我们可以使用附加到recyclerview的各种装饰器来装饰物品，例如:

简单地使用下面的…从答案中提取

public class DividerItemDecoration extends RecyclerView.ItemDecoration {

    private static final int[] ATTRS = new int[]{android.R.attr.listDivider};

    private Drawable mDivider;

    /**
     * Default divider will be used
     */
    public DividerItemDecoration(Context context) {
        final TypedArray styledAttributes = context.obtainStyledAttributes(ATTRS);
        mDivider = styledAttributes.getDrawable(0);
        styledAttributes.recycle();
    }

    /**
     * Custom divider will be used
     */
    public DividerItemDecoration(Context context, int resId) {
        mDivider = ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, resId);
    }

    @Override
    public void onDraw(Canvas c, RecyclerView parent, RecyclerView.State state) {
        int left = parent.getPaddingLeft();
        int right = parent.getWidth() - parent.getPaddingRight();

        int childCount = parent.getChildCount();
        for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
            View child = parent.getChildAt(i);

            RecyclerView.LayoutParams params = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) child.getLayoutParams();

            int top = child.getBottom() + params.bottomMargin;
            int bottom = top + mDivider.getIntrinsicHeight();

            mDivider.setBounds(left, top, right, bottom);
            mDivider.draw(c);
        }
    }
}

然后用上面的方法如下:

RecyclerView.ItemDecoration itemDecoration = new DividerItemDecoration(this, DividerItemDecoration.VERTICAL_LIST);
recyclerView.addItemDecoration(itemDecoration);

这将在列表中的每个项目之间显示分隔符，如下所示:

对于那些想要了解更多细节的人，可以看看这个指南Using the recyclerview_ CodePath Android Cliffnotes。

这里的一些答案建议使用边距，但问题是:

如果你同时添加了上边距和下边距，它们将在项目之间显示为添加的，而且它们将太大。如果只添加其中之一，则整个列表的顶部或底部都没有边距。如果你在上面加上一半的距离，在下面加上一半的距离，外层的边缘就太小了。

因此，唯一美观上正确的解决方案是系统知道在哪里正确应用的分隔符:项目之间，但不是项目的上面或下面。

如果有人只想在项目之间添加10dp的间距，你可以通过设置一个drawable到DividerItemDecoration来实现:

DividerItemDecoration dividerItemDecoration = new DividerItemDecoration(
    recyclerView.getContext(),
    layoutManager.getOrientation()
);

dividerItemDecoration.setDrawable(
    ContextCompat.getDrawable(getContext(), R.drawable.divider_10dp)
);

recyclerView.addItemDecoration(dividerItemDecoration);

其中，divider_10dpis一个可绘制资源，包含:

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
    <size android:height="10dp"/>
    <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent"/>
</shape>

如果有人想为spaceBetween, paddingLeft, paddingTop, paddingRight和paddingBottom设置不同的值。

class ItemPaddingDecoration(
    private val spaceBetween: Int,
    private val paddingLeft: Int = spaceBetween,
    private val paddingTop: Int = spaceBetween,
    private val paddingRight: Int = spaceBetween,
    private val paddingBottom: Int = spaceBetween
) : RecyclerView.ItemDecoration() {

    override fun getItemOffsets(outRect: Rect, view: View, parent: RecyclerView, state: RecyclerView.State) {
        val position = parent.getChildAdapterPosition(view)
        val orientation = when (val layoutManager = parent.layoutManager) {
            is LinearLayoutManager -> {
                layoutManager.orientation
            }
            is GridLayoutManager -> {
                layoutManager.orientation
            }
            else -> {
                RecyclerView.HORIZONTAL
            }
        }
        if (orientation == RecyclerView.HORIZONTAL) {
            when {
                position == 0 -> {
                    outRect.set(paddingLeft, paddingTop, spaceBetween, paddingBottom)
                }
                position < parent.adapter!!.itemCount - 1 -> {
                    outRect.set(0, paddingTop, spaceBetween, paddingBottom)
                }
                else -> {
                    outRect.set(0, paddingTop, paddingRight, paddingBottom)
                }
            }
        } else {
            when {
                position == 0 -> {
                    outRect.set(paddingLeft, paddingTop, paddingRight, paddingBottom)
                }
                position < parent.adapter!!.itemCount - 1 -> {
                    outRect.set(paddingLeft, 0, paddingRight, spaceBetween)
                }
                else -> {
                    outRect.set(paddingLeft, 0, paddingRight, paddingBottom)
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

为视图添加边距。这对我很管用。

android:layout_marginTop="10dp"

如果你只是想在XML中添加相等的间距，只需在RecyclerView中设置padding，并在你膨胀到RecyclerView中的项目中设置等量的layoutMargin，并让背景颜色决定间距颜色。

2016年10月更新

在v25.0.0支持库中，终于有了基本水平和垂直分隔符的默认实现!

DividerItemDecoration

我觉得需要一个简单的、不使用XML的、基于代码的答案

DividerItemDecoration dividerItemDecoration = new DividerItemDecoration(recyclerView.getContext(), DividerItemDecoration.VERTICAL);

ShapeDrawable shapeDrawableForDivider = new ShapeDrawable(new RectShape());

int dividerThickness = // (int) (SomeOtherView.getHeight() * desiredPercent);
shapeDrawableForDivider.setIntrinsicHeight(dividerThickness);
shapeDrawableForDivider.setAlpha(0);

dividerItemDecoration.setDrawable(shapeDrawableForDivider);

recyclerView.addItemDecoration(dividerItemDecoration);

我非常喜欢这个答案，我用Kotlin的单一表达式重新写了一遍:

    recyclerView.addItemDecoration(DividerItemDecoration(this,DividerItemDecoration.VERTICAL).also { deco ->
        with (ShapeDrawable(RectShape())){
            intrinsicHeight = (resources.displayMetrics.density * 24).toInt()
            alpha = 0
            deco.setDrawable(this)
        }
    })

这和@Nerdy最初的答案是一样的，只是它将分隔线的高度设置为24dp，而不是另一个视图高度的百分比。