diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index dfdb231bc..0bbedccff 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -39,5 +39,15 @@
                 <data android:mimeType="text/*" />
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
+
+        <activity
+            android:name="com.pspdfkit.ui.PdfActivity"
+            android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar"
+            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustNothing" />
+
+        <activity
+            android:name=".ui.reader.PDFReaderActivity"
+            android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar"
+            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustNothing" />
     </application>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/assets/test.pdf b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/assets/test.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2887e5b76
Binary files /dev/null and b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/assets/test.pdf differ
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/MainActivity.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/MainActivity.kt
index 2a07a427b..ff2d4f155 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/MainActivity.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import androidx.core.view.WindowCompat
 import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.auth.LoginViewModel
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.home.HomeViewModel
+import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.reader.PDFReaderViewModel
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.reader.WebReaderViewModel
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.root.RootView
 import dagger.hilt.android.AndroidEntryPoint
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/models/LinkedItem.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/models/LinkedItem.kt
index 0d5a75efd..960348b8b 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/models/LinkedItem.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/models/LinkedItem.kt
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@ data class LinkedItem(
   fun publisherDisplayName(): String? {
     return publisherURLString?.toUri()?.host
   }
+
+  fun isPDF(): Boolean {
+    val hasPDFSuffix = pageURLString.endsWith("pdf")
+    return contentReader == "PDF" || hasPDFSuffix
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeView.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeView.kt
index ed17d858a..54e6ab667 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeView.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeView.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.home
 
+import android.content.Intent
 import androidx.compose.foundation.background
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.*
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
@@ -11,10 +12,12 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.*
 import androidx.compose.runtime.livedata.observeAsState
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import androidx.navigation.NavHostController
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.Routes
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.models.LinkedItem
+import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.reader.PDFReaderActivity
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.distinctUntilChanged
 
 
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ fun HomeViewContent(
   navController: NavHostController,
   modifier: Modifier
 ) {
+  val context = LocalContext.current
   val listState = rememberLazyListState()
   val linkedItems: List<LinkedItem> by homeViewModel.itemsLiveData.observeAsState(listOf())
 
@@ -69,7 +73,13 @@ fun HomeViewContent(
       LinkedItemCard(
         item = item,
         onClickHandler = {
-          navController.navigate("WebReader/${item.slug}")
+          if (item.isPDF()) {
+            val intent = Intent(context, PDFReaderActivity::class.java)
+            intent.putExtra("LINKED_ITEM_SLUG", item.slug)
+            context.startActivity(intent)
+          } else {
+            navController.navigate("WebReader/${item.slug}")
+          }
         }
       )
     }
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt
index e07e2c09d..6fc76e977 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class HomeViewModel @Inject constructor(
   private var receivedIdx = 0
 
   // Live Data
-  val searchTextLiveData = MutableLiveData<String>("")
+  val searchTextLiveData = MutableLiveData("")
   val itemsLiveData = MutableLiveData<List<LinkedItem>>(listOf())
 
