I found a solution to this somewhat at HTML book-like pagination I am not being able to implement the same on the android using eclipse 3.6. The code I am using is as follows:
    mWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {     
     public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {          
       // Column Count is just the number of 'screens' of text. Add one for partial 'screens'         
       int columnCount = Math.floor(view.getHeight() / view.getWidth())+1;          
       // Must be expressed as a percentage. If not set then the WebView will not stretch to give the desired effect.         
       int columnWidth = columnCount * 100;          
       String js = "var d = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];" +              "d.style.WebkitColumnCount=" + columnCount + ";" +              "d.style.WebkitColumnWidth='" + columnWidth + "%';";         
       mWebView.loadUrl("javascript:(function(){" + js + "})()");     
     } 
   });       
   mWebView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/chapter.xml"); 
The LogCat shows that the width and height displayed to me are 0. Am I putting it at the wrong place? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks