Is there a concept of a backdoor method in Appium

I have been struggling to find a definitive answer regarding Appium supporting the concept of overriding methods through backdoor methods. Our team heavily relies on Calabash’s backdoor API. We are looking to migrate over to Appium.

I have found one related topic in this forum but I’m not sure that is a suitable alternative.

Is it possible to override API settings, send data and perform actions using something similar to Calabash’s backdoor method?