This can be achieved with the android:padding attribute.
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp" />
has a 10dp padding on all sides
you may just want to specify the left and right padding.
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp" />
Will make the padding on the left and right be 10dp.