Android ListView padding for content without moving ListView height?

The trick is to include android:clipToPadding="false" in your view definition, e.g.:

<ListView android:id="@+id/list"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingTop="16dip"
    android:paddingBottom="16dip"
    android:clipToPadding="false" />