最新的方法是这样的，例如在Fragment的onCreateView中使用:

        val recyclerView = rootView.findViewById<RecyclerView>(R.id.recycler_view)
        recyclerView.adapter = mListAdapter
        recyclerView.layoutManager = LinearLayoutManager(context)
        rootView.context.let {
            val dividerItemDecoration = MaterialDividerItemDecoration(
                it,
                MaterialDividerItemDecoration.VERTICAL
            )
            dividerItemDecoration.isLastItemDecorated = false

            // https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/blob/master/docs/components/Divider.md
            // Needed if you did not set colorOnSurface in your theme because otherwise the default color would be pink_900 -> default according to Material should be colorOnSurface (12% opacity applied automatically on top).
//            dividerItemDecoration.setDividerColorResource(it, R.color.colorDivider)

            recyclerView.addItemDecoration(dividerItemDecoration)
        }

我想你们可以忘记之前所有的解。

public class VerticalItemDecoration extends RecyclerView.ItemDecoration {

    private boolean verticalOrientation = true;
    private int space = 10;

    public VerticalItemDecoration(int value, boolean verticalOrientation) {
        this.space = value;
        this.verticalOrientation = verticalOrientation;
    }

    @Override
    public void getItemOffsets(Rect outRect, View view, RecyclerView parent,
                               RecyclerView.State state) {
        // Skip first item in the list
        if (parent.getChildAdapterPosition(view) != 0) {
            if (verticalOrientation) {
                outRect.set(space, 0, 0, 0);
            } else if (!verticalOrientation) {
                outRect.set(0, space, 0, 0);
            }
        }
    }
}

mCompletedShippingRecyclerView.addItemDecoration(new VerticalItemDecoration(20,false));

因为我已经设置了ItemAnimators。ItemDecorator不会随着动画一起进入或退出。

我只是在我的项目视图布局文件中为每个项目设置了一个视图行。它解决了我的案子。对于一个简单的分割器来说，我觉得它的魔法太多了。

<View
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="1px"
    android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
    android:background="@color/lt_gray"/>

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

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)
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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。