UIProgressView Keeps Resetting to 0.0 - ios

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Here's an example of my code that I've placed in viewDidLoad.
[self.progressBar setProgress:(float)someValueBetween0.1and1.0 animated:NO];
However, what's happening is that the progress bar will be at the value that I set, and then quickly animate down to 0.0. For instance, if I set progress to 0.5, the bar will be filled half way when the view loads and then animate down to 0.0.
I've tried using
self.progressBar.progress = (float)someValueBetween0.1and1.0;
That hasn't worked either.
I'm not modifying the progress bar's progress via code anywhere else. I've tried Googling, reading the UIProgressView Class Reference, and searching Stack Overflow without any success :/
Edit: Created a new project with nothing more than a UIProgressView just to be sure it's not something else in my code. Still not working.
#import "ViewController.h"
#interface ViewController ()
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIProgressView *testProgressView;
#end
#implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
[self.testProgressView setProgress:1.0 animated:NO];
}

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