como usar o método em AsyncTask no android?

Na minha aplicação eu usoJSON webservice para obter dados deGoogle Navigation api. Eu uso o código abaixo. Recebi a seguinte exceção

android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException.

Como usar o AsyncTask? aqui está o meu código. A classe pública. MainActivity estende MapActivity {

  MapView mapView ;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    System.out.println("*************1**************1");
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    System.out.println("*************2**************");
    mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapv); 
    System.out.println("*************3**************");



                Route route = directions(new GeoPoint((int)(26.2*1E6),(int)(50.6*1E6)), new GeoPoint((int)(26.3*1E6),(int)(50.7*1E6)));

              RouteOverlay routeOverlay = new RouteOverlay(route, Color.BLUE);
              mapView.getOverlays().add(routeOverlay);
            mapView.invalidate();


    System.out.println("*************4**************");

}



@SuppressLint("ParserError")
private Route directions(final GeoPoint start, final GeoPoint dest) {



    //https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions/#JSON <- get api
    String jsonURL = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?";
    final StringBuffer sBuf = new StringBuffer(jsonURL);
    sBuf.append("origin=");
    sBuf.append(start.getLatitudeE6()/1E6);
    sBuf.append(',');
    sBuf.append(start.getLongitudeE6()/1E6);
    sBuf.append("&destination=");
    sBuf.append(dest.getLatitudeE6()/1E6);
    sBuf.append(',');
    sBuf.append(dest.getLongitudeE6()/1E6);
    sBuf.append("&sensor=true&mode=driving");

    Parser parser = new GoogleParser(sBuf.toString());
      Route   r =  parser.parse();
   System.out.println("********r in thread*****" +r);                  
            return r;
}



@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
    return true;
}
@Override
protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return false;
}

} `

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