class checkAyscTask implements Runnable {

        AsyncTask<Void, Void, Boolean> mAT;

        Context context;

        public checkAyscTask(AsyncTask<Void, Void, Boolean> at, Context context) {
            mAT = at;
            this.context = context;

        }

        public checkAyscTask(GetGPShotfix task_GetGPS) {
            //m2AT = task_GetGPS;
            // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            mHandler.postDelayed(runnable, 10000);// After 60sec the task in run() of //runnable will be done

        }

        Handler mHandler = new Handler();
        Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                if (mAT.getStatus() == Status.RUNNING || mAT.getStatus() == Status.PENDING) {
                    mAT.cancel(true);//Cancel Async task or do the operation //you want after 1 minute
                    System.out.println("after 10 secs?");
                    }};
    };
        }


// here's how am calling this:
//onClickListener()
GetGPShotfix task_GetGPS = new GetGPShotfix();
task_GetGPS.execute();
checkAyscTask chk = new checkAyscTask(task_GetGPS); // Thread keeping 1 minute time watch
(new Thread(chk)).start();