   fun updateSearchText(text: String) {
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReader.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReader.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91a134234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReader.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.reader
+
+import android.net.Uri
+import android.os.Bundle
+import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
+import androidx.activity.viewModels
+import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
+import androidx.compose.material3.Text
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.livedata.observeAsState
+import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
+import com.pspdfkit.configuration.activity.PdfActivityConfiguration
+import com.pspdfkit.configuration.activity.UserInterfaceViewMode
+import com.pspdfkit.jetpack.compose.DocumentView
+import com.pspdfkit.jetpack.compose.ExperimentalPSPDFKitApi
+import com.pspdfkit.jetpack.compose.rememberDocumentState
+import dagger.hilt.android.AndroidEntryPoint
+
+@AndroidEntryPoint
+class PDFReaderActivity: AppCompatActivity() {
+  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+    val viewModel: PDFReaderViewModel by viewModels()
+
+    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+
+    val slug = intent.getStringExtra("LINKED_ITEM_SLUG") ?: ""
+
+    setContent {
+      PDFReaderLoadingContainer(slug = slug, pdfReaderViewModel = viewModel)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun PDFReaderLoadingContainer(slug: String, pdfReaderViewModel: PDFReaderViewModel) {
+  val pdfReaderParams: PDFReaderParams? by pdfReaderViewModel.pdfReaderParamsLiveData.observeAsState(null)
+
+  if (pdfReaderParams == null) {
+    pdfReaderViewModel.loadItem(slug = slug)
+  }
+
+  if (pdfReaderParams != null) {
+    PDFDocumentView(urlString = pdfReaderParams!!.item.pageURLString)
+  } else {
+    // TODO: add a proper loading view
+    Text("Loading...")
+  }
+}
+
+@OptIn(ExperimentalPSPDFKitApi::class)
+@Composable
+fun PDFDocumentView(urlString: String) {
+  val context = LocalContext.current
+
+  val pdfActivityConfiguration = remember {
+    PdfActivityConfiguration
+      .Builder(context)
+      .setUserInterfaceViewMode(UserInterfaceViewMode.USER_INTERFACE_VIEW_MODE_HIDDEN)
+      .build()
+  }
+
+  val pdfDocumentState = rememberDocumentState(
+    documentUri = Uri.parse("file:///android_asset/test.pdf"),
+//  documentUri = Uri.parse(urlString),
+    configuration = pdfActivityConfiguration
+  )
+
+  DocumentView(
+    documentState = pdfDocumentState,
+    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize()
+  )
+}
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReaderViewModel.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReaderViewModel.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5c1370ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReaderViewModel.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.reader
+
+import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
+import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
+import app.omnivore.omnivore.DatastoreRepository
+import app.omnivore.omnivore.models.LinkedItem
+import app.omnivore.omnivore.networking.Networker
+import app.omnivore.omnivore.networking.linkedItem
+import com.google.gson.Gson
+import dagger.hilt.android.lifecycle.HiltViewModel
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import javax.inject.Inject
+
+data class PDFReaderParams(
+  val item: LinkedItem,
+  val articleContent: ArticleContent
+)
+
+@HiltViewModel
+class PDFReaderViewModel @Inject constructor(
+  private val datastoreRepo: DatastoreRepository,
+  private val networker: Networker
+): ViewModel() {
+  val pdfReaderParamsLiveData = MutableLiveData<PDFReaderParams?>(null)
+
+  fun loadItem(slug: String) {
+    viewModelScope.launch {
+      val articleQueryResult = networker.linkedItem(slug)
+
+      val article = articleQueryResult.item ?: return@launch
+
+      val articleContent = ArticleContent(
+        title = article.title,
+        htmlContent = article.content ?: "",
+        highlightsJSONString = Gson().toJson(articleQueryResult.highlights),
+        contentStatus = "SUCCEEDED",
+        objectID = "",
+        labelsJSONString = Gson().toJson(articleQueryResult.labels)
+      )
+
+      pdfReaderParamsLiveData.value = PDFReaderParams(article, articleContent)
+    }
+  }
+
+  fun reset() {
+    pdfReaderParamsLiveData.value = null
+  }
+}
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReader.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReader.kt
index c141a78ef..20e3e0439 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReader.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReader.kt
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
 import androidx.compose.ui.viewinterop.AndroidView
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.R
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.networking.ReadingProgressParams
 import com.google.gson.Gson
-import org.json.JSONObject
 
 
 @Composable
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/root/RootView.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/root/RootView.kt
index 60619015c..c669be8b6 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/root/RootView.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/root/RootView.kt
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.auth.LoginViewModel
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.auth.WelcomeScreen
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.home.HomeView
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.home.HomeViewModel
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.reader.ArticleWebView
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.reader.WebReader
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.reader.WebReaderLoadingContainer
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.reader.WebReaderViewModel
+import app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.reader.*
 import com.google.accompanist.systemuicontroller.rememberSystemUiController
 
 @Composable