---
title: "Flutter PDF reader library for mobile documents"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/flutter/viewer/reader-view/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/flutter/viewer/reader-view.md"
last_updated: "2026-05-25T12:14:42.916Z"
description: "Discover how reader view enhances PDF reading by displaying content in a mobile-friendly format, supporting dark mode and dynamic text sizing."
---

# Optimize PDF reading with reader view for iOS

[Reader View](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/ios/features/reader-view.md) presents the content of PDF documents in an easy-to-read, single-column view that’s optimized for mobile devices. It’s especially helpful for documents such as magazines, books, articles, and scientific papers.

Reader View only shows the textual content of a given PDF document. It also looks for headings and displays them bigger and/or bolder. All other elements — such as images, stylized page parts, and page headers and footers — are ignored in order to provide an improved reading flow. On iOS, it also supports Dark Mode and [Apple’s Dynamic Type](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uifont/scaling_fonts_automatically) feature, the latter of which scales fonts automatically and chooses a user’s preferred text size.

Reader View tries to structure the text in the intended reading order. If you find documents where this isn’t the case and can share them with us, let us know.

| Normal view                                                                                                        | Reader View                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
|  |  |

Reader View is still in its early stages, so if you have any feedback on how we could improve upon it, [contact us](https://support.nutrient.io/hc/en-us/requests/new).

To use Reader View, you need to have the Reader View component enabled in your license.

## How to use Reader View

Here’s an example of how to programmatically show the Reader View button:

```dart

PdfConfiguration(
    // iOSLeftBarButtonItems can also be used.
    iOSRightBarButtonItems: [
        'readerViewButtonItem'
    ]
);

```

Reader View is currently only available on iOS. Support for Reader View on Android is coming soon.
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- [Get page information in Nutrient Flutter SDK PDF viewer](/guides/flutter/viewer/page-info.md)
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- [Customizing page navigation in our Flutter PDF viewer](/guides/flutter/viewer/page-navigation.md)