Auto repeat

[TubaOrNotTuba]

I've read several posts about auto repeat for VLC on iOS; however, none seem to work on my iPhone 7 Plus (iOS 10.3.1) running the latest VLC, build 2.7.8, for iOS (which honestly looks like a stale product since it's not updated since 21 June 2016). There are 3 icons for repeat, a loop, a loop with a 1 in it, and a loop with a red box in it (it's so tiny I have no idea what the red box is supposed to be). I've tried them all but none seem to repeat the media file indefinitely until manually stopped. For VLC to be useful for me I must be able to stream the same media file over and over until I manually stop it. Can anyone shed some light on this? On my LG V20, which I cannot use for this purpose at that time, the repeat option works like a champ. It's too bad the GUI and features on iOS don't match what's on Android. The Android build is far and away superior in many ways, including this one. Any thoughts?

Thanks!