Appium 1_4_16_1 updated to beta version of Appium desktop

Basically my concern is that Appium desktop is so different from Appium.No coding is there? .In Appium version 1_4_16_1,i am not able to execute my code on 1+3 device with Android version 7.1.1 .It is giving me some error related to unlock_debug.apk file.But when I execute same scenario with Appium desktop beta version it worked for me but functionality of Appium desktop is so different it is just like selenium IDE? And how my selendroid code will work with 7.1.1 version.can anyone give light on this?