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I'm trying to understand how NuGet selects and references package assets when a project targets a specific CPU architecture (x86 vs x64). My specific questions are:

If my project platform target is x86, will NuGet automatically download and reference a 32-bit build of the package (if the package contains both 32- and 64-bit native binaries)?

If I switch the project to x64 after the package has already been downloaded/restored while the project was targeting x86, will NuGet re-download or re-reference the 64-bit assets automatically, or do I need to take additional steps (restore, clean, update package, manually change references, etc.)?

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  • What's the actual problem? If you target a new framework things just work. It's not NuGet that downloads and reference packages, it's the build system. It matters whether you're using .NET Framework or .NET Core too (.NET 5 and later are .NET Core versions) as the NuGet functionality is included in the build system. Commented Oct 17 at 7:12
  • learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/create-packages/… Commented Oct 18 at 0:57
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