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GAMBAS Middleware
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The GAMBAS Middleware Android (Google Play) app incorporates the main components of the GAMBAS middleware and
provides the runtime environment for other Android applications built on top of GAMBAS technology. From a user’s perspective, it
Acronym: GAMBAS
provides a common user interface to control the features made available to applications and to other services and users. The
Generic Adaptive Middleware for
Title: Behavior-driven Autonomous following details the main user interface of the GAMBAS Middleware Android application and describes the underlying functionality
Services controlled through it.
Budget: 3.105.024 €
Funding: 2.194.000 €
Duration: 36 Months

Kickoff: February 2012

Start Screen
Project consortium The start screen consists of an action bar with two buttons, a settings
button on the left and an about button on the right. The main screen only
contains a checkbox that can be used to start and stop GAMBAS and
see whether the middleware is currently running. While the middleware is
running, there is a persistent notification displayed in the notification
area. Clicking the notification will open up the applications screen and
thus, allow you to start your apps quickly.

Since the GAMBAS middlware has been specifically designed to protect

the resources on your device, it needs to be executed to provide services
to applications. While some applications might be usable even when
GAMBAS is not executed and running, most applications will not be
usable. An application developer may request the startup of the
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user interface dialog so that GAMBAS will only enable itself when you
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Note that in order to access the settings area, you will also have to start the middleware
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Settings Screen
The main settings screen consists of an action bar with a back button
that brings you back to the start screen. The main screen contains the
following 6 categories that can be opened by tapping them:

Identity: This category displays information about your identity and enables you
to exchange private keys with other users, either through NFC or through
Facebook.
Privacy: This category displays services and users that your device can connect
to. For each service and device you may configure permissions that limit the
amount of information that can be shared with them.
Features: This category displays controls for different middleware features which
can be activated and deactivated. This allows you, for example, to disable
different types of sensors to protect your privacy or to disable remote
communication in order to safe battery power.
Applications: This category displays a list of applications installed on your
device. For each application, you will see the set of features that may be used by
it. Features that are not marked here are not available to the application.
Download: This category opens the Google Play store to search for applications
that have been built using the GAMBAS middleware.
Developer: This category displays options relevant for application developers.
Furthermore, it is possible to show a log with debugging information.

Identity Screen
The identity screen consists of an action bar with a back button that
brings you back to the settings screen. The main screen shows
information about your identity and allows you to exchange keys with
other persons through NFC or Facebook. To do this, the screen shows
the following elements:

Current: The first entry in the list shows your current pseudonym. This is your
online identity which is basically a long number. You do not have to know it but
you can change it, for example, in order to invalidate all keys that you share with
other devices.
Generate: To change your pseudonym, you can press the generate button. This
will create a new pseudonym and restart the middleware. Changing the
pseudonym makes it harder for services to continuously track you.
Exchange: If you have two NFC enabled devices, you can use this option to
exchange a secret key. To do this, enable NFC on both devices, hold the NFC
antennas close to each other and press exchange.
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Facebook: This option enables you to integrate GAMBAS with Facebook in
order to automatically exchange keys with your friends that are also using
GAMBAS with Facebook integration. To start using Facebook tap this option and
follow the instructions, i.e. sign in to Facebook and allow GAMBAS to read and
post on your behalf.

Privacy Screen
The privacy screen consists of an action bar with a back button that
brings you back to the settings screen and an add button that enables
you to add entries. Once you select entries in the list shown on the main
screen, an additional edit and delete button will appear allowing you to
modify and delete existing entries. Furthermore, a share button will
enable you to configure the access permissions. The main screen
enables you to view the access permissions that you have configured for
other persons and services.

The list shows one entry for each service and there is a special entry
called “others”. This entry is used to configure the basic access
permissions for all users. The remaining entries are the corresponding
access permissions for individual users and services that have been
created by you, e.g. your friends, by GAMBAS when performing a key
exchange or using the Facebook integration, or a GAMBAS enabled
application, e.g. in order to encrypt your data when transferring it to a
service.

To select an entry you can tap it on the list. This will bring up more
options in the action bar. To modify the level of access that the user or
service may have on your data, you can use the share option. To delete
the entry use the delete option and to rename or modify it use the edit
option.

Features Screen
The features screen consists of an action bar with a back button that brings you
back to the settings screen. The main screen shows a number of different options
grouped in three categories, namely acquisition, communication and automation. The
following briefly describes the individual functions in these categories:

Audio Sensing: This option can be used to prevent GAMBAS applications from
performing audio recording.
Location Sensing: This option can be used to prevent GAMBAS applications
from using the device's built-in location providers.
Motion Sensing: This option can be used to prevent GAMBAS applications from
recording accelerometer or gyroscope measurements.
Ambient Sensing: This option can be used to prevent GAMBAS applications
from using the device's temperature, barometric pressure and other ambient
sensors.

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Remote Communication: This option can be used to prevent applications from
connecting to the discovery services which are used to enable remote
communication.
Wifi Communication: This option can be used to prevent applications from
using peer-to-peer communication via WIFI.
Bluetooth Communication: This option can be used to prevent applications
from using peer-to-peer communication via Bluetooth.

Automatic Boot: This option can be used to automatically start the GAMAS
middleware when the device is rebooted.

Applications Screen
The applications screen consists of an action bar with a back button that brings
you back to the settings screen. The main screen shows a list of available or installed
applications. For available applications that are not installed, the list shows a grayed out
icon. For installed applications the normal application icon is displayed.

Appart from a description of the application and the icon, the list also shows the features
of the middleware that the application may be using. A ticked checkbox means that the
application has requested to use the feature, an unticked ckeckbox means that this
feature has not been requested and will also not be made available to the application.
Overall the features are groupped into four categories:

Storage: The application is using the local storage of the device to store
information persistently.
Query: The application is using the query processor to retrieve data from the
local storage or a remote service.
Transfer: The application is transfering data to some remote storage or service.
Acquisition: The application is using the sensors of the device in order to
determine the current user's context.

Download Screen
The download screen is actually provided by the Google Play store. It is
generated by running a query for "GAMBAS Middleware" against the
store. The result list will typically include all applications built on top of
GAMBAS. By clicking an item, you can get more information about the
application and you can install or update it, in case it is not up-to-date.

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Developer Screen
The developer screen consists of an action bar with a back button that brings you
back to the settings screen and a log button that shows a detailed log generated by the
different middleware components. The main screen shows a number of options that are
useful for development. The following list briefly describes them:

Gateway Address: This option enables you to set a non-standard address for
the gateway that is used to enable communication between different devices.
Setting this can be used to isolate the application from others during testing.
Gateway Port: This option enables you to set a non-standard portfor
the gateway that is used to enable communication between
different devices. Setting this can be used to isolate the application
from others during testing.
Log Redirect: This option enables you to redirect the logging information into the
log that can be displayed in the application. Enabling this requires more memory.
Log Level: This option enables you to set the verbosity of the logging. Setting a
higher value will generate more log messages but may also slowdown the
system significantly.
Restart Service: This option enables you to force a full restart of the GAMBAS
middleware. This can be helpful in order to test the robustness of the applications
against lifecycle changes in the core service.
Delete Facebook Credentials: This option enables you to delete the Facebook
credentials. This is primarily useful for middleware developers.

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