Yesterday I updated my PayPal Android App to the latest version (update date in Play Store on 16.09.2022). When I try to start the app by clicking on the app icon I can only see the starting page with the two “P” in the center of the display.
Does anybody know why it does not want to start?
I use an Xperia 10 II and the Sailfish OS version 4.4.0.68.
I did not investigate on why it does not work, but if you use aurora store, you can download a previous build.
On paypal download page: settings → manual download; enter version code 1150077602 (version 8.23.0 built on August 9, 2022).
This one works fine for me with the same setup a yours.
For me manual download with Aurora Store doesn’t work, since it’s complaining about erroneus or damaged APK.
Did you uninstall paypal prior to install an older version?
I wasn’t aware it is necessary.
Thank you for this tip with the previous version from Aurora. Now it is working again.
Now latest update to Paypal ver. 8.35.0 (1150078803) works on my phone (10 III, 4.5.0.18).
Now PayPal stopped working on my phone (Xperia 10 III, 4.6.0.15).
I’m having the same issue on my Xperia 10 II, paypal app starts, shows the P logo - and closes again.
Looks like this is a deliberate shutdown request due to an error. I find it amusing that an “inactive” plugin apparently can misbehave 
Jan 20 00:03:02 Xperia10II-DualSIM invoker[21161]: Launching Android Intent android.intent.action.MAIN com.paypal.android.p2pmobile/com.paypal.android.p2pmobile.startup.activities.StartupActivity
Jan 20 00:03:02 Xperia10II-DualSIM lipstick[3538]: [D] unknown:0 - Specified Desktop file does not exist "/usr/share/applications/system_server.desktop"
Jan 20 00:03:02 Xperia10II-DualSIM invoker[4342]: WARNING: An inactive plugin is misbehaving - tried to show a window!
Jan 20 00:03:02 Xperia10II-DualSIM invoker[4342]: WARNING: requestActivate() called for QQuickView(0x15cdeff0) which has Qt::WindowDoesNotAcceptFocus set.
Jan 20 00:03:02 Xperia10II-DualSIM booster-generic[3270]: *** signal=17 pid=3270
Jan 20 00:03:02 Xperia10II-DualSIM /usr/libexec/mapplauncherd/booster-generic[3270]: warning: Daemon: sending exit(0) to invoker(21161)
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM kernel: __report_access: 18 callbacks suppressed
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM kernel: ptrace attach of "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21169] was attempted by "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21211]
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM kernel: ptrace attach of "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21175] was attempted by "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21211]
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM kernel: ptrace attach of "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21176] was attempted by "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21211]
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM kernel: ptrace attach of "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21177] was attempted by "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21211]
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM kernel: ptrace attach of "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21178] was attempted by "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21211]
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM kernel: ptrace attach of "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21179] was attempted by "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21211]
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM kernel: ptrace attach of "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21180] was attempted by "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21211]
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM kernel: ptrace attach of "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21181] was attempted by "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21211]
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM kernel: ptrace attach of "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21182] was attempted by "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21211]
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM kernel: ptrace attach of "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21183] was attempted by "com.paypal.android.p2pmobile"[21211]
Jan 20 00:03:03 Xperia10II-DualSIM lipstick[3538]: [W] unknown:1036 - file:///usr/share/lipstick-jolla-home-qt5/compositor.qml:1036: TypeError: Cannot read property 'closeHinted' of null
Maybe anyone got any idea? 
Sorry for my bad English
Runs with Xperia 10III, SFOS 4.6.0.15
Google Play Version:
PayPal 8.66.1 APK
PayPal 8.66.1 (1150081904)
Current version is 8.76, have you tried it or are you using an older version because newer ones don’t work?
Hi, I tried the last version from the Playstore that didn’t run.
Everything from 8.7x…
I then made a downgrade to version 8.66