Increasing distance between objects in relative layout

Question

I have a relative layout for my android app. It is a SurfaceView overlapped with a few images. I had to use relative layout for the camera over lay features. It is currently shown like in the image below:

The top red long rectangular bars are actually two short rectangle images. I would like to increase the distance between the two images so that they look like two individual rectangles. Is it possible to increase the distance in a relative layout?

If I position two red bars, one on top of the other, is it possible to increase the distance between the two?

Answer 1

Set a margin between the views and that's it ...

Answer 2

I was reading through the Android developer's page carefully. This page explains how to set margins on the layout