In the below example I have clearly described how to use  AsyncTask.

First of all you should know what is AsyncTask ?  
AsyncTask is an abstract class provided by android which helps us to use the UI thread properly. AsyncTask class allows us to perform backgraund operations and show its result on the UI thread without having to manipulate thread.  

 In below example I have created process to waiting for some period of time instead of doing network operation. Here I have added in activity_main.xml layout a TextView, EditText and button. And In MainActivity I have created AsyncTaskRunner private class and extend with AsyncTask class. You can see below program it clearly describe you How to use AsyncTask in android.

Step(1)-activity_main.xml-

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv_time"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="10pt"
        android:textColor="#444444"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_marginRight="9dip"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dip"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
        android:text="Waiting time:"/>
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/et_time"
        android:layout_width="150dip"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@android:drawable/editbox_background"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/tv_time"
        android:layout_alignTop="@id/tv_time"
        android:maxLength="2"
        android:inputType="text|number"
        />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_do_it"
        android:layout_width="200dip"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="15dip"
        android:layout_marginLeft="260dip"
        android:layout_below="@id/et_time"
        android:text="Run Async task" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv_result"
        android:layout_width="400dip"
        android:layout_height="100dip"
        android:textSize="7pt"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_below="@id/btn_do_it"
        android:layout_marginRight="9dip"
        android:layout_marginTop="15dip"
        android:layout_marginLeft="260dip"
        android:textColor="#AA0000"
        android:text=""/>
</RelativeLayout>

Step(2)-MainActivity-

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    private Button button;
    private EditText time;
    private TextView finalResult;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        time = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_time);
        button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_do_it);
        finalResult = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_result);
        button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                AsyncTaskRunner runner = new AsyncTaskRunner();
                String sleepTime = time.getText().toString();
                runner.execute(sleepTime);
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
        return true;
    }
    private class AsyncTaskRunner extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {

        private String resp;

        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
            publishProgress("Waiting..."); // Calls onProgressUpdate()
            try {
                // Do your long operations here and return the result
                int time = Integer.parseInt(params[0]);
                // waiting for given time period
                Thread.sleep(time);
                resp = "Wait for " + time + " milliseconds";
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                resp = e.getMessage();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                resp = e.getMessage();
            }
            return resp;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
            finalResult.setText(result);
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {

        }


        @Override
        protected void onProgressUpdate(String... text) {
            finalResult.setText(text[0]);

        }
    }
}