posthog-react-native 2.X doesn't send autocaptured “Application Installed” event

[robbie-c]

Bug description

The native SDKs send this

• ios: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-ios/blob/3a6afc24d6bde730a19470d4e6b713f44d076ad9/PostHog/Classes/PHGPostHog.m#L140
• android: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-android/blob/09940e6921bafa9e01e7d68b8c9032671a21ae73/posthog/src/main/java/com/posthog/android/PostHog.java#L278

Which means that 1.X of posthog-react-native (which was a wrapper around the iOS/Android SDK) sent it too. 2.X does not send this, and some users who have upgraded to 2.X have asked about this:

• https://posthoghelp.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/5304
• https://posthog.slack.com/archives/C04BBHRSW5A/p1691393804386489

How to reproduce

1. Add posthog-react-native@1.1.5 to app
2. Install app
3. Observe events in dashboard
4. Add posthog-react-native@2.7.1 to app
5. Install app
6. Observe (lack of) events in dashboard

Related sub-libraries

• [x] posthog-react-native

Additional context

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