How to use SQLite DB from AsyncTask?

Question

I've been using my Activity class to access my DB which made my program freeze sometimes.

So I decided to use AsyncTask instead to handle the DB.

My problem is I don't know how to instantiate my SQLite DB "TheDB" from AsyncTask's class

public class myClass extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>{
private TheDB db;

any method() {
    this.db = new TheDB(this);  //<-- Error here
}

this worked fine on the Activity class, but it I dont know how to use it here

TheDB's constructor is TheDB(Context context) but this class is not a "context" so how can i use my DB here?

please provide examples if you can

and please do not give me links to google's references, am a newbie and i find them hard to follow

Answer 1

you need to pass the application context here

this.db = new TheDB(getApplicationContext());

Answer 2

import android.content.Context;

public class SuperTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
    private final Context mContext; 

    public SuperTask(Context context) {
        super();
        this.mContext = context
    }

    protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
        // using this.mContext
    }
}

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    // and run from Activity
    public void onButtonClick(View view) {
        new SuperTask(this.getApplicationContext()).execute(); 
    }
}