尝试使用负填充

如:

android:paddingLeft="-8dp"

为你的编辑文本定义一个形状，并给它一个填充 例如

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle" >
    <padding
        android:left="5dp"
        android:right="5dp"
    />
    <solid android:color="#F6F6F6" />
    <stroke
        android:width="1px"
        android:color="#C3C3C3" />

    <corners
        android:bottomLeftRadius="1dp"
        android:bottomRightRadius="1dp"
        android:topLeftRadius="1dp"
        android:topRightRadius="1dp" />
</shape>

在此形状中定义的填充将帮助为可绘制的左侧或右侧提供填充 ---------------------- 应用这个EditView形状

 <EditText
            android:id="@+id/example"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="36dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
            android:background="@drawable/shape2"
            android:drawableLeft="@drawable/icon1"
            android:drawablePadding="@dimen/txtDrwblPadding"
            android:ems="10"
         />

使用定义的形状作为背景将给你的EditText一些风格加上边框drawablleft。

@Bhargav Thanki表示:

android:drawablePadding是最简单的填充方法 可绘制图标，但你不能给特定的一侧填充像 可绘制图标的右或左填充。为了实现这个目标 必须深入调查。如果你应用左填充或右填充 到EditText，然后它将放置填充到整个EditText 与可绘制的图标。

例子:

    <TextView 
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:padding="5dp"
        android:id="@+id/date"
        android:gravity="center|start"
        android:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_calendar"
        android:background="@drawable/edit_background"
        android:hint="Not Selected"
        android:drawablePadding="10dp"
        android:paddingStart="10dp"
        android:paddingEnd="10dp"
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

重新制作:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <corners android:radius="40dp"/>

    <solid android:color="@android:color/white"/>

</shape>

to

<layer-list
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item
            android:right="@dimen/_2dp"
            android:left="@dimen/_2dp"
            android:bottom="@dimen/_2dp"
            android:top="@dimen/_2dp"
            >
        <shape
                xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

            <corners android:radius="40dp"/>

            <solid android:color="@android:color/white"/>

        </shape>
    </item>

</layer-list>

你应该考虑使用图层列表

创建一个这样的可绘制文件，将其命名为ic_calendar.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent"/>
    </shape>
</item>
<item android:right="10dp">
    <bitmap android:gravity="center_vertical|left"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_calendar_16dp"
        android:tint="@color/red"
        />
</item>
</layer-list>

在布局文件下，

<TextView
         android:id="@+id/tvDate"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_calendar"
         android:textColor="@color/colorGrey"
         android:textSize="14sp" 
    />

TextView有一个android:drawablePadding属性，这应该做的伎俩:

android:drawablePadding The padding between the drawables and the text. Must be a dimension value, which is a floating point number appended with a unit such as "14.5sp". Available units are: px (pixels), dp (density-independent pixels), sp (scaled pixels based on preferred font size), in (inches), mm (millimeters). This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type. This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol drawablePadding.