/cli/src/declarations.ts
index 0c12bbb761..9d79b2c317 100644
--- a/cli/src/declarations.ts
+++ b/cli/src/declarations.ts
@@ -485,9 +485,18 @@ export interface CapacitorConfig {
 export interface Portal {
   name: string;
   webDir: string;
-  appId?: string;
+  liveUpdateConfig?: LiveUpdateConfig;
+}
+
+export interface LiveUpdateConfig {
+  appId: string;
+  channel: string;
+  autoUpdateMethod: AutoUpdateMethod;
+  maxVersions?: number;
 }
 
+export type AutoUpdateMethod = 'none' | 'background';
+
 export interface PluginsConfig {
   /**
    * Plugin configuration by class name.