Try to play with android:layout_margin
attribute. For instance, to reduce space on the left/right side (assuming you have a horizontal set of buttons) you can do smth like this:
<Button
android:layout_marginLeft="-3dip"
android:layout_marginRight="-3dip"
... />
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