public void startTask() {
    //create the task we need to track the timeout for
    //....
    scheduleTimeout(getTimeoutRunnable(), TIMEOUT_MS);
}

public Runnable getTimeoutRunnable() {
    return new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            Log.d(TAG, "Timeout - task too more than " + TIMEOUT_MS/1000 + "seconds");
        }
    };
}

// called when the task starts
public void scheduleTimeout(Runnable timeoutRunnable, long millis) {
    removeTimeout(); //remove previous timeouts
    timeoutHandler.postDelayed(timeoutRunnable, millis);
}

// this is called when the tasks ends either in success or in error
public void removeTimeout() {
    timeoutHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
}