Visualizza i progressi mentre faiInbackground

puoi usare AsyncTask..

controlla questo codice funzionante...

per chiamare AsyncTask usa new BackGround().execute();

la classe privata BackGround estende AsyncTask {

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        super.onPreExecute();
        pDialog = new ProgressDialog(Instructions.this);
        pDialog.setMessage("Please wait...");
        pDialog.setCancelable(false);
        pDialog.show();

    }

    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) {
        // here is your background process...
        return null;

    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
        super.onPostExecute(result);
        if (pDialog.isShowing())
            pDialog.dismiss();
    }
}