Android Studio - no Internet connectivity when using "run-as"

Hi -
I am creating an app using Android Studio on my MacBook and need Internet connectivity. When I start up Studio, then install my app which starts up the emulator, then "adb shell" from my MacBook terminal. At this point I have Internet connectivity in that I can do "ping abcnews.go.com" and get packages back. However, when I do "adb shell", then "run-as com.example.myapplication", I find that "ping abcnews.go.com" no longer works. (note: I need to do "run-as ..." in order to have chmod capability). I will add that a search online showed that if I start my emulator up with "emulator -avd Pixel_3a_XL_API_29 -dns-server 8.8.8.8", it gives me Internet capability, even after starting "run-as ...", however, this makes me go through a "...r.cloudfront.net" server which looks to be an AWS server. So I'm wondering why I lose Internet connectivity after starting "run-as ..." in adb shell? I'd rather not go through that AWS server if I don't have to. TIA for any information anyone can provide on this